INFORM

SNMP Protocol Operation
GET
SNMP Versions:	SNMPv2c-3
CLI Utility:	snmpinform
Protocol List:	GET GETNEXT GETBULK SET TRAP INFORM RESPONSE REPORT

INFORMs are simply acknowledged TRAP notifications. When an entity (like snmptrapd) receives an INFORM, it sends back a RESPONSE to indicate it received it. In this way, an INFORM sender may choose to resend an INFORM message if it never received the appropriate RESPONSE message.