User's Manual

ADDING TRAP DECODES

You can add your own SNMP trap decodes to 3Com Network Director by

editing the file:

<Installation Directory>\templates.ini

3Com Network Director reads this file when it starts, and any trap

decodes it contains are added to the built-in trap decodes. If any errors

are found in the file then an error is displayed, detailing the type and the

location of the error in the file, and the trap decodes contained within the

file are ignored.

The updated templates will be used to decode any traps received in the

future. However, they will not be applied to traps that have already been

received.

If you specify a decode for a trap type which is already handled by

Network Director, your decode will override Network Director's built-in

decode.

The format of the templates.ini file is as follows:

■ ·The format of each trap decode is:

[OID]

name = <trap name>

description = <description>

explanation = <explanation>

severity = <severity>

where the fields are as follows:

[OID]is the trap’s OID. For example:

[1.3.6.1.4.1.43.47.2.1.0.57]. This is used to match

up received SNMP traps with this decode.

<trap name> is the name of the trap. For

example: linkUp. This appears in the Trap Decode