Format of the Trap Group

The trap group specifies the hosts to which the agent will send traps if the InetAddressAcl mechanism is used. This group contains one or more trap community definitions.

trap = {
   community1
   community2
   ...
   communityN
}

Each community definition defines the association between a set of hosts and the SNMP community string in the traps to be sent to them. Each trap definition has the following format:

{
   trap-community = trapCommunityName
   hosts = trapHostList
}

The trapCommunityName item specifies a single SNMP community string. It will be included in the traps sent to the hosts specified in the hosts item. SNMPv3 does use the community string, so use IP addresses or the context name instead.

The trapHostList item specifies a comma-separated list of hosts. Each host must be identified by its name or complete IP address.

When the SNMP protocol adaptor is instructed to send a trap using the InetAddressAcl mechanism, it will send a trap to every host listed in the trap community definitions. If a host is present in more than one list, it will receive more than one trap, each one identified by its corresponding trap community.