The SNMP Trap Notifier Adapterconverts notifications into SNMP traps. This notifier sends the traps to specific trap receivers on the network as shown in SNMP Trap Notifier Adapter.

Figure 1. SNMP Trap Notifier Adapter
Note:

The SNMP Trap Notifier Adaptersupports SNMP V1, SNMP V3, and V2C traps.

All traps sent by the SNMP Trap Notifier Adapterinclude the same information:

  • Agent Address = IP address for host running the notifier

  • Enterprise OID = enterprises.733 (Full OID is .1.3.6.1.4.1.733)

  • Generic Trap Number = 6

  • Varbind sequence always the same for all of the traps

    Trap typesshows the types of traps the SNMP Trap Notifier Adaptersends.

Table 1. Trap types

Trap name

Trap number

smTrapNotification

4

smTrapNotificationClear

7

smTrapNotificationChange

98

smTrapNotificationDelete

99

Varbinds of the SNMP Trapsshows the varbinds of the SNMP Traps the SNMP Trap Notifier Adaptersends.

Table 2. Varbinds of the SNMP Traps

Varbind name

Varbind number

Description

smNotifTimestamp

enterprises.733.2.1.1.0

Timestamp of the notification. (unsigned 32-bit integer)

smNotifServer

enterprises.733.2.1.2.0

Name of the Global Managersending notifications to the SNMP Trap Notifier Adapter. (string)

smNotifClass

enterprises.733.2.1.3.0

Class name associated with an event. (string)

smNotifInstance

enterprises.733.2.1.4.0

Instance display name associated with an event. (string)

smEventName

enterprises.733.2.1.5.0

Event name. (string)

smNotifInstanceID

enterprises.733.2.1.6.0

Combination of class name and the instance name (as stored in the repository). Has the form < class name>::< instancename>. (string)

smNotifDescription

enterprises.733.2.1.7.0

Description of the event. (string)

smNotifCertainty

enterprises.733.2.1.8.0

Printed value of a floating point number that is the certainty of an event. (string)

smNotifSeverity

enterprises.733.2.1.9.0

Severity of the event. (integer)

Appendix D, EMC Smarts MIB for SNMP Traps,contains additional information on the MIB implemented by VMware, Inc.for SNMP Traps.