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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1411.0. "FDDI SNMP Traps, which ones???" by ZPOVC::RAMARAJ () Wed Aug 28 1991 12:54

Since the DECmcc SNMP AM V1.2 is going to support 6 types of traps.

How many kind of trap messages (and what are they) can our FDDI concentrator 
and Bridges sent out.

Will they be able to sent all 6 types of traps?

Is there some online document somewhere which describes all types of traps
that can be generated?

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1411.1Some answers...ALLZS::BRIENENDECmcc Bridge|Station|SNMP Management.Wed Aug 28 1991 13:5433
> How many kind of trap messages (and what are they) can our FDDI concentrator 
> and Bridges sent out.
>
> Will they be able to sent all 6 types of traps?

 I'll defer on this question to the people writing the SNMP Agents for the
 DECbridge 5xx/6xx and DECconcentrator 5xx (I have forwarded the baase note
 to people in the LANBU who should be able to supply the details).

> Is there some online document somewhere which describes all types of traps
> that can be generated?

 The six generic traps are well known (and well documented) elsewhere in
 this conference. You might want to take a look at:

	The Simple Book
	An Introduction to MANAGEMENT of TCP/IP - based internets
	by Marshall T. Rose

 Pages 156-158 have a nice description of Traps in general.

 Note that there are generic traps (which TCP/IP SNMP AM V1.2 will be
 supporting) and enterpriseSpecific traps (which will most likely not
 be in V1.2). 

 Each vendor invents their own enterpriseSpecific Traps, which are
 documented in their Enterprise Specific MIB definition(s).

 Hope this helps...

						Chris

 
1411.2some of themQUIVER::GALLAGHERWed Aug 28 1991 14:4135
	Trap	 	   Current        Next       Current    Next
                        Concentrator  Concentrator   Bridge     Bridge
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
	coldStart           Yes           Yes         Yes       Yes 
	warmStart           No            No          No        No
	linkDown            No            No          No        Yes
	linkUp              Yes           Yes         No        Yes
	authenFailure       No            Yes         No        Yes
	egp                 No            No          No        No
	enterprise          No            No          No        Probably

The current release of the fddi bridge and concentrator generate coldStart
traps.  The concentrator also generates LinkUp traps.

They don't generate WarmStart because the they don't partially initialize.
(When they initialize, everything is initialized.  The volatile MIB objects
[like counters] are all zeroed.)

The concentrator doesn't generate linkDown because it only has one MAC
(kind of like having one link).  Sending a linkDown trap on a link that
is down is pretty pointless.  (Although some have suggested that we claim
to send linkDown traps that just don't make it to the wire ;-)

egpNeighborLoss trap aren't sent because neither product implement EGPs.  
(Neither is a gateways.)

In the next release of the concentrator, authenticationFailure traps will
be sent.  (The next release enters field test 30-Aug.)

The next release of the bridge will also implement authenticationFailure
traps.  linkDown traps will be flooded to all other ports which are up.  
Additional enterpriseSpecific traps may be generated because of bridge mib
events.  (The next release is 3-6 months out.)

						-Shawn