On Sat,  7 Jan 2006 10:14:46 +0000 Dave wrote:
DS> > I was looking at linking the ifXTable ifLinkUpDownTrapEnabled object to
DS> > the code that actually implements the monitoring ...
DS> >      .... I was wondering how easy/hard it would be for you to throw
DS> > together a simple api to toggle the status of the trap for a given
DS> > interface.
DS> 
DS> Hmmmm...
DS> 
DS> I'm not quite sure what sort of API you had in mind, but my immediate
DS> reaction would be to implement this within the "interface_load()"
DS> handling.    The current DisMan-based monitoring is something of a
DS> workaround, and it would be more efficient to implement this more
DS> closely within the interface-related code itself.

Now why didn't I think of that?

DS>   -  The O/S-specific "interface_arch_load()" routine could populate
DS>      a temporary holding container with the current list of interfaces
DS>      and accompanying statistics.
DS> 
DS>   -  The common "interface_load()" routine could then compare
DS>      this latest list with the previous information, generating
DS>      linkUp or linkDown traps as necessary (as well as updating
DS>      the ifLastChange column value - see other thread).

Already done, except for the trap generation.

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