Trap viewer - use of variables in the alert email

Question

Hi,

I want to forward parts of a snmp trap to an email-address.

How can I use parts of the snmp trap in the email subject and in the email text?

snmp trap

${MESSAGETYPE} = UNEM-MIB:alarmClearedTrap

${MESSAGE} =

Received Time:17.03.2010 11:18:34

Source:192.168.10.16(UNEM-LINUX)

Community:public

Variable Bindings

sysUpTime:= 20 hours 19 minutes 13,37 seconds (7315337)

snmpTrapOID:= UNEM-MIB:alarmClearedTrap (1.3.6.1.4.1.21696.93.1.0.5)

unemTrapSequenceNumber:= 4178

alarmNEfamily:= system(4) (4)

alarmNE:= 9999

alarmId:= 420548

alarmCardSlot:= 0

alarmLayer:= 0

alarmSubUnit:= 0

alarmStatus:= no-alarm(1) (1)

alarmSeverity:= info(1) (1)

alarmEventType:= equipmentAlarm(1) (1)

alarmText:= Alarm Flooding

alarmOnTime:= 1268821072

alarmOffTime:= 1268821112

alarmAckOnStatus:= not-acknowledged(0) (0)

alarmAckOnTime:= 0

alarmAckOffStatus:= not-acknowledged(0) (0)

alarmAckOffTime:= 0

alarmIntermittency:= off(0) (0)

alarmIntermittentPeriod:= 0

alarmNEName:= unem-linux

alarmLocation:= 28/Koblenz4_1

experimental.1057.1:= 192.168.10.16

snmpTrapEnterprise:= UNEM-MIB:release1 (1.3.6.1.4.1.21696.93.1)

How can I access to several variables (e.g.alarmLocation). This values have an own OID.

I get this traps from a element management system (unem), that collecting the alarms and can send traps. I don´t have access to the several nodes behind the element manager.

Thanks

Jens

ecklerwr1 · Answer

I think what you are really looking for is part of version 10 coming up to be able to access Trap variable pairs with a ${variablename} format like we can in many other areas already:

* Syslog and Traps – * Ability to reference Trap variable binding names and value pairs as variables in alert messages (e.g. ${vbName1}, ${vbData1}) 
* Ability to configure Trap alerts based on pattern matching on Trap Details 
* Ability to reference Orion node variables in Syslog and Trap alerts 
* Respect Orion NPM unmanaged node status in Syslog and Trap alerts 
* Ability to change the status of an interface in Orion NPM based on Trap message 
* Add option when forwarding a Syslog message to retain the original source IP address 
* Add option to consume original address when passed in a Syslog message. 
* Add option when forwarding a Syslog message to retain (and spoof) the original source IP address.