snmpget

 

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 SNMPGET(1)                                             SNMPGET(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        snmpget  -  communicates  with a network entity using SNMP
        GET Requests.
 
SYNOPSIS
        snmpget [-Cf] [ common arguments ] objectID  [objectID]...
 
DESCRIPTION
        Snmpget  is  an SNMP application that uses the GET Request
        to query for information on a network entity.  One or more
        fully  qualified  object identifiers may be given as argu­
        ments on the command line.  Each variable name is given in
        the format specified in variables(5).
 
        For example
 
        snmpget zeus public system.sysDescr.0
 
        will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0:
 
        system.sysDescr.0  =  "SunOS  zeus.net.cmu.edu  4.1.3_U1 1
        sun4m"
 
        If the network entity has an error processing the  request
        packet,  an  error  packet  will be returned and a message
        will be shown, helping to pinpoint in what way the request
        was  malformed.   If  there  were  other  variables in the
        request, the request will be resent without the bad  vari­
        able.
 
 
OPTIONS
        -Cf    If  -Cf  is not specified, some applications (E.G.,
               snmpget, snmpgetnext, snmpwalk, etc)  will  try  to
               fix  errors  returned  by  the  agent that you were
               talking to and resend the request.  The  only  time
               this  is  really  useful  is if you specified a OID
               that didn't exist in your request and you're  using
               SNMPv1  which  requires  "all  or nothing" kinds of
               requests. Example (system.sysUptime  is  an  incom­
               plete  OID  request  for  agents as it needs the .0
               index appended to it):
               snmpget -v 1 -Cf localhost public system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0
               Error in packet
               Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
               This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
 
               snmpget -v 1 localhost public system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0
               Error in packet
               Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
               This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
 
               system.sysContact.0 = root@localhost
 
               With the -Cf specified the application will not try
               to fix the PDU for you.
 
SEE ALSO
        snmpcmd(1), variables(5).
 
 
 
                            17 Jun 1998                 SNMPGET(1)

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