The backoff-calculator parameter enables you to change the trap evaluation interval for a trap after a trap fires.
After a trap fires and sends data, you might not want it to be evaluated so often. For instance, you might want to know within a minute of when a file system is full, but only want to be notified every hour thereafter that it is still full.
The backoff-calculator parameter can take the following values in the value variable field:
The default value for the backoff-calculator parameter is no-backoff.