Error: Parse ERROR: Connect and accept are specified on a same IP in DX NetOps

Products

• Network Observability
• Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

after installing trap-x, configured sdc.rc and sdc.config

# cat sdc.config
# Place config entries here, see README for options
-accept X.X.X.X -maxlogsize 20
-nosecure -connect X.X.X.X
-bind Y.Y.Y.Y

 

but SDMlog on connector has below errors:

Fri Feb 20 13:44:30 2026: ERROR:  Parse ERROR: Connect and accept are specified on a same IP.

Environment

Trap-X server separate from SS an OC

Resolution

The error 'Parse ERROR: Connect and accept are specified on a same IP.' in your sdmLog.log is occurring because your sdc.config file is incorrectly configured with both an -accept and a -connect argument pointing to the exact same IP address (X.X.X.X).

Based on the documentation for configuring TrapX on a Secure Domain Connector (SDC), the SDC should only be configured to accept the connection from the Secure Domain Manager (SDM), not to simultaneously connect and accept on the same address.

 

If you have a setup with SDC and Trap-X on the same host usually you will need 2 accept statements for the SDM and for the local connections:

# cat sdc.config
# Place config entries here, see README for options
-accept <SDM_IP> -maxlogsize 20
-accept localhost
-nosecure -connect X.X.X.X
-bind Y.Y.Y.Y

Additional Information

 

• KB 206665: Configuring TrapX to forward over Secure Domain Connector - Spectrum Server Tunnel https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/206665

• KB 207721: Not seeing traps from TrapX (SDC) landing on the Spectroserver https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/207721