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Load SNMP Trap Incident Configurations

NNMi enables you to automatically create or update an Incident Configuration for an SNMP trap using a MIB fileManagement Information Base files are the basic building block of SNMP communication protocol. SNMP Agents are configured to respond to requests defined by a group of supported MIB files.. To load a trap definition using a MIB file, you can use either the command line or NNMi console:

When loading MIBs to be used for SNMP Trap Incident configurations, NNMi stores TRAP-TYPE or NOTIFICATION-TYPE Macro Definition information from the MIB into the NNMi database. The table below lists field names included in the Macro Definition information.

To see a list of all available Traps provided by MIB Files currently loaded, see Configuration workspace → MIBs → MIB Notifications view.

To see a list of Traps provided by one MIB File, sort the MIB Notifications view by clicking the MIB column heading, or open any MIB Form and navigate to the Notifications Tab.

If any of the individual field lengths in a TRAP-TYPE or NOTIFICATION-TYPE Macro Definition for a MIB exceeds the limitations for storing this information in the NNMi database, the MIB will not load into NNMi. The most commonly encountered field limitations are listed in the following table.

TRAP-TYPE or NOTIFICATION-TYPE Macro Definition Maximum Field Lengths
Field Name Maximum Length Multi-Entry
NAME 80 NO
DESCRIPTION 4000 NO
--#TYPE 255 NO
--#SUMMARY 2000 YES
--#ARGUMENTS 255 NO
--#SEVERITY 255 NO
--#GENERIC 40 NO
--#CATEGORY 80 NO
--#SOURCE_ID 40 NO
--#TIMEINDEX 40 NO
--#HELP 80 NO
--#HELPTAG 40 NO
--#STATE 80 NO