Chapter 8: SNMP Traps

Overview

The IN-tact1101 SNMP agent is capable of sending out traps (asynchronous notifications) to the configured SNMP manager IP addresses. SNMP manager addressing is configured on the System Setup > Management screen. See page 24 for details on configuring this option. Each trap includes the following fields:

Field

Description

enterprise

Identifies the subsystem that generated the trap. The value is taken from

 

sysObjectID in the system group (MIB-II).

 

 

agent-addr

The IP address of the object generating the trap.

 

 

generic-trap

One of the predefined trap types:

 

• coldStart (0): The sending entry is reinitializing itself so that the agent’s

 

configuration or the protocol-entity implementation may be altered.

 

Typically, this is an unexpected restart due to a crash or major fault.

 

• warmStart (1): The sending entity is reinitializing itself so that neither the

 

agent’s configuration nor the protocol-entity implementation is altered.

 

Typically, this is a routine restart.

 

• linkDown (2): Signals a failure in one of the agent’s communication links.

 

• linkUp (3): Signals that one of the agent’s communication links has come

 

up.

 

• authenticationFailure (4): Signals that the sending entity has received a

 

protocol message that failed authentication.

 

• egpNeighborLoss (5): Signals that an EGP neighbor for which the sending

 

protocol entity was an EGP peer has been marked down and the peer

 

relationship no longer exists.

 

• enterpriseSpecific (6): Signifies that the sending entity recognizes that

 

some enterprise-specific event has occurred. The specific-trap field

 

indicates the type of trap.

specific-trap

A code that more specifically indicates the nature of the trap.

 

 

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