Re: SNMPWALK and Compaq Compatibility

Hi Pete

Add 'compaq' on to the end of the snmpwalk command:

  snmpwalk -Ofn <hostname> -c <community> -v 1 compaq

Or, replace 'compaq' with 'enterprises'.

Best wishes,


Peter.


On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Shelfo, Pete wrote:

> When I use the following SNMPWALK syntax on a Compaq Windows 2000 server
> I can only see general system MIBS of the format 1.3.6.1.2.1 which are
> too generic:
>
>
>
> Snmpwalk -Ofn hostname public
>
>
>
> I am running Netsaint on Redhat 7.2 and am using UCD-snmp version:
> 5.0.pre1 for the snmpwalk utility.  I called Compaq and they said that
> the MIBS I am looking for are of the format 1.3.6.1.4.1.232 which gets
> down to the Enterprises level.  Even though they support 3rd party
> monitoring utilities they said it is probably because Insight manager
> uses SNMP 1 where as newer monitoring utilities use version 2.  I don't
> by this since snmpwalk can be switch between snmp version 1, 2, and 3.
> I want to monitor the RAID controller and system fans but the MIBS that
> are documented won't work.  I have a feeling that is tied to the same
> reason whey the snmpwalk utility only picks up the generic RFC standards
> and not the Compaq specific stuff.
>
>
>
> Does anyone now why this is occurring?  Is there an issue with snmp and
> Compaq?
>
>
>
> Thanks!!!
>
>



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