Notification Variable Form

[This is the context-sensitive help for the  MIB Variable: Notification Variable form = alias = .mibNotificationVariableFormHelp.]

The Notification Variables form displays the information that will be included when the SNMP trap is generated. In the following example, the IF-MIB's linkDown OID provides an SNMP trap. When this trap is generated, the ifIindex, ifAdminStatus, and ifOperStatus values are included in the SNMP trap text:

linkDown NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { ifIndex, ifAdminStatus, ifOperStatus }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A linkDown trap signifies that the SNMP entity, acting in
an agent role, has detected that the ifOperStatus object for
one of its communication links is about to enter the down
state from some other state (but not from the notPresent
state). This other state is indicated by the included value
of ifOperStatus."
::= { snmpTraps 3 }

MIB Notification Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
Position

The position number of the MIB variable that is used as a Notification Variable object.

In the following example, atIfIndex is position 1, ifAdminStatus is position 2, and ifOperStatus is position 3:

linkDown NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {ifIndex, ifAdminStatus, ifOperStatus}

MIB Variable

The name of the MIB variable.

In the following example ifIndex, ifAdminStatus, and ifOperStatus are Notification Variables:

linkDown NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { ifIndex, ifAdminStatus, ifOperStatus }

Trap Definition

The name of the MIB notification used to define the SNMP trap.

For example: linkDown.

MIB

The name value that is stored at the beginning of the MIB definitions to identify the MIB.

For example, IF-MIB is the name of the MIB:

IF-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

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