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Chapter 7

Monitoring Trap and Event Messages

To manage your Bay Networks routers and ensure that they are working properly,

you can use trap and event messages.

Trap messages provide real-time information about the operating status of the

routers in your network. Bay Networks routers use SNMP, an industry standard,

which sends trap messages. The Trap Monitor tool lets you view these messages.

Event messages also provide information about the operating status of the routers

in your network; however, event messages provide more detailed information than

trap messages. The Events Manager tool lets you display event messages.

This chapter contains the following information:

Topic Page

Comparing Trap and Event Messages 7-2

Conﬁguring Trap Messages 7-3

Using the Trap Monitor 7-15

Monitoring Router Events 7-23

Loading the Event Log into the Events Manager 7-26

Filtering Event Messages 7-30

Searching for an Event Message 7-31

Refreshing the Events Manager Window 7-32

Clearing the Events Manager Window 7-32

Saving Event Messages 7-33

Clearing the Current Event Log 7-34