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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.

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.

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

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