Eaton Corporation Application Note

Telecommunications Power Solutions

AN0100
Email: dc.info@eaton.com Issue C, June 2011
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SC200 SNMP Traps

Last updated 14 June 2011

Applicable products
Audience
Related documents
For more information
SC200 system controllers
Eaton DC Product Channel Partners and Integrators
SC200 System Controller Operation Handbook
Application Note AN0066: Demonstrate SNMPc with SC200, SM45 and SM65
Application Note AN0119: Demonstrate HP OpenView with SC200
Application Note AN0115: Using SC200 with Spectrum NMS
Contact Product Manager, SimonSloane@eaton.com with details of the application.

Summary
This application note provides detail on the SC200 alarm and trap operation.
It is intended to assist Network Management System (NMS) operators to configure their system to operate with
the SC200.

SC200 alarm operation

The SC200 generates alarms based on the following alarm origins:

System Alarms
The SC200 V3.10 supports 58 different system alarms. These are pre-defined alarms related to internal systems
statuses, inputs and so on.
New alarms are added at each new software release, according to customer demand.
These are listed in the MIB:
low-Float(0), lvd2-Fail(20), ac-Frequency(40),

low-Load(1), lvd2-Manual(21), generator-Enable(41),

high-Float(2), battery-Temperature-Low(22), cabinet-Fan-Fail(42),

high-Load(3), battery-Temperature-High(23), unmapped-IOB-Found(43),

rectifier-Fail(4), sensor-Fail(24), unknown-Hardware(44),

multiple-Rectifier-Fail(5), equalize(25), missing-Hardware(45),

rectifier-Comms-Lost(6), fast-Charge(26), standby-Mode(46),

multiple-Rectifier-Comms- battery-Test(27), lvd1-Characterization-Error(47),

Lost(7),
auxiliary-Sensor-Fail(28), lvd2-Characterization-Error(48),
partial-AC-Fail(8),
in-Discharge(29), string-Fail(49),
ac-Fail(9),
battery-Current-Limit(30), generator-Fail(50),
system-Overload(10),
rectifier-No-Load(31), lvd-Disconnected(51),

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load-Fuse-Fail(11), rectifier-Current-Limit(32), lvd-Fail(52),

battery-Fuse-Fail(12), rectifier-Over-Temperature(33), lvd-Manual(53),

battery-Test-Fail(13), ac-Phase1-Fail(34), lvd-Characterization-Error(54),

mov-Fail(14), ac-Phase1-Voltage(35), configuration-Error(55),

acd-Fan-Fail(15), ac-Phase2-Fail(36), wrong-Battery-Polarity(56),

lvd1-Disconnected(16), ac-Phase2-Voltage(37), characterizing-Battery(57),

lvd1-Fail(17), ac-Phase3-Fail(38), do-Manual(58)

lvd1-Manual(18), ac-Phase3-Voltage(39),
lvd2-Disconnected(19),

A description of each alarm is available from:

 The SC200 System Controller Operation Handbook
 SNMP MIB
 DCTools hover-help (hold the cursor on an item to see its description)
 Web hover-help (hold the cursor on an item to see its description).

Each alarm can be configured by the user to one of the standard severity settings (see later).

Analog Input High Alarms

These are user defined alarms. They are produced when analog input goes above a configured threshold.
Users can configure an Analog Input High alarm for any analog input that is enabled.
Each alarm can be configured by the user to one of the standard severity settings (see later).

Analog Input Low Alarms

These are user defined alarms. They are produced when an analog input goes below a configured threshold.
Users can configure an Analog Input Low alarm for any analog input that is enabled.
Each alarm can be configured by the user to one of the standard severity settings (see later).

Digital Input Alarms

These are user defined alarms. They are produced when a digital input becomes active.
The user can configure a Digital Input alarm for any enabled digital input.
Each alarm can be configured by the user to one of the standard severity settings (see later).

Smart Alarms (SC200 version 3 and later)

Smart Alarms are user defined alarms. They are configured as a logical combination of other alarms, system
values or timers.
Each alarm can be configured by the user to one of the standard severity settings (see later).

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Alarm Severity
Any alarm can be configured to any of these severity settings:
Severity Definition Normal use
Disabled Alarm is disabled. No notifications, Turn off alarms that are not required.
log entry, or LED operation.
Warning A system event has occurred that is Notify and / or log a planned system process,
not an alarm. such as Battery Test in Progress
Minor A low priority alarm An alarm that does not require an urgent
response, such as Low Float
Major A high priority alarm An alarm that may require an urgent response,
such as Low Load
Critical A very high priority alarm An alarm that requires an immediate response.

The SC200 alarms are configured with default alarm settings, including severity. However, these may be easily
reconfigured. If required, a user can change settings to match the severity settings in their NMS.

SC200 Trap Settings

Below is a view from the SC200 web, showing the SNMP settings:

Below is a description of each setting.

Item name Definition (from MIB) Additional Notes
SNMP Access Determines how SNMP access is allowed. Disabled no SNMP access
All Any SNMP version
Read Only SNMP set is not possible.
V3 SNMP V3 is supported, but V1 is
disabled.

Read Community Community that can get items. Default “Public”

Write Community Community that can set items. Default “Private”

System Object ID Used to form the return value for the SNMP MIB-2
sysObjectId. These numbers start with a specific
enterprise ID (i.e. 1918 for Eaton) and are preceded by
1.3.6.1.4.1 to form an object ID for the system type.
This is the last part of the sys-OID. It can
be reconfigured to identify the power
system type to a network manager.
Default 1918.2.13

Trap Version Indicates whether SNMP V1, V2c, or V3 trap will be

sent.

Trap Format Select Eaton for multiple trap numbers, or X.733 for a Refer to “Trap Format” below.

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Item name Definition (from MIB) Additional Notes

single trap number as per ITU X.733.

Trap Repeat If enabled, alarm activation traps will be repeated

according to Trap Repeat Rate.

Trap Repeat Rate How often to send a trap to trap receivers if Enable
Trap Repeat is Enabled or the trap receiver's Trap
Receiver Mode is Acknowledged-Summary-Trap.

Name Name used to identify this receiver. This is not used anywhere else

Level When to send a trap to this receiver. The level setting is alarm severity. E.g. If
this is set to “Critical Alarms Only”, then a
trap will be sent to this IP address only
when a critical alarm is activated.

IP Address IP address to send SNMP notifications of events to.

Port UDP port to send SNMP notifications of events to.

Trap Community Community to use for traps send to this address.

Mode Set to Normal traps to send normal traps to a Network Leave at Normal Traps for use with an
Management System on alarm activation and NMS.
deactivation. Set to Acknowledged Summary Traps to
send summary traps to PowerManagerII. These traps
are repeated until PowerManagerII receives the trap,
connects to the Supervisory Module, and downloads
alarms and data.

Trap Format
Traps can be sent in two formats, depending on the Trap Format setting. We recommend x.733 format for new
applications, but Eaton format may be more appropriate for some network managers.
X.733 trap format
This conforms to ITU standard X.733. A single trap number (700) is used for all alarms.
The source and severity of the alarm are indicated by variables within the traps:

Variable Definition Additional Notes

trap-Alarm-Number Alarm number as per the list above.

trap-Alarm-Origin The type of alarm system-Alarm(0), ai-High(1),

ai-Low(2), di(3),
trap-Alarm-Name The alarm name

trap-Alarm-Keep-Severity Alarm severity critical(1), major(2), minor(3),

warning(4), cleared(5)
system-Location As configured for this SC200
site-Name As configured for this SC200

site-Address As configured for this SC200

trap-Additional-Text As configured for this SC200

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Eaton trap format

Different trap numbers are used for each alarm severity and source. See below for more details:
Trap Trap name Definition from MIB Additional Notes
100 major-Alarm-Active A major alarm is active.

101 major-AI-High-Active An analog input high major alarm is

active.

102 major-AI-Low-Active An analog input low major alarm is

active.

103 major-DI-Active A digital input major alarm is active.

200 minor-Alarm-Active A minor alarm is active.

201 minor-AI-High-Active An analog input high minor alarm is

active.
202 minor-AI-Low-Active An analog input low minor alarm is
active.
203 minor-DI-Active A digital input minor alarm is active.

300 warning-Alarm-Active A warning is active.

301 warning-AI-High-Active An analog input high warning is

active.
302 warning-AI-Low-Active An analog input too low warning
alarm is active.
303 warning-DI-Active A digital input warning is active.

400 alarm-Inactive An alarm has become inactive. This trap is sent if any system alarm that has
been active (and is configured to have traps
sent) becomes inactive.

i.e. this trap represents a clearing of an alarm

that was originally notified using any of traps
100, 200, 300 or 600

401 ai-High-Inactive An analog input high alarm has This trap is sent if any Analog Input High alarm
become inactive. that has been active (and is configured to have
traps sent) becomes inactive.

i.e. this trap represents a clearing of an alarm

that was originally notified using any of traps
101, 201, 301, 601

402 ai-Low-Inactive An analog input low alarm has This trap is sent if any Analog Input Low alarm
become inactive. that has been active (and is configured to have
traps sent) becomes inactive.

i.e. this trap represents a clearing of an alarm

that was originally notified using any of traps
102, 202, 302, 602

403 di-Inactive A digital input alarm has become This trap is sent if any Digital Input alarm that
inactive. has been active (and is configured to have traps
sent) becomes inactive.

i.e. this trap represents a clearing of an alarm

that was originally notified using any of traps
103, 203, 303, 603

500 alarm-Status-Change The status of one or more alarms This trap is used only with PowerManagerII. If it
has changed. receives this trap, it then polls the SC200 for its
alarm status.

600 critical-Alarm-Active A critical alarm is active.

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Trap Trap name Definition from MIB Additional Notes

101 critical -AI-High-Active An analog input high critical alarm is
active.

102 critical -AI-Low-Active An analog input low critical alarm is

active.

103 critical -DI-Active A digital input critical alarm is active.

Additional Information
To disable trap sending for specified alarms
Connect to the SC200 using web or DCTools.
Go to the alarm table.
For any alarm that is not to cause a trap to be sent, untick “Send Trap” as per the following diagram.

To set an NMS to detect when an alarm has become inactive

Note: this assumes that Trap Format is set to “x.733”.

See the description for Trap Format above, including the alarm variables.
1. When a trap is received with severity not equal to inactive, the NMS should record the following
variables against this alarm:
 trap-Alarm-Number
 trap-Alarm-Origin
 trap-Alarm-Name
 trap-Alarm-Keep-Severity

The NMS should add this alarm to its active alarm list.
2. When any trap is received with severity equal to “cleared”, then these variables should be checked
against all active alarms:
 trap-Alarm-Number
 trap-Alarm-Origin
 trap-Alarm-Name

The active alarm that matches has become inactive and should be removed from the active alarm list.

Notes:
1. Active alarms can also be checked by SNMP Get commands to each of the alarm tables.
2. For “Eaton” format traps, it will be necessary to match up the Alarm Inactive trap numbers with the
corresponding Alarm Active trap numbers. Then the first variable (alarm index) needs to be matched
up with the alarm index for the Alarm Active traps.

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