diff --git a/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml b/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-snmp-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-snmp-provider-alarm</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS SNMP protocol alarm provider</description>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SNMPAlarmProvider.java b/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SNMPAlarmProvider.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.snmp.alarm.impl;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.faultmanagement.alarm.AlarmProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Provider which uses an SNMP controller to detect network device alarms. The class leverages functionality from
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/btisystems/snmp-core">https://github.com/btisystems/snmp-core</a>
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/btisystems/mibbler">https://github.com/btisystems/mibbler</a>
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class SNMPAlarmProvider extends AbstractProvider implements AlarmProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = getLogger(SNMPAlarmProvider.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a SNMP alarm provider, dummy class provided as template, tbd later.
+     */
+    public SNMPAlarmProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId("snmp", "org.onosproject.provider.alarm"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void triggerProbe(final DeviceId deviceId) {
+
+        // TODO in shout term should this just be synchronous and return result?
+        LOG.info("Run a SNMP discovery for device at {} when done invoke on AlarmProviderService", deviceId);
+
+        // TODO Look up AlarmProviderService
+        // TODO Decide threading
+        // TODO Decide shouldn't it be generic not alarm-specific ? Its user responsible for passing in OID list ?
+        // Same for its callack AlarmProviderService ?
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/package-info.java b/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/package-info.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provider that uses SNMP as a means of discovering alarms on devices.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.snmp.alarm.impl;