What's New In Netguardian G5 - DPS Telecom NetGuardian 832A G5 User Manual

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What's New in NetGuardian G5

The NetGuardian G5 series adds these new features:
SNMP v2c Support and Robust Message Delivery
NetGuardian G5 supports SNMP v2c, and the SNMP INFORM command, which permits robust delivery
of alarm notification to your SNMP manager.
Alarm Point Grouping
Each NetGuardian Alarm point can be assigned to one of eight groups, which are identified with a user-
defined label. Some of the ways you can use Alarm Point Grouping include:
Alarm Severity Levels:
Two Sets of Alarm Severity Levels:
Custom Virtual Alarms:
Flexible Custom Derived Controls:
Granular Pager and Email Notification:
Global Support for Dual SNMP Managers
NetGuardian G5 supports sending all SNMP TRAP and INFORM notifications to two global SNMP
managers. This makes it easier to configure a secondary SNMP manager and frees up your
NetGuardian configuration for additional notification devices and more flexible alarm reporting. You can
easily send an alarm to your primary SNMP manager at the NOC; to a secondary backup SNMP
manager at another location; to the pager of the on-call technician; and the email in-box of the
technician's supervisor.
Ping Devices with SNMPv1 GET
NetGuardian G5 allows the use of SNMPv1 GETs to verify connectivity to a device. This re-uses the ping
target functionality and allows an option between ICMP ping and SNMP ping. The SNMP ping will be an
SNMPv1 GET against common MIB variables; sysDescr, SysObjectID, or SysUpTime. No special OID
entry is required.
Filter or Reset the NetGuardian Event Log
The NetGuardian Event Log has been enhanced to support new NetGuardian G5 features:
• You can filter Event Log entries by Alarm Point Group, to see only the alarms you want.
• You can reset the Event Log, to clear old alarms from the display.
Configure the NetGuardian to indicate assigned alarm
security levels like Critical, Major, Minor and Status in a
variable binding within the SNMP TRAP or INFORM
message — so alarms can be sorted by severity even if
your SNMP manager doesn't support severity levels.
With 8 alarm groups to work with, you can easily create
two different sets of severity levels. For example, you could
separate power alarms (rated from Critical to Status) from
environmental alarms (also rated Critical to Status).
Create virtual alarms based on easy formulas like All
security alarms or Critical power alarms.
NetGuardian G5 lets you create Derived Controls formulas
based on Alarm Point Groups.
Selectively assign alarm points to specific pager and email
notification recipients. The NetGuardian can be configured
to send pager notifications only for Critical or Major alarms
— or you can send power alarms to repair technicians and
intrusion alarms to a security guard.
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