Marc, if you are doing this via Event Configuration/Command for
Automatic Action pass variable $A (agent reporting the trap).

Blaine Owens
bowens AT eastman DOT com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Russo [SMTP:mrusso AT AL.IISL DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 4:37 PM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      Interface Down Events
>
> Whenever an interface goes down on a router, it sends a trap to my
> NetView
> system.  I want to be emailed whenever this happens, and sometimes
> paged,
> depending on which interface is down.  The problem I am having is when
> I
> pass this to sendmail, I can only pass the interface that is down
> (i.e. $2),
> but I cannot pass which node is reporting this.  Does anyone know
> which
> variable I can pass to sendmail (and eventually the paging utility) to
> let
> me know which node is reporting an interface down?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc Russo (mrusso AT al.iisl DOT com)
> International Integrated Solutions, LTD