Private Management Traps

A problem with the private management traps in HP OpenView 4.0 and 5.0 affects the following variables:

· rcCardDown

· rcCardUp

· rcErrorNotification

· rcStpNewRoot

· rcStpTopologyChange

Although the trap MIB is defined correctly and loads without problems, HP OpenView does not properly process event object identifiers (OIDs) that have embedded zeros. HP OpenView appears to ignore "0" and drops it from the OID. This bug results in HP OpenView logging these traps as undefined.

For example, rcCardDown is defined with OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.21.0.1, but HP OpenView processes it with an OID of 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.21.1 in its event configuration file.

To work around this problem:

1. Select Event Configuration under Options.
2. Select enterprise name rcMgmt.
3. Select Copy event under Edit.
4. Enter a new event name (for example, xlrCardDown instead of rcCardDown).
5. Add 0 to the beginning of the editable portion of the event OID (for example, "21.1" becomes "0.21.1" for the xlrCardDown event). Optionally, change the event category from Log only to Status Events if you want the trap to be displayed in the events browser.
6. Click OK.
7. Choose File and then Save.