Traps

Traps are event-reporting operations issued by the SNMP Agent. A trap is an unsolicited, device-initiated message or notification. The notification containing the OID is always sent from the Launcher.

Using the SNMP adapter, you can create and send custom-defined traps to an SNMP manager. See the SNMP Adapter documentation for more information.

The SNMP manager cannot set traps. It can only receive traps from the SNMP Agent. Traps are stored in the DTX MIB and users define which traps they want by means of the SNMP manager.

Traps can send notifications of warnings and errors. The following table lists the five types of traps that can be issued:

Trap

Description

Map failure

Signals when a map fails

State and Listener change

Signals a change in state of the Launcher or Listeners

Launcher/resource connection failure

Notifies the SNMP manager that a connection between the Launcher and the resource could not be established

Thresholds

Signals when a map or connection pending state threshold has been met

Custom

User-defined trap created and sent using the SNMP adapter