Specific trap sections – SMC Networks EliteView 6.20 User Manual

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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:

3. Define the event to trigger using the following format:

event=Active_Flag,Event_Name

The following 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.
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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.

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

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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

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