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Incoming Messages Format
Messages received from the ovtrapd process consist of SNMP Trap-PDUs as
defined in RFC 1157 (SNMPv l).
OpenView-specific events are defined as enterprise-specific traps and have the
following content:
enterprise
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17 for OpenView events
agent-addr
SNMP agent or proxy agent address
generic-trap
6
specific-trap
Number in the range 33554432 through 2147483647
time-stamp
0
variable-bindings
The adapter also receives SNMP traps because the ovtrapd process is
monitoring for any traps sent to port 162. The following list shows some of
the specifics for OpenView events:
1. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
OpenView Source ID number
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.1.0
INTEGER
2. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
OpenView Source Name
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.2.0
OCTET_STRING
3. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
OpenView Optional Object Id for event source
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.3.0
OCTET_STRING
4. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
Optional data
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.4.0
OCTET_STRING
5. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
Optional severity
1.3.6.1.4.l.11.2.17.2.5.0
OCTET_STRING
6. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
Optional category
1.3.6 1.4.1.11.2.17.2.6.0
OCTET_STRING
Event Correlation With NNM 6
You can configure the adapter to open a session with ovspmd so that ovspmd only
forwards the correlated events you want to the adapter. This reduces the workload
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