3Com WX3000 operation manual Configuring Extended Trap

	To do…			Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view				system-view	—
Enable the device to send				snmp-agent trap enable [ configuration
				flash standard [ authentication coldstart
Trap messages to NMS
			linkdown linkup warmstart ]* system ]
		Enter port view		interface interface-type interface-number	Optional
		or interface view
					By default, a port
Enable
		Enable the port
					is enabled to send
the port to		or interface to		enable snmp trap updown	all types of Traps.
send Trap		send Trap
messages		messages
		Quit to system		quit
		view
				snmp-agent target-host trap address
Set the destination for Trap				udp-domain { ip-address} [ udp-port
				port-number] params securityname	Required
messages
				security-string[ v1 v2c v3 {authentication
				privacy } ]
Set the source address for				snmp-agent trap source interface-type	Optional
Trap messages				interface-number
Set the size of the queue used					Optional
to hold the Traps to be sent to			snmp-agent trap queue-size size
					The default is 100.
the destination host
Set the aging time for Trap					Optional
				snmp-agent trap life seconds	120 seconds by
messages
					default.

Configuring Extended Trap

The extended Trap includes the following.

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“Interface description” and “interface type” are added into the linkUp/linkDown Trap message. When receiving this extended Trap message, NMS can immediately determine which interface on the device fails according to the interface description and type.

In all Trap messages sent from the information center to the log server, a MIB object name is added after the OID field of the MIB object. The name is for your better understanding of the MIB object.

Follow these steps to configure extended Trap:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view	system-view	—
		Optional
	snmp-agent trap ifmib link	By default, the linkUp/linkDown
Configure extended Trap		Trap message adopts the
	extended	standard format defined in
		IF-MIB. For details, refer to
		RFC 1213.

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