Use the Start Trap Manager (STRTRPMGR) command to start the OS/400 SNMP trap manager. An optional Forward Trap parameter may be specified, which enables traps that are received on the system to be forwarded to other Network Management stations, as configured in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and Distributed Protocol Interface (DPI) interface.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
FWDTRP	Forward traps	*YES, *NO	Optional, Positional 1

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Forward Trap (FWDTRP)

Specifies whether traps received on the system are to be forwarded to other network management stations.

The possible values are:

*NO

Received traps will not be forwarded. Traps will only be enqueued.

*YES

Received traps will be forwarded using the facilities provided in the SNMP agent and DPI interface.

Examples

Example 1: Start Trap Manager Job (Enqueue Traps Only)

STRTRPMGR

This command starts the trap manager job. Traps received by the trap manager are enqueued only.

Example 2: Start Trap Manager Job (Enqueue & Forward Traps)

STRTRPMGR   FWDTRP(*YES)

This command starts the trap manager job. Traps received by the trap manager are enqueued and forwarded.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPFA80D

Trap manager job already active.

CPFA802

Trap manager not started.