The trapd.conf file, by default located in the BASEDIR/smarts/conf/trapd directory of all VMware Smart Assurance product installations, is a global configuration file 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 VoIP Availability Manager is not controlled by the trapd.conf file. The only user-configurable control for the built-in trap receiver is the

“TrapPort = 9001” parameter line in the voip.conf file.

Configuration directory for an SNMP Trap Adapter configured as a trap exploder shows the configuration directory and the trapd.conf file for the SNMP Trap Adapter configured as a trap exploder. (The configuration directory is in the Service Assurance Manager installation area.) A trapd.conf file in the local area, created using the sm_edit utility, takes precedence over the original file containing the installed defaults. A seedfile is required only if the trap exploder is to process SNMPv3 traps.

Figure 1. Configuration directory for an SNMP Trap Adapter configured as a trap exploder

The following portions of the trapd.conf file are of interest to this discussion. Table 7 on page 87 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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