Users Guide

Reading Managed Object Values
You may only retrieve (read) managed object values if your management station is a member of the same community as the SNMP agent.
Dell Networking supports RFC 4001, Textual Conventions for Internet Work Addresses that defines values representing a type of internet
address. These values display for ipAddressTable objects using the snmpwalk command.
There are several UNIX SNMP commands that read data.
• Read the value of a single managed object.
snmpget -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | descriptor.instance}
• Read the value of the managed object directly below the specified object.
snmpgetnext -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | descriptor.instance}
• Read the value of many objects at once.
snmpwalk -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | descriptor.instance}
In the following example, the value “4” displays in the OID before the IP address for IPv4. For an IPv6 IP address, a value of “16” displays.
> snmpget -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 sysUpTime.0
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (32852616) 3 days, 19:15:26.16
> snmpget -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0
The following example shows reading the value of the next managed object.
> snmpgetnext -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0
SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING:
> snmpgetnext -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 sysContact.0
The following example shows reading the value of the many managed objects at one time.
> snmpwalk -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Dell Real Time Operating System Software
Dell Operating System Version: 1.0
Dell Application Software Version: E_MAIN4.9.4.0.0
Copyright (c) 1999-2014 by Dell
Build Time: Mon May 12 14:02:22 PDT 2008
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6027.1.3.1
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (32920954) 3 days, 19:26:49.54
SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING:
Writing Managed Object Values
You may only alter (write) a managed object value if your management station is a member of the same community as the SNMP agent,
and the object is writable.
Use the following command to write or write-over the value of a managed object.
• To write or write-over the value of a managed object.
snmpset -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | descriptor.instance}syntax
value
> snmpset -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 sysName.0 s "R5"
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: R5
Configuring Contact and Location Information
using SNMP
You may configure system contact and location information from the Dell Networking system or from the management station using
SNMP.
To configure system contact and location information from the Dell Networking system and from the management station using SNMP,
use the following commands.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)