Compaq AAR04BCTE Using the SNMP Utilities, Using the MIB Browser, MIB Browser Parameters, agent

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Using the SNMP Utilities

TCP/IP Services includes the following programs, which are useful for testing applications and for analyzing SNMP problems:

•TCPIP$SNMP_REQUEST (MIB browser) (Section 4.1)

•TCPIP$SNMP_TRPSND (trap sender) (Section 4.2)

•TCPIP$SNMP_TRPRCV (trap receiver) (Section 4.2)

These programs can be invoked by commands that are defined by the SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$DEFINE_COMMANDS.COM command procedure.

This chapter describes how to use the supplied SNMP utilities.

4.1 Using the MIB Browser

TCP/IP Services provides the snmp_request MIB browser that acts as a simple client to handle single SNMP requests for reading and writing to a MIB. The browser sends SNMP Version 1 and SNMP Version 2 request PDUs to an agent and displays the agent’s response.

To run the MIB browser, follow these steps:

1.Define a foreign command for the program:

$ snmp_request == "$SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$SNMP_REQUEST"

Alternatively, you can run the SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$DEFINE_ COMMANDS.COM procedure to define all the foreign commands available with TCP/IP Services.

2.Enter the command using the following format.

snmp_request agent "community" request_type [flags] variable [data-type value]

Section 4.1.1 describes the parameters. Section 4.1.2 describes the flags.

4.1.1 MIB Browser Parameters

Table 4–1 describes the snmp_request parameters.

Table 4–1 snmp_request Command Parameters

Parameter	Function
agent	The host name or IP address (in dot notation) of the managed node to
	query.
	If you specify 0, 0.0.0.0., 127.0.0.1, or ‘‘localhost,’’ the server on the
	browser’s host is queried.
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