Why coldStart trap is not sent by snmpd on reboot?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The snmpd daemon is enabled, configured to send SNMP traps to remote trapsink, and starts on boot successfully.
  • SNMP traps are sent and received remotely few moment later after reboot, however, the coldStart SNMP trap is never received at the remote destination.
  • There may be other hosts with identical snmpd configuration which send the coldStart trap successfully.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • net-snmp

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