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I know this sound silly, we have an appliance which has option to community string and sm<br />
mp trap .<br />
My understanding is better to send the device trap than letting the management station yo monitor the device. Am I correct in this ?<br />
Dies trap send information about cpu memory usage or just send the distress message?
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I know this sound silly, we have an appliance which has option to community string and sm
mp trap .
My understanding is better to send the device trap than letting the management station yo monitor the device. Am I correct in this ?
Dies trap send information about cpu memory usage or just send the distress message?

Smmp trap vs smmp monitor.

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