SNMP Configuration and Management Manual
Unsolicited SNMP Agent Messages
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C-7
005: ZSMP-EVT-SOCKET-ERROR
Effect. If the error is fatal, the agent stops running. Messages associated with nonfatal 
errors are discarded.
Recovery. Contact your local SNMP expert and provide all relevant information as 
follows:
•
Descriptions of the problems and accompanying symptoms
•
Details from the message or messages generated
•
The mnemonic associated with the OSS error number
•
Supporting documentation such as Event Management Service (EMS) logs and 
the saveabend file of the affected process
If your local operating procedures require contacting the GCSC, supply your system 
number and the numbers and versions of all related products as well.
005: ZSMP-EVT-SOCKET-ERROR
method-name
is the name of a function used internally by the SNMP agent.
-10 No A bad OBJECT IDENTIFIER was encountered. The first element 
must be 0 (ccit), 1 (iso), or 2 (joint-iso-ccit).  The second element 
must be 0 (standard), 1 (registration authority), 2 (member body), 
or 3 (identified organization).
-11 Yes An unexpected NULL pointer was passed to the encoder. 
-12 Yes A value having more than the allowed precision was found in a 
time type.
-13 Yes A type with a length or count field before it had a negative length.
-15 Yes The control table was corrupt.
-16 Yes An attempt was made to violate the constraint imposed by 
SizeConstraint.  For example, the number of values in an array of 
integers is greater than the number specified in the 
SizeConstraint of the corresponding SET OF INTEGER.
-18 Yes An error occurred during error recovery.
Socket error in method method-name at location location-
number. Socket Function: socket-function-name, Error: 
socket-err-num, File Name: socket-file-name
Table C-3. Encoding and Decoding Errors Returned by an Open Systems 
Solutions, Inc., ASN.1 Function (page2of2)
OSS-err-nu
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Fatal
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