HP SNMP/XL User's Guide (36922-90036)

38 Chapter3

Using SNMPUTIL

SNMP Command Files

The following is a list of the command ﬁles provided for the

HP SNMP/XL subsystem that perform the following operations:

The format of the variable-name parameters for these commands are

described in Appendix A , “SNMP Variable Description.”

In order to execute the SNMP commands, either include NET.SYS in

the HPPATH variable (see setvar in MPE/iX Commands Manual.)

setvar HPPATH “!hppath,net.sys”

or execute the command with full path name.

SNMPxxxx.NET.SYS

NOTE

Although SNMP starts up and shuts down automatically when the

network is started or shut down, you can manually start or stop SNMP

using SNMPUTIL. The user interface for these commands changes if

the network is down and you are trying to execute one of these

commands to query the local SNMP agent. (This is true of all the CI

commands listed above except SNMPTRAP.) If the network is down, the

second ﬁeld in these commands must have a value of 0. This sends the

request to the agent on the machine that you are running the command

on. For example if the network is down the following requests are

rejected:

snmpget perseus public system.sysDescr.0

snmpget 15.13.104.133 public system.sysDescr.0

snmpget wabbit public system.sysDescr.0

An example of an accepted value might look like this:

snmpget 0 public system.sysDescr.0

Command File Operation

snmpget

Sends an SNMP get request to the speciﬁed node to retrieve speciﬁc

management information.

snmpnext

Sends an SNMP get next request to the next speciﬁed node.

snmpset

Sends an SNMP set request to the speciﬁed node.

snmptrap

Generates an SNMP trap and sends it to the conﬁgured

management stations. This is used to report extraordinary events.

snmpwalk

Sends an SNMP get next request from the speciﬁed starting point

(usually a group name), through the MIB names until the end of the

MIB group is reached.