Overview Of Traps And Logs; System Messaging Platform - Avaya 8800 Troubleshooting Manual

Log and trap fundamentals
This message requests to modify the value of one or more objects.
• Get Response
This message is sent by an SNMP agent in response to a Get Request, Get Next Request,
or Set Request message.
• Trap
An SNMP trap is a notification triggered by events at the agent.

Overview of traps and logs

The SNMP trap is an industry-standard method used to manage events. You can set SNMP
traps for specific types of log messages (for example, Warning or Fatal) from specific
applications, and send them to a trap server for further processing. For example, you can
configure the Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 to send SNMP traps to a server when a port
is unplugged or when a power supply fails.
On any UNIX-based management platform, you can use system log (syslog) messaging to
manage event messages. The Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 syslog software
communicates with a server software component named syslogd on your management
workstation.
The UNIX daemon syslogd is a software component that receives and locally logs, displays,
prints, and forwards messages that originate from sources internal and external to the
workstation. For example, syslogd on a UNIX workstation concurrently handles messages
received from applications running on the workstation, as well as messages received from an
Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 running in a network accessible to the workstation.
The remote UNIX management workstation
• receives system log messages from the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600
• examines the severity code in each message
• uses the severity code to determine appropriate system handling for each message
This document describes SNMP commands related to traps. For information about configuring
SNMP community strings and related topics, see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600
Security, NN46205-601.

System Messaging Platform

The System Messaging Platform (SMP) creates a scheme for the display and access of system
messages. SMP enhances your access of information by offering greater serviceability.
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