Many of the tables in the OSPF MIB contain generalized event counters. By enabling the traps defined in this document a network manager can obtain more specific information about these events. A network manager may want to poll these event counters and enable specific OSPF traps when a particular counter starts increasing abnormally.
The following table shows the relationship between the event counters defined in the OSPF MIB and the trap types defined in section 5.
Counter32 Trap Type
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ospfOriginateNewLsas ospfOriginateLsa
ospfIfEvents ospfIfStateChange
ospfConfigError
ospfIfAuthFailure
ospfRxBadPacket
ospfTxRetransmit
ospfVirtIfEvents ospfVirtIfStateChange
ospfVirtIfConfigError
ospfVirtIfAuthFailure
ospfVirtIfRxBadPacket
ospfVirtIfTxRetransmit
ospfNbrEvents ospfNbrStateChange
ospfVirtNbrEvents ospfVirtNbrStateChange
ospfExternLSACount ospfLsdbApproachingOverflow
ospfExternLSACount ospfLsdbOverflow