Troubleshooting Tip: BGP SNMP Trap
| Description | This article explains the BGP SNMP trap state that would trigger a trap to be sent from FortiGate to the SNMP server. | ||||||||
| Scope | FortiGate. | ||||||||
| Solution | Based on the documentation, BGP generates an SNMP trap when the Finite State Machine (FSM) transitions from a higher-numbered state to a lower-numbered state, provided that the bgp-backward-transition option is enabled. The SNMP trap is triggered according to the following state changes:
Refer to the BGP state diagram below: |

