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348 CHAPTER 8: THE EVENT LOG
length of time that the history is maintained for may be configured via
the Tools > Options dialog box. See “
Configuring the Storage of
Monitoring History for Events” on page 360.
Trap Decode Tab
The Trap Decode tab is only visible when you are viewing details for an
SNMP trap-based event, and provides full details of the raw contents of
the SNMP trap that the event was generated from:
Figure 164 Trap Decode Tab
The tree within this tab allows you to view the individual varbinds that
were contained within the SNMP trap, and the three options in the
Decode section at the bottom left allow you to select differing levels of
decode:
Numerical decode: Object identifiers are shown using their numerical
values.
For example:
1.3.6.1.4.1.43.10.22.2.1.4.1.7.0.4.11
Full name decode: 3Com Network Director translates the object
identifiers from their numerical values to their text equivalents as far as it