Hi, i am also testing MLM NT in progress.
To receive the trap or not, you can check the trapd.log ( more accurately
than in the control desk ).
Yes. configuring and managing NT MLM from UNIX platform is lacking.
Hence, i can only try by error.

I have done testing like you. To shutdown one PC which belong to the MLM
subnet, but the down trap is generated from the central netview ( UNIX
platform ) not MLM. I am still investigating this case.

May be we can share more information on this issue NT MLM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Seitz [SMTP:don_seitz AT INS DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:28 PM
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      NT MLM problems forwarding events to NetView
>
> NetView  Forum
>
> We have a NT MLM installed that initially when it came up, sent all info
> about the devices in its managed subnet to the master NetView system.  We
> then began to test it sending traps to the master.  This failed.  We setup
> a switch on its managed subnet to send all traps to the MLM, and would
> un-plug and then plug in a managed printer on this same sub-net.  The MLM
> never sends any trap to the Master to inform that either the printer or
> the
> switch is having problems.
>
> When we look at the NT MLM config file it is setup to send all traps to
> the
> master, and all other information in the config file looks correct.  If we
> shut down the NT SNMP service and restart, we get a trap on the master
> that
> the MLM is up, but we do not get any information about the devices it
> manages nor does it ever forward traps.
>
> The docs on configing and managing an NT MLM from an UNIX platform is
> lacking.
>
> What do we look for to resolve this???
>
> Thanks for any response...
>
>
> Don A. Seitz
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