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TrapStation

TrapStation logs and forwards SNMP traps, usually to distributed management systems. You can selectively route traps, translate any SNMP version, filter, correlate events, apply thresholds, and modify varbinds. Then view graphs, search logs, and replay traps. TrapStation is a modern design, backed by decades of event-handling experience.

Upgrade from TrapEXPLODER^®, TrapBlaster^TM, etc.

TrapStation was designed to replace legacy apps: TrapEXPLODER^*, TrapBlaster^*, and LooperNG. Enjoy support for SNMP v3 encryption/security, trap modification, log search/replay, a browser interface, and more. And we hope you see TrapStation as a compelling alternative to unsupported scripts, or in-house development. * TrapEXPLODER is a registered trademark of Concord Communications, Inc. (acquired by CA Technologies). TrapBlaster is a trademark of BMC Software, Inc.

Tree-based Rules

TrapStation maps incoming traps to your rule tree nodes. Each node has a filter to test traps, and options to log and forward matching traps. Nested tiers form progressively specific tests, which reduces the complexity of individual rule nodes. Nesting ensures that a partially-matched trap falls into a fail-safe rule node. And in general, TrapStation's tree-based rules promote a logical organization that is safer to maintain over time.

Your Traps, Categorized

TrapStation's rule tree is a visual categorization of your traps. So rule pathnames are perfect buckets for statistics. Each trap's rule pathname is also stored in trap logs, so you can filter on it when using the search tool.

Search Tool

Your logs can accumulate millions or billions of traps. TrapStation helps you find the ones you need, with multiple layers of filters. You can browse or save results, and replay them to one of your targets for testing. You can filter the live stream too, collecting real-time results to browse/save/replay.

Trap Forwarding

You choose forwarding target(s) at each rule tree node. That means you can route traps coarsely or individually across your distributed NMS network. You can replay log search results to simulate live traps for testing your NMS. TrapStation's plug-in API enables custom targets, e.g. a "round-robin" trap load balancer, a direct integration to your database, Kafka, Splunk, etc. Do you need to convert v3 traps to v2 for feeding a legacy system, and simultaneously convert all v1/v2 traps to v3 for a secure external target? No problem.

NMS-Like Tools

Although TrapStation is not intended to replace your network management system, it includes validation options at each rule tree node. You don't have to use them, but they are available to help you significantly reduce forwarding of unwanted, spurious, redundant, and "flapping" traps to your NMS.

• TrapStation's rule engine correlates traps that you define as an alert or clear.
• Those alert and clear traps are automatically de-duplicated too.
• Prioritization can suppress traps you define as lower-priority alerts when a higher-priority alert state already exists.
• Thresholds can suppress traps until they reach your critical rates, (e.g. ">10 per hour").

For Advanced Users

TrapStation's rule tree nodes are powered by a JavaScript^® engine that has been enhanced for trap-handling. You can perform calculations, query trap fields, manipulate varbinds, and more, while using the well-known JavaScript syntax. Also, a Java^TM virtual machine is integrated with the JavaScript engine, so your rules can access external systems via Java's vast APIs.

Text Event Integration

Real-time text events can be handled by your rule tree too: syslog, email, alarms, etc. TrapStation can convert them to SNMP traps, then forward/log just like all your native traps. You can also log/forward any SNMP traps as JSON-formatted text.

DevOps-Friendly

TrapStation's rule tree compartmentalizes your custom logic to limit your scope of work, and potential problems. The GUI has pre-deployment testing tools, and provides one-click deployment without downtime. Both live and historical reporting provides operational feedback. So time to code/test/deploy meets DevOps' speedy expectations, and your team's full development capabilities are encouraged, while protecting operational service levels.

Enterprise

TrapStation addresses the special concerns of large companies: redundancy, security/encryption, and centralized authentication/authorization:

• High-availability: split-second mode switching when HA peer connection lost/restored
• Encryption: SNMP v3, and HTTPS browser-based GUI
• Login: LDAP and TACACS+ support
• Integrations: Apache Kafka, Splunk, etc.

** Splunk is a registered trademark of Splunk Inc.

Speeding Through Trap Storms

Bursts of trap traffic (thousands per second) are safely handled by TrapStation, and real-world throughput is engineered for the busiest network conditions: millions of traps per hour. Logs are optimized for speedy search results too.

Requirements

Client: Any modern web browser
Server: Linux/Unix/Windows; min. 2.5 GHz CPU with 4 cores, 2 Gb RAM, 200 Gb storage

Demo

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