SNMPTrapMgr Component
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
The SNMPTrapMgr component provides a listening point for SNMP traps.
Syntax
TipnSNMPTrapMgr
Remarks
The SNMPTrapMgr component provides a listening point for SNMP traps and informs as specified by the SNMP RFCs. The component supports v1, v2c, and v3 traps.
The component provides both encoding/decoding and transport capabilities, making the task of developing a custom SNMP Trap manager as simple as setting a few key properties and handling a few events. SNMP data, such as for instance SNMP object id-s (OID-s) are exchanged as text strings, thus further simplifying the task of handling them.
The component is activated/deactivated by setting the Active property. This property enables or disables sending and receiving.
Messages are received through events such as Trap, InformRequest, or DiscoveryRequest.
SNMP OIDs, types, and values are provided in the Objects collection of SNMP objects for both sent and received packets.
SNMPv3 USM security passwords are requested through the GetUserPassword event, and event parameters such as User and SecurityLevel provide information about the security attributes of received requests, and enable granular decision capability about what to provide and what not to provide.
The AddUser, RemoveUser, ShowCache, ClearCache, AddEngine, and RemoveEngine methods are used to manage an internal authentication cache. This internal cache can be used as an alternative to the GetUserPassword event, automatically checking the cache against the security parameters provided in the request signature.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AcceptData | Enables or disables data reception. |
Active | Enables or disables sending and receiving of SNMP packets. |
LocalEngineId | The Engine Id (for SNMPv3). |
LocalHost | The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The UDP port in the local host where the component is bound to. |
ObjCount | The number of records in the Obj arrays. |
ObjType | The current object's type. |
ObjId | The current object's id which is encoded as a string of numbers separated by periods. |
ObjTypeString | A string representation of the current object's ObjectType . |
ObjValue | The current object's value. |
RequestId | The request-id to mark outgoing packets with. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AddEngine | Adds the engine specified by EngineId to the internal authentication cache. |
AddUser | Adds a user for the engine specified by EngineId to the internal authentication cache. |
ClearCache | Clears the internal authentication database. |
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting . |
DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
HashPasswords | Hashes all passwords in the cache. |
RemoveEngine | Removes the engine specified by EngineId from the internal authentication cache. |
RemoveUser | Removes the user specified by User of the engine specified by EngineId from the internal authentication cache. |
Reset | Clears the object arrays. |
ShowCache | Lists all entries in the internal user and engine database. |
Value | Returns the value corresponding to an OID. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
BadPacket | Fired for erroneous and/or malformed messages. |
CacheEntry | Shows engines and users in the internal cache. |
CheckEngine | Fired to check engine parameters (timeliness, etc.). |
DiscoveryRequest | Fired when an SNMPv3 discovery packet is received. |
Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
GetUserPassword | Retrieves a password associated with a user. |
GetUserSecurityLevel | Sets the security level for an incoming packet. |
HashPassword | Fired before and after a password is hashed. |
InformRequest | Fired when an InformRequest packet is received. |
PacketTrace | Fired for every packet sent or received. |
Trap | Fired when a SNMP trap packet is received. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ContextEngineId | Sets the context engine id of the SNMP entity. |
ContextName | Sets the context name of the SNMP entity. |
ForceLocalPort | Forces the component to bind to a specific port. |
ShowCacheForUser | Shows the cache entry for a single user. |
TimeWindow | The time window used for SNMPv3 timeliness checking (authentication). |
SourceAddress | The source address of the received packet. |
SourcePort | The source port of the received packet. |
CaptureIPPacketInfo | Used to capture the packet information. |
DestinationAddress | Used to get the destination address from the packet information. |
DontFragment | Used to set the Don't Fragment flag of outgoing packets. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where the component binds. |
MaxPacketSize | The maximum length of the packets that can be received. |
ShareLocalPort | If set to True, allows more than one instance of the component to be active on the same local port. |
UseConnection | Determines whether to use a connected socket. |
QOSDSCPValue | Used to specify an arbitrary QOS/DSCP setting (optional). |
QOSTrafficType | Used to specify QOS/DSCP settings (optional). |
UseIPv6 | Whether or not to use IPv6. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |