Certain devices generate traps of various generic types. How the probe handles each trap depends on its type.
The following table describes the handling of each generic trap type.
Table 1. Generic trap handling
Generic trap |
Handling |
Generic trap-type 0- Cold Start
|
Summary field set to Cold
Start
AlertGroup field set to Generic
Severity field
set to 4
|
Generic trap-type 1- Warm Start
|
Summary field set to Warm
Start
AlertGroup field set to Generic
Severity field
set to 4
|
Generic trap-type 2 - Link Down
|
Summary field set to Link
Down
Alert Key set to the $1 varbind
(ifIndex )
AlertGroup field set to Generic
Severity field
set to 5
Identifier field set to Node
name plus Agent plus generic trap plus specific
trap plus ifIndex.
|
Generic trap-type 3 - Link Up
|
Summary field set to Link
Up
Alert Key set to the $1 varbind
(ifIndex )
AlertGroup field set to Generic
Severity field
set to 2
Identifier field set to Node
name plus Agent plus generic trap plus specific
trap plus ifIndex.
|
Generic trap-type 4 - Authentication
|
By default, Authentication traps are not discarded.
|
Generic trap-type 5 - EGP Neighbor Loss
|
Summary field set to EGP
Neighbor Loss
AlertGroup field set to Generic
Severity field
set to 3 .
|