PMP> Traps - new info

PMP> Traps - new info

Harry Lewis harryl at us.ibm.com
Mon Apr 21 17:30:59 EDT 1997


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Prologue:
Epilogue: Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems


Ron, thanks for making this into a simple explanation...




  >My SNMP trap code will not issue a Trap unless a trap host address has
  >been specifically defined.  And since SNMP traps are not broadcast, I
  >would guess that this is true of most other implementations.  I do not
  >understand how the test suite could then automatically detect a trap
  >if the printer agent was not setup to deliver the trap to the proper
  >IP address of the test suite.


Precisely what I have been trying to say...


And a simple question...


  >I thought that it was agreed that all participants would verify that
  >traps were operational on their systems.  Has anyone reported?


Yes - we have verified that traps are operational on IBM printers.


Harry Lewis.



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