Scenario: A Citrix Administrator configured SNMP to send traps to an external SNMP system. When reviewing the messages, the administrator notices several entity UP and entity DOWN messages.
To what are these messages related?
Scenario: A Citrix Administrator configured SNMP to send traps to an external SNMP system. When reviewing the messages, the administrator notices several entity UP and entity DOWN messages.
To what are these messages related?
Entity UP and entity DOWN messages in an SNMP context typically refer to the state of the network interfaces changing. These messages are triggered when a network interface goes UP (becomes active) or DOWN (becomes inactive). Hence, these messages are related to the network interface.
A and B: entitydown (1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.1.1.0.8) This trap is sent when the state of entities such as an interface, vserver, physicalservice or servicegroup changes to DOWN Varbinds sent in the trap message: entityName, sysIpAddress To receive this trap, enable the following SNMP alarm: ENTITY-STATE entityup (1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.1.1.0.9) This trap is sent when the state of entities such as an interface, vserver, physicalservice or servicegroup changes to UP Varbinds sent in the trap message: entityName, sysIpAddress To receive this trap, enable the following SNMP alarm: ENTITY-STATE