SNMP traps

Learn about creating programs that display or parse the information contained in an SNMP trap.

If you configure Electronic Service Agent™ to notify servers of service events using SNMP traps, you might want to create programs that display or parse the information contained in the trap. To do that, you need to know what kind of trap is being sent and the contents of the trap.

Use the following information to learn about the kind of traps that Electronic Service Agent might send to your server.
Generic trap
enterprise specific (6)
Specific trap
3
Variable list
cpsSystemSendTrap
Description
Problem Log Entry Created
Generated when a problem is added to a problem log on a converged power system.
cpsSystemNotifyTrap='yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss tzn\n
	Manufacturer=IBM\n
	ReportingMTMS=tttt-mmm*ppzzzzz\n
	ProbNm=nnnnn\n
LparName=lparname\n
	FailingEnclosureMTMS=tttt-mmm*ppzzzzz\n
	SRC=ssssssssss\n
	EventText=79 char string\n
	Fru1Info=71 char string\n
	Fru2Info=71 char string\n
	Fru3Info=71 char string\n
Where:
\n
= RETURN
yyyy
= year
MM
= month
dd
= day
hh
= hour(24)
mm
= minute
ss
= seconds
tzn
= time zone
tttt
= type number (for example, 2107)
mmm
= model number (for example, 921)
pp
= plant of manufacture (for example, 75)
zzzzz
= sequence number (for example, FA123)
nnnnn
= problem number
lparname
= logical partition name
ssssssssss
= system reference code
FruNInfo
= information about FRU N, where n is 1,2,3