Generate test SNMP traps within Smarts IP

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

How to generate test SNMP traps within Smarts IP.

Environment

SMARTS - All supported versions

Resolution

In order to generate test traps:

1. Change to the bin directory of the Smarts IP suite directory.
2. Execute the following command (all on one line from <Basedir>/IP/smarts/bin):

./sm_snmp  trap d <hostname|IP> -p port <agent> <oid> <generic> <specific> <uptime> <varbind>

Additional Information

Examples of the most common traps used by the IP server would be:

• coldStart trap:
  sm_snmp -d <hostname|IP address> -p 162 trap <source_IP> .1.3.6.1.4.9.10 0 10 0 .1.3.6.1.4.9.20 i 10
• warmStart trap:
  sm_snmp -d <hostname|IP address> -p 162 trap <source_IP> .1.3.6.1.4.9.10 1 10 0 .1.3.6.1.4.9.20 i 10
• linkDown trap:
  sm_snmp -d <hostname|IP address> -p 162 trap <source_IP> .1.3.6.1.4.9.10 2 10 0 .1.3.6.1.4.9.20 i 10
• linkUp trap:
  sm_snmp -d <hostname|IP address> -p 162 trap <source_IP> .1.3.6.1.4.9.10 3 10 0 .1.3.6.1.4.9.20 i 10