Summary

Each probe works in a different way to acquire event data from its source, and therefore has specific features, default values, and changeable properties. Use this summary information to learn about this probe.

The following table summarizes the probe.
Table 1. Summary

Probe target

SNMP traps and informs

Probe executable file name

nco_p_mttrapd

Probe installation package

omnibus-arch-probe-nco-p-mttrapd-version

Package version

22.0

Probe supported on

For details of supported operating systems, see the following Release Notice on the IBM® Software Support website:

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21660373

Properties file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/mttrapd.props

Rules file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/mttrapd.rules

Rules file for trap flood monitoring

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/mttrapd_flood_control.rules

Rules file for remote management over HTTP

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/mttrapd.bidir.rules

Requirements

A currently supported version of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.

For details of any additional software that this probe requires, refer to the description.txt file that is supplied in its download package.

Connection method

Listens for SNMP traps using UDP, TCP, UDPV6, and TCPV6

Peer-to-peer failover functionality

Available

Multicultural support

Available

IP environment

IPv4 and IPv6

For communication between the probe and Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3.0 and above, IPv6 is supported on all operating systems.

For communication between the probe and the target device, IPv6 is supported on all supported operating systems except Microsoft Windows.

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus uses the FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic provider: IBM Crypto for C (ICC) certificate 384 for cryptography. This certificate is listed on the NIST website at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2004.htm. For details about configuring Netcool/OMNIbus for FIPS 140-2 mode, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide.