Documentation forSolarWinds Platform

Configure the Trap Viewer (deprecated)

This SolarWinds Platform topic applies to the following products if you are NOT using the Orion Log Viewer to monitor SNMP traps.

IPAM — NAM — NCM — NPM — NTA — SAM — SRM — VNQM

As of SolarWinds Platform 2022.3, SNMP Trap Viewer is no longer available and the Traps view was replaced by SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer. See View logs and events with the SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer.
  1. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Trap Viewer.
  2. Click File > Settings.
  3. On the General tab, configure the Trap server settings:
    1. Position the top slider to set the Maximum Number of Traps to Display in Current Traps View.
    2. If you want to Automatically Refresh the Current Traps View, select the option, and position the middle slider to set the refresh rate.
    3. Position the Retain Trap Messages For How Many Days slider to set the length of time that traps remain in the database.
  4. On the Displayed Columns tab, use the arrow keys to select and order the fields of information you want to see in the Current Traps view.
  5. If you do not need the domain name in your trap messages, select Remove Domain Name from DNS Lookups on the Message Parsing tab.

    Selecting this option can slightly reduce the size of your database.