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For this discussion we will assume that the concept of 'state' is important to the customer.  If there is a down event, there should be a corresponding up event.  It is possible that several down events could share a single up or clearing event.

Create Parser Rules

opEvents will process the trap log file as specified on opCommon.nmis.  When parsing the traps the following properties should be extracted.

• event
• element
• stateful
• state