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Using the SNMP Utilities

4.2 Using the Trap Sender and Trap Receiver Programs

Table 4–5 (Cont.) Flags for the snmp_trapsnd Command

Flag

Description

-h host

Specifies the host name or IP address (in ASN.1 dot notation format) of the
destination host to receive the trap message. The default is

localhost

(127.0.0.1).

-p port

Specifies a port number on the destination host where the message is to be sent.
The default is UDP 162.

-tcp

Specifies that the TCP transport be used instead of the default UDP transport.
If a connection cannot be established, the program displays the warning

connect - : connection refused

.

-v version

Specifies the SNMP version to use for sending the PDU. The valid versions are

2c

or

1

(default). You can specify the flag and value without including a space (for

example,

-v2c

and

-v1

).

4.2.1.3 Trap Sender Examples

In the following

snmp_trapsnd

command examples:

The first line is the

snmp_trapsnd

command.

The remainder is the display received when running the trap receiver
program (

snmp_traprcv

) without flags included.

1.

The following example generates a trap that originated on the

localhost

(specified by the

agent

parameter) using the default SNMP version (SNMP

Version 1). The

-h host

parameter is not specified, so the trap will be sent to

the local host.

$ snmp_trapsnd 0.0 local 0 0 0

Message received from 127.0.0.1

SNMPv1-Trap-PDU:

community -

7075626C 6963

public

enterprise - 0.0
agent address - 0.0.0.0
trap type - Cold Start (0)
timeticks - 51938978

2.

The following example generates the same trap as in example 1, except that
it specifies the use of SNMP Version 2.

$ snmp_trapsnd 0.0 local

0 0 0 "-v2c"

Message received from 127.0.0.1

SNMPv2-Trap-PDU:

community -

7075626C 6963

public

sysUpTime.0 - 51938968 = 6 d 0:16:29
snmpTrapOID.0 - 0.0

3.

The following example sends values to the node

mynode

with the community

name

special

.

$ snmp_trapsnd 1.2.3 marley.dec.com 6 33 100 -c special -h mynode

Message received from 16.20.208.68

SNMPv1-Trap-PDU:
community -

73706563 69616c

special

Using the SNMP Utilities 4–11

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