Differenct between SNMP trap and MIB

[John Luk <John.Luk@GOV.AB.CA>]

Hi,
        I remember from this discussion list that James Shanks emphasized on
the difference between MIB and traps.  Especially in the way that MIBs
are compiled and loaded to Netview while traps are defined through the
use of addtrap command.  However, I found that most vendors have their
support limited to a download of their MIB but not much mention of
traps.  It also appears that the way traps are defined to a NMS is
different for different NMS.   My question is : do we always need
traps from a vendor to be "addtrap'ed" to Netview before Netview can
properly format them at the Control Desk and to perform ruleset
automation etc. against these traps from the same vendor ?

Thanks

John Luk
John.luk@gov.ab.ca