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Which two processes are involved when BIG-IP systems issue traps? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. alertd D. syslogng. BIG-IP SNMP trap issuance involves alertd, which evaluates alert conditions and generates traps, and syslog-ng, which receives system log events and feeds them into the alert pipeline.

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Question

Which two processes are involved when BIG-IP systems issue traps? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Abigd
  • Balertd
  • Csmtpd
  • Dsyslogng

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    13% (3)
  • B
    83% (20)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

BIG-IP SNMP trap issuance involves alertd, which evaluates alert conditions and generates traps, and syslog-ng, which receives system log events and feeds them into the alert pipeline.

Abigd

bigd is the health monitor daemon that checks pool member and node availability; it is not part of the SNMP trap generation or alert notification subsystem.

BalertdCorrect

The alertd daemon continuously monitors the BIG-IP alert pipeline and is the process directly responsible for evaluating alert conditions and issuing SNMP traps when thresholds or events are triggered, making it a required participant in trap generation.

Csmtpd

smtpd handles outbound email (SMTP) alert notifications and operates independently from the SNMP trap subsystem, serving a different notification channel entirely.

DsyslogngCorrect

syslog-ng receives log messages from BIG-IP subsystems and routes relevant events to alertd for evaluation - the two daemons form a pipeline where syslog-ng provides the log input and alertd acts on it to produce SNMP traps.

Concept tested: F5 BIG-IP SNMP trap generation daemon pipeline

Source: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K3316

Topics

#SNMP traps#alertd#syslog-ng#BIG-IP processes

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