Evaluating NOTIFICATION-TYPE

SNMPv2c TRAP via NOTIFICATION-TYPE

Initialize TRAP message contents from variables specified in NOTIFICATION-TYPE SMI macro.

  • SNMPv2c
  • with community name ‘public’
  • over IPv4/UDP
  • send TRAP notification
  • with TRAP ID ‘coldStart’ specified as a MIB symbol
  • include managed object information specified as a MIB symbol

Functionally similar to:

$ snmptrap -v2c -c public demo.snmplabs.com 12345 1.3.6.1.4.1.20408.4.1.1.2
from pysnmp.hlapi import *

errorIndication, errorStatus, errorIndex, varBinds = next(
    sendNotification(SnmpEngine(),
                     CommunityData('public'),
                     UdpTransportTarget(('demo.snmplabs.com', 162)),
                     ContextData(),
                     'trap',
                     NotificationType(
                         ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'coldStart')
                     )
    )
)

if errorIndication:
    print(errorIndication)

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Sending additional var-binds

Send SNMP notification using the following options:

  • SNMPv2c
  • with community name ‘public’
  • over IPv4/UDP
  • send INFORM notification
  • with TRAP ID ‘coldStart’ specified as a MIB symbol
  • include managed object information specified as a MIB symbol

Functionally similar to:

$ snmpinform -v2c -c public demo.snmplabs.com 12345 1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5.1 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 s “my system”
from pysnmp.hlapi import *

errorIndication, errorStatus, errorIndex, varBinds = next(
    sendNotification(SnmpEngine(),
                     CommunityData('public'),
                     UdpTransportTarget(('demo.snmplabs.com', 162)),
                     ContextData(),
                     'inform',
                     NotificationType(
                         ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'coldStart')
                     ).addVarBinds(
                         ObjectType(ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB','sysName',0),
                                                   'my system')
                     ))
)

if errorIndication:
    print(errorIndication)
elif errorStatus:
    print('%s at %s' % (
            errorStatus.prettyPrint(),
            errorIndex and varBinds[int(errorIndex)-1][0] or '?'
        )
    )
else:
    for varBind in varBinds:
        print(' = '.join([ x.prettyPrint() for x in varBind ]))

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See also: library reference.