System Management Configuration Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

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System Management Configuration Guide for Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Cisco IOS XR Releases

Configure the recipient of SNMP notifications

Updated: June 12, 2026

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Use this procedure to configure an SNMP notification recipient (host) to receive SNMP traps from the device.

Enable SNMP notification delivery by specifying the host and parameters for receiving SNMP traps and notifications from your network device.

Configuring the SNMP notification recipient allows the network device to send event notifications (traps or informs) to a designated SNMP manager for monitoring and management.

Before you begin

Ensure SNMP is enabled on the device.
Obtain the IP address of the SNMP manager (recipient).
Determine the SNMP version and community string to be used.

Procedure

Specify the recipient host and notification parameters.

Example:

Router(config)#snmp-server host 223.255.254.249 traps version 2c cebridge1 udp-port

Table 1.
If...	Then...
You want to specify a custom port	Include `udp-port <port-number>` in the command.
Using SNMP version 3	Supply the correct v3 user and security parameters
SNMP manager IP changes	Update the host IP in the `snmp-server host` command.

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