My $.02, As defined in the two SNMP documents below, notification appears to be a term used to include both traps and informs. Informs are an SNMP V3 trap which is acknowledged, unlike "regular old traps". So, All traps are notifications, but not all notifications are traps (some are informs).
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/120newft/120 t/120t3/snmp3.htm http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios113ed/113t/113t_ 1/snmpinfm.htm -Bob Sinclair CCIE #10427, MCSE Senior Network Engineer Networking For Future, Inc. www.nffinc.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Difference between SNMP notifications and trap [7:62478] > John Neiberger wrote: > > > > >What is the difference between an SNMP notification and an > > SNMP trap? > > > > I'd have to check later to verify this but I believe 'trap' is > > the SNMP > > version 1 term, while 'notification' is the SNMP v2 (or v3?) > > term. I > > don't recall what the technical differences are, but they are > > essentially the same animal. > > > > That was essentially going to be my answer too. If you search on the word > "notification" in SNMPv1 RFCs, you won't find it, but you will find lots of > cases of "trap." > > If you search on "notification" in SNMPv2 RFCs, you find the term "trap > notification." > > In SNMPv3 documents, the term "trap" no longer appears, but "notification" > does. So, I think they mean the same thing. But I didn't read the v3 > documents very carefully. They are hard to read, and in my opinion, no > longer deserve the S in the acronym. :-) > > Also, as is always the case, we need to see terms in their context to > explain them. So, "notification" could have some other meaning. The answer > about it meaning an e-mail or pager notification is right too, but maybe on > a different tangent, but we can't tell from the question if it's on the same > tangent or not. > > Priscilla > > > > > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62524&t=62478 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
