CUSTOMIZING ELITEVIEW

Specific Trap Sections

Each specific trap is defined in a section of its own. The section name takes the following format:

[Ent(n).(m)]

where:

(n)

is the sequence number of the enterprise

 

(m)

is the specific trap number

To edit specific traps:

1.Define trap message using the following format: message=string

The string variable can be any character string with some components generated from the information in the variable list. You can use variables in the form of %x, where x is any letter from a to z.

2.Define variables generated from trap messages using the following format: x=Object_name,Symbol

The following table describes each item:

 

Table B-14 Trap Message Parameters

 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

x=

Variable name, any letter from a to z.

 

 

Object_name

MIB object name defined in the MIB database.

 

 

Symbol

A symbol used to identify the use of a value or index in the object name.

 

• The variable binding uses the format object.instance (where instance is

 

the index of a table entry if a table is being referred to); and is equal to “0”

 

for single value variables.

 

• You can use the value of the variable, which is represented with “v” or

 

one of the indices.

 

• The indices are represented as a list of numbers. Long indices like the IP

 

address take four numbers. The format for indices is in, where n is a

 

positive number, e.g., i2

 

 

3.Define the event to trigger using the following format: event=Active_Flag,Event_Name

The following describes each item:

B-14

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SMC Networks 6.20 manual Specific Trap Sections, To edit specific traps, Table B-14 Trap Message Parameters