
Model 2314/2316 SNMP Alarm Encoder
Fial Incorporated
2314/2316-042315
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The inform-request feature helps improve performance for networks that are unreliable (dropped
packets). It cannot compensate for a manager that is shut down for a period of time. In that
situation, the manager is expected to poll the 2314/2316 SNMP Event Table to bring itself up to
date after the manager starts up. The 2314/2316 SNMP Event Table holds the last (most recent)
100 events. This typically covers a period of hours to days.
The 2314/2316 inform-request queue only processes one event at a time. If three reportable
events happen at about the same instant, the 2314/2316 will first do the notifications and all the
inform-request tries/retries for the first event. It will then process the second event, and so on.
Suppose you have two managers receiving inform-requests, and one is shut down. Inform-
requests to the ‘working’ manager may be delayed somewhat because of the retries to the
manager that is down. Suppose retries = 2 and timeout seconds = 2. After a fast sequence of
reportable events, the ‘working’ manager will have a wait of (3-tries * 2-seconds) = 6 seconds
between receiving inform-requests for successive events.
The 2314/2316 SNMP agent never sends notifications or inform-requests faster than one per
second. This avoids network congestion and resulting packet loss.
Note the two submit buttons on this web page. The upper submit button is used when changing
the parameters for a manager. The lower submit button is only used for setting the retries and
timeout values. Remember, you must do a ‘save & reboot’ operation for any ‘submit’ changes to
take effect.
A manager may set its Send Notifications column to True (1) or False (2) in order to turn its
notifications (or Inform-Requests) on and off.
If a manager is to receive Inform-Requests, then both columns (Send Notifications and Send
Inform-Requests) must be ‘True’. If a manager is to receive notifications, then the Send
Notifications column must be set to true and the Send Inform-Request column must be false. The
following table shows all possibilities:
Table 2. Notification/Trap and Inform Request Settings
Notification/Trap activity
Send
Notifications
Send
Inform Request
Nothing sent
False
False
Nothing sent
False
True
Notifications sent
True False
Inform-Requests
sent
True
True
To start/stop Notifications/Inform-Requests, a manager changes the value in the 2314/2316 MIB
using an SNMP ‘set’ command. The manager’s IP address and write community string must
match the values in the row being changed.
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