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Synchronize Northbound Destinations
Last Updated: July 07, 2026

The Northbound Sync operation provides the ability to update all traps for a specified time interval, from the SDM to four different host management systems. It is especially useful if communication with any one of the northbound management systems is disrupted. Available time intervals are:

  • All
  • 1 hour
  • 4 hours
  • 8 hours
  • 12 hours
  • 1 day
  • 1 week
  • 4 weeks

NOTE: The Synchronize operation is only applicable when Type is set to SNMP.
  1. Navigate to the SDM menu bar.
  2. Select Fault > Northbound Configuration, or from the SDM user interface (below), select Fault > Northbound Config/Sync. The Northbound Configuration/Sync page is displayed. The Sync/Operational Details pane (outlined in red) can be used to perform the Synchronization.
  3. Click on the row for the Northbound destination (1, 2, 3, or 4) to be synchronized.
  4. In the Sync/Operational Details pane, from the Sync Window drop-down menu, select the time interval for which to synchronize the selected Northbound destination.
  5. Click Synchronize. The sync operation is performed, and the fields in the Sync/Operational Details pane are updated.

    Field or Button

    		 Description

    Sync Window

    The interval for which traps will be synchronized.

    Sync Status

    If the initiated Sync operation has been initiated, but not completed, this read-only field displays In Progress.

    If the initiated Sync operation has completed successfully, this read-only field displays Completed.

    Last Status Update

    This read-only value indicates when the status of the last Sync operation was updated.

    If no Synch operation was ever initiated on the destination, the field displays N/A.

    Pending Traps

    The number of traps remaining that must be forwarded to the northbound destination.

    Trap Last Sent

    Identifier of the last trap sent.

    Last Trap Sent At

    The time the last trap was sent.

    NOTE: Click to abort an on-going sync operation.