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This command will prompt the user for a destination host for the traps. At the prompt enter the internet
address of the node on which the SNMP Manager is installed. The internet address must be entered in
standard notation (e.g., 135.20.40.6).
NOTE
You must avoid causing an infinite loop consisting of traps being
forwarded back to the host that is sending them. You can cause these
loopbacks either directly by forwarding traps back to the local host
(making the
ip_address
the address of the local host) or indirectly by
forwarding traps to another host that is already forwarding traps to the
local host.
4. Restart the 6800 Series NMS. This step is required to enable trap forwarding. The traps will be
forwarded to the node specified by the internet address in the previous step. Refer to your SNMP
Manager documentation for the procedure for observing traps on the SNMP Manager.
Disabling Trap Forwarding
Use the following steps to disable trap forwarding.
1. Shutdown the 6800 Series NMS. Refer to the
COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System
User’s/System Administrator’s Guide
for this procedure. Although this step is not required, it is strongly
recommended
.
2. Login as a super-user.
3. At the super-user prompt:
TYPE: /usr/nms/RNMS/bin/Platform/trpDisable
4. Restart the 6800 Series NMS. This step is required to disable trap forwarding. Once the 6800 Series
NMS is restarted, NMS 6800 traps will not be forwarded to the SNMP Manager.
