Nagios XI and NSTI
Nagios SNMP Trap Interface (NSTI) is a stand alone product used for the searchability of trap tables, visualization of traps, and archiving of traps.
It does not require a Nagios Core or Nagios XI implementation, it can exist as a stand alone product on it's own dedicated server.
Nagios XI has it's own SNMP Trap receiving functionality that can be installed to submit received traps as Passive service check results for Nagios.
NSTI can also co-exist on a Nagios XI server however there are some subtle differences in relation to the uploading of MIBs that need to be explained.
Nagios XI has the ability to upload MIB files to extend SNMP related functionality. This is located in Admin > System Extensions > Manage MIBs.
There is a check box you can select called "Process Trap". The purpose of this option to to scan the MIB file for any SNMP Trap definitions and then update SNMP Trap related configurations with these trap definitions (called EVENTs). The following explains how this "Process Trap" feature works for different scenarios:
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Article ID: 93
Created On: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:07 PM
Last Updated On: Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Authored by: tlea
Online URL: https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/snmp-traps-nagios-xi-and-nsti-mib-uploading-93.html