Terminology

This chapter uses the following terms:

  • Northbound application—Any application that can receive and process SNMPv2c traps.
  • Trap-receiving component—The portion of a northbound application that receives SNMP traps.

    • Some applications include a separately installable component that receives SNMP traps and forwards them to another component for processing.
    • For any northbound application that does not include such a component, “trap-receiving component” is synonymous with “northbound application.”
  • NNMi northbound interface—The NNMi functionality that forwards NNMi incidents as SNMPv2c traps to a northbound application.
  • Northbound destination—One configuration of the NNMi northbound interface that defines the connection to the trap-receiving component of a northbound application and specifies the types of traps that NNMi will send to that northbound application.