Citrix ADC 13 Administrator — Question 54

Scenario: A Citrix Administrator is configuring SNMP management on the NetScaler to receive alerts when something fails. The administrator was confident that the Manager, Alarms and SNMP Traps were configured correctly. The following week, there was a NetScaler-related outage and the administrator did NOT get any alerts.
What could be the reason for the SNMP alert failure?

Answer options

• A. The Community Name was NOT configured on the NetScaler SNMP Trap Destination settings.
• B. The NetScaler only has Standard licensing.
• C. The NetScaler is configured for SNMP version 1.
• D. The NetScaler Application Firewall is blocking the alerts from going out.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because if the Community Name is not configured, the SNMP traps will not be sent properly, leading to the absence of alerts. Option B is incorrect as licensing does not affect SNMP alert functionality. Option C refers to the SNMP version, which is irrelevant if other settings are correct. Option D is not the reason since if the community name is missing, alerts would not be sent regardless of firewall settings.