As mentioned in Using Notifications, Enterprise Manager supports integration with third-party management tools through the SNMP. Sending SNMP traps for incidents to third party systems is a two-step process:

Step 1: Create an advanced notification method based on an SNMP trap.

Step 2: Create an incident rule that invokes the SNMP trap notification method.

The following procedure assumes you have already created the SNMP trap notification method. For instruction on creating a notification method based on an SNMP trap, see "Sending SNMP Traps to Third Party Systems".

1. From the Setup menu, select Incidents, then select Incident Rules.
2. On the Incident Rules - All Enterprise Rules page, click Create Rule Set...
3. Enter the rule set Name, a brief Description, and select the type of source object the rule applies to (Targets).
4. Click on the Rules tab and then click Create.
5. On the Select Type of Rule to Create dialog, select Newly created incidents or updates to incidents and then click Continue.
6. On the Create New Rule: Select Incidents page, specify the criteria for the incidents for which you want to send SNMP traps and then click Next.
7. On the Create New Rule: Add Actions page, click Add. The Add Conditional Actions page displays.
8. In the Notifications section, under Advanced Notifications, select an existing SNMP trap notification method.

   For information on creating SNMP trap notification methods, see "Sending SNMP Traps to Third Party Systems".

9. Click Continue to return to the Create New Rule: Add Actions page.
10. Click Next to go to the Create New Rule: Specify Name and Description page.
11. Specify a rule name and a concise description and then click Next.
12. Review the rule definition and then click Continue add the rule to the rule set. A message displays indicating the rule has been added to the rule set but has not yet been saved. Click OK to close the message.
13. Click Save to save the rule set. A confirmation is displayed. Click OK to close the message.