Configuring the SNMP Agent to Send Traps

You can use the SNMP agent embedded in ESXi to send virtual machine and environmental traps to management systems.

To configure the agent to send traps, you must specify a target address, also referred to as receiver address, the community, and an optional port. If you do not specify a port, the SNMP agent sends traps to UDP port 162 on the target management system by default.