Incoming Messages Format; Event Correlation With Nnm 6 - IBM Enterprise Console Manual

Incoming Messages Format

Messages received from the ovtrapd process consist of SNMP Trap-PDUs as
defined in RFC 1157 (SNMPv l).
OpenView-specific events are defined as enterprise-specific traps and have the
following content:
enterprise
agent-addr
generic-trap
specific-trap
time-stamp
variable-bindings

Event Correlation With NNM 6

You can configure the adapter to open a session with ovspmd so that ovspmd only
forwards the correlated events you want to the adapter. This reduces the workload
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SNMP agent or proxy agent address
6
Number in the range 33554432 through 2147483647
0
The adapter also receives SNMP traps because the ovtrapd process is
monitoring for any traps sent to port 162. The following list shows some of
the specifics for OpenView events:
1. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
2. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
3. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
4. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
5. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
6. Descr:
ObjId:
Type:
OpenView Source ID number
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.1.0
INTEGER
OpenView Source Name
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.2.0
OCTET_STRING
OpenView Optional Object Id for event source
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.3.0
OCTET_STRING
Optional data
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.17.2.4.0
OCTET_STRING
Optional severity
1.3.6.1.4.l.11.2.17.2.5.0
OCTET_STRING
Optional category
1.3.6 1.4.1.11.2.17.2.6.0
OCTET_STRING