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Conference azur::mcc

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

3683.0. "TCP/IP traps/events" by AEOEN1::TUAUX (Sylviane) Thu Sep 03 1992 14:43

Hi,

With the new features of TCP/IP SNMP AM V1.2, traps can be logged using the 
Getevent directives. 
Traps can belong to the following class: 
coldStart,warmStart,linkdown,linkup,authentificationfailure,
egpNeighborLoss and enterpriseSpecific.

In a private MIB extension, how an enterpriseSpecific Trap, must be defined in 
ASN.1 :

	-- To be translated correctly by the TCP/IP translator utility

	-- To be logged as an enterpriseSpecific Trap by the getevent directive

I read the RFC 1215 which defines the TRAP-TYPE ASN.1 Macro, but SNMP AM V1.2 
doesn't support this RFC.
So should I define enterpriseSpecific Traps in the MIB extention as OBJECT-TYPE?
In this case, how SNMP AM will recognize them as traps ?

thanks and regards

Sylviane
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3683.1YAHEY::BOSEThu Sep 03 1992 15:4018
	Sylviane,

	The SNMP AM in V1.2 will handle vendor specific traps as any
	other generic trap. The trap type will be enterpriseSpecific
	with an associated specific trap number. None of the mib variables
	sent back in the trap pdu will be displayed, however.

	Your problem is that with this restriction, how to display all
	the information in an enterprise specific trap through MCC ? 
	My suggestion would be to wait for V1.3, which does implement
	RFC 1215. The correct approach to take would be to define your
	traps according to RFC 1215 so at least other management stations
	can make use of it in the mean time. Hacking up you mib to use the
	OBJECT-TYPE macro will not do the job, and you'll have to change
	it back to use the TRAP-TYPE macro once V1.3 is out.

	Rahul.