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SNMP Connector

(This describe the Connector that was introduced with Integrator 4.6.8)

Overview

This Connector listens for SNMP traps sent on the network and returns an entry with the name and values for all elements in an SNMP PDU.

Configuration

The Connector needs the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

connectorType com.architech.connector.SNMP
SNMP Community "public" is a good choice if you want to test the Connector.
Mode Trap Listener or Client
The Client mode can use Connectors in Add mode (SNMP Set), Lookup mode (SNMP Get) or Iterator  mode (Walk)

Trap listener can only Iterate, listening to traps on the local host.

SNMP Trap Port Port in Trap mode. Unused in Client mode
Trap Wait Timeout Timeout in Trap mode. The number of milliseconds to wait for the next PDU. If value is zero or less, the Connector will wait forever.
SNMP Host Only used for Get in Client mode.  Unused in Trap mode
SNMP Port Client port (for client mode) unused in Trap mode
SNMP Walk  OID Used only in Client mode, iterator Connector.  Indicates the OID tree to walk.
SNMP Version Default version for get/walk: Client mode. Unused in trap mode.

Notes

  • In Client mode, a requests will be retried 5 times with increasing intervals over a period of 13 seconds.  Timeout will occur if no answer is received.
  • If what you want to is to send SNMP Traps, the system.snmpTrap() is available to you.

Example

Download an example configuration file that sends and receives SNMP traps.  Extract it's contents to the metamerge/examples directory (you might need to create this).

 

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