The trapd.conf file, located in the BASEDIR/smarts/conf/trapd directory of all VMware Smart Assurance product installations, is a global configuration file. It is used to configure most VMware Smart Assurance built-in trap receivers and most trap adapters (sm_trapd). Only the PORT parameter in this file is applicable to built-in trap receivers because the built-in trap receivers are configured to receive and parse traps, but not to forward traps. The other parameters in the file are applicable for configuring trap adapters to forward traps.

Note:

The built-in trap receiver for Network Protocol Manager is not controlled by the trapd.conf file. The only user-configurable control for the built-in trap receiver is the

“TrapPort = 0” parameter line in the bgp.conf and ospf.conf files.

Configuration directory for a trap exploder shows the trap exploder™s configuration directory, in the Service Assurance Manager installation area, and the trap exploder™s trapd.conf file. A trapd.conf file in the local area takes precedence over the original trapd.conf file, which contains the installed defaults. A seedfile is required only if the trap exploder is to process SNMPv3 traps.

Figure 1. Configuration directory for a trap exploder

The following portions of the trapd.conf file are of interest to this discussion. Table 10 on page 83 presents detailed descriptions of the configuration parameters in the trapd.conf file. 

# trapd.conf - Configuration file for SNMP Trap Adapter
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# Following is a list of parameters with a brief description.
# More information is available at the end of this file.
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# PORT      UDP port number the trap adapter listens to.
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# WINDOW    De-duplication window, in seconds.
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# ASCII     Controls formatting of non-printable characters.
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# TAG       Enables tagging of varbind values.
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# ENABLE_FWD   Enables trap forwarding.
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# MATCH     Determines whether traps are tested against all forwarding 
#           criteria or up to the first criterion that matches.
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# FORWARD   Specifies matching criteria for traps and the forwarding 
#           destinations for matched traps.
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# Set the parameters here.
PORT: 9000
#WINDOW: 10
#ASCII: FALSE
#TAG: FALSE
ENABLE_FWD: TRUE
#MATCH: all
#QUEUE_LIMIT_MEGS: 0
#QUEUE_LIMIT_SECONDS: 0
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# Traps required by InCharge IP Availability Manager (AM)
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# Generic: coldStart, warmStart, LinkUp, LinkDown
#FORWARD: * .* <0-3> * host:port
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# Traps required by InCharge IP Performance Manager (PM)
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# Cisco: EnvMon Voltage, Temperature, Fan, RedundantSupply
#FORWARD: * .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.3 6 <2-5> host:port
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