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manager application (not supplied). The SNMP MIB, which formally defines the SNMP interface to the VBrick, is contained within the install directory of the VBrick release or from the VBrick. The two MIB files are VBrick_box2.mib and VBrick_reg.mib. The default installation directory is:

Program Files\VBrick\VB6000\Download\ReleaseVxx_xx_xx

Traps are SNMP base messages used by SNMP elements to report changes in status or alarm conditions to remote SNMP management entities. Traps are generally used to alert network administrators of potential equipment problems or other noteworthy events. Two types of information are conveyed in the trap mechanism: Events and Alarms. Events Traps are sent every time the monitored event occurs. Events have only one state. Alarms are events having two states, Active and Clear. When the alarm condition is first detected, an alarm active trap is emitted. Alarms are considered active until the condition cleared and the alarm clear trap is emitted.

Note VBrick supports SNMPv3 in addition to SNMP v1/v2. SNMP v3 is a "Secure SNMP implementation" as defined in Section 11.3 of RFC 3414. It provides initial configuration in accordance with Appendix A.1 of RFC 3414 and also implements the Privacy Protocol (DES Encryption) as described in RFC 3414.

Trap Destination	The IP Addresses of SNMP management stations to which traps
IP Address (1–4)	are to be sent. The SNMP management application should be
	active on these stations in order to receive a number of SNMP
	Traps, which are supported by the VBrick. Enterprise-specific
	traps listed in order of trap identification number are shown in
	Table 14.
Host Type	IP Address or DNS Host Name.
IP Address	Complete if Host Type = IP address.

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