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NAME
SNMP - The Perl5 'SNMP' Extension Module for the Net-SNMP SNMP package.
SYNOPSIS
use SNMP;
...
$sess = new SNMP::Session(DestHost => localhost, Community => public);
$val = $sess->get('sysDescr.0');
...
$vars = new SNMP::VarList([sysDescr,0], [sysContact,0], [sysLocation,0]);
@vals = $sess->get($vars);
...
$vb = new SNMP::Varbind();
do {
$val = $sess->getnext($vb);
print "@{$vb}\n";
} until ($sess->{ErrorNum});
...
$SNMP::save_descriptions = 1;
SNMP::initMib(); # assuming mib is not already loaded
print "$SNMP::MIB{sysDescr}{description}\n";
DESCRIPTION
Note: The perl SNMP 5.0 module which comes with net-snmp 5.0 and higher is different than
previous versions in a number of ways. Most importantly, it behaves like a proper net-
snmp application and calls init_snmp properly, which means it will read configuration
files and use those defaults where appropriate automatically parse MIB files, etc. This
will likely affect your perl applications if you have, for instance, default values set up
in your snmp.conf file (as the perl module will now make use of those defaults). The
documentation, however, has sadly not been updated yet (aside from this note), nor is the
read_config default usage implementation fully complete.
The basic operations of the SNMP protocol are provided by this module through an object
oriented interface for modularity and ease of use. The primary class is SNMP::Session
which encapsulates the persistent aspects of a connection between the management
application and the managed agent. Internally the class is implemented as a blessed hash
reference. This class supplies 'get', 'getnext', 'set', 'fget', and 'fgetnext' method
calls. The methods take a variety of input argument formats and support both synchronous
and asynchronous operation through a polymorphic API (i.e., method behaviour varies
dependent on args passed - see below).
SNMP::Session
$sess = new SNMP::Session(DestHost => 'host', ...)
The following arguments may be passed to new as a hash.
Basic Options
DestHost
Hostname or IP address of the SNMP agent you want to talk to. Specified in Net-SNMP
formatted agent addresses. These addresses typically look like one of the following:
localhost
tcp:localhost
tls:localhost
tls:localhost:9876
udp6:[::1]:9876
unix:/some/path/to/file/socket
Defaults to 'localhost'.
Version
SNMP version to use.
The default is taken from library configuration - probably 3 [1, 2 (same as 2c), 2c,
3].
Timeout
The number of micro-seconds to wait before resending a request.
The default is '1000000'
Retries
The number of times to retry a request.
The default is '5'
RetryNoSuch
If enabled NOSUCH errors in 'get' pdus will be repaired, removing the varbind in
error, and resent - undef will be returned for all NOSUCH varbinds, when set to '0'
this feature is disabled and the entire get request will fail on any NOSUCH error
(applies to v1 only)
The default is '0'.
SNMPv3/TLS Options
OurIdentity
Our X.509 identity to use, which should either be a fingerprint or the filename that
holds the certificate.
TheirIdentity
The remote server's identity to connect to, specified as either a fingerprint or a
file name. Either this must be specified, or the hostname below along with a trust
anchor.
TheirHostname
The remote server's hostname that is expected. If their certificate was signed by a
CA then their hostname presented in the certificate must match this value or the
connection fails to be established (to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks).
TrustCert
A trusted certificate to use as trust anchor (like a CA certificate) for verifying a
remote server's certificate. If a CA certificate is used to validate a certificate
then the TheirHostname parameter must also be specified to ensure their presented
hostname in the certificate matches.
SNMPv3/USM Options
SecName
The SNMPv3 security name to use (most for SNMPv3 with USM).
The default is 'initial'.
SecLevel
The SNMPv3 security level to use [noAuthNoPriv, authNoPriv, authPriv] (v3)
The default is 'noAuthNoPriv'.
SecEngineId
The SNMPv3 security engineID to use (if the snmpv3 security model needs it; for
example USM). The format is as a string without the leading '0x'. So if
snmptrapd.conf has "-e 0x8000000001020304", use "SecEngineId => '8000000001020304'".
The default is <none>, security engineID and it will be probed if not supplied (v3)
ContextEngineId
The SNMPv3 context engineID to use.
The default is the <none> and will be set either to the SecEngineId value if set or
discovered or will be discovered in other ways if using TLS (RFC5343 based discovery).
Context
The SNMPv3 context name to use.
The default is '' (an empty string)
AuthProto
The SNMPv3/USM authentication protocol to use [MD5, SHA].
The default is 'MD5'.
AuthPass
The SNMPv3/USM authentication passphrase to use.
default <none>, authentication passphrase
PrivProto
The SNMPv3/USM privacy protocol to use [DES, AES].
The default is 'DES'.
PrivPass
The SNMPv3/USM privacy passphrase to use.
default <none>, privacy passphrase (v3)
AuthMasterKey
PrivMasterKey
AuthLocalizedKey
PrivLocalizedKey
Directly specified SNMPv3 USM user keys (used if you want to specify the keys instead
of deriving them from a password as above).
SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Options
Community
For SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c, the clear-text community name to use.
The default is 'public'.
Other Configuration Options
VarFormats
default 'undef', used by 'fget[next]', holds an hash reference of output value
formatters, (e.g., {<obj> => <sub-ref>, ... }, <obj> must match the <obj> and format
used in the get operation. A special <obj>, '*', may be used to apply all <obj>s, the
supplied sub is called to translate the value to a new format. The sub is called
passing the Varbind as the arg
TypeFormats
default 'undef', used by 'fget[next]', holds an hash reference of output value
formatters, (e.g., {<type> => <sub-ref>, ... }, the supplied sub is called to
translate the value to a new format, unless a VarFormat mathces first (e.g.,
$sess->{TypeFormats}{INTEGER} = \&mapEnum(); although this can be done more
efficiently by enabling $SNMP::use_enums or session creation param 'UseEnums')
UseLongNames
defaults to the value of SNMP::use_long_names at time of session creation. set to non-
zero to have <tags> for 'getnext' methods generated preferring longer Mib name
convention (e.g., system.sysDescr vs just sysDescr)
UseSprintValue
defaults to the value of SNMP::use_sprint_value at time of session creation. set to
non-zero to have return values for 'get' and 'getnext' methods formatted with the
libraries snprint_value function. This will result in certain data types being
returned in non-canonical format Note: values returned with this option set may not be
appropriate for 'set' operations (see discussion of value formats in <vars>
description section)
UseEnums
defaults to the value of SNMP::use_enums at time of session creation. set to non-zero
to have integer return values converted to enumeration identifiers if possible, these
values will also be acceptable when supplied to 'set' operations
UseNumeric
defaults to the value of SNMP::use_numeric at time of session creation. set to non-
zero to have <tags> for get methods returned as numeric OID's rather than
descriptions. UseLongNames will be set so that the full OID is returned to the
caller.
BestGuess
defaults to the value of SNMP::best_guess at time of session creation. this setting
controls how <tags> are parsed. setting to 0 causes a regular lookup. setting to 1
causes a regular expression match (defined as -Ib in snmpcmd) and setting to 2 causes
a random access lookup (defined as -IR in snmpcmd).
NonIncreasing
defaults to the value of SNMP::non_increasing at time of session creation. this
setting controls if a non-increasing OID during bulkwalk will causes an error. setting
to 0 causes the default behaviour (which may, in very badly performing agents, result
in a never-ending loop). setting to 1 causes an error (OID not increasing) when this
error occur.
ErrorStr
read-only, holds the error message assoc. w/ last request
ErrorNum
read-only, holds the snmp_err or staus of last request
ErrorInd
read-only, holds the snmp_err_index when appropriate
Private variables:
DestAddr
internal field used to hold the translated DestHost field
SessPtr
internal field used to cache a created session structure
RemotePort
Obsolete. Please use the DestHost specifier to indicate the hostname and port
combination instead of this paramet.
SNMP::Session methods
$sess->update(<fields>)
Updates the SNMP::Session object with the values fields passed in as a hash list
(similar to new(<fields>)) (WARNING! not fully implemented)
$sess->get(<vars> [,<callback>])
do SNMP GET, multiple <vars> formats accepted. for syncronous operation <vars> will
be updated with value(s) and type(s) and will also return retrieved value(s). If
<callback> supplied method will operate asynchronously
$sess->fget(<vars> [,<callback>])
do SNMP GET like 'get' and format the values according the handlers specified in
$sess->{VarFormats} and $sess->{TypeFormats}
$sess->getnext(<vars> [,<callback>])
do SNMP GETNEXT, multiple <vars> formats accepted, returns retrieved value(s), <vars>
passed as arguments are updated to indicate next lexicographical <obj>,<iid>,<val>,
and <type>
Note: simple string <vars>,(e.g., 'sysDescr.0') form is not updated. If <callback>
supplied method will operate asynchronously
$sess->fgetnext(<vars> [,<callback>])
do SNMP GETNEXT like getnext and format the values according the handlers specified in
$sess->{VarFormats} and $sess->{TypeFormats}
$sess->set(<vars> [,<callback>])
do SNMP SET, multiple <vars> formats accepted. the value field in all <vars> formats
must be in a canonical format (i.e., well known format) to ensure unambiguous
translation to SNMP MIB data value (see discussion of canonical value format <vars>
description section), returns snmp_errno. If <callback> supplied method will operate
asynchronously
$sess->getbulk(<non-repeaters>, <max-repeaters>, <vars>)
do an SNMP GETBULK, from the list of Varbinds, the single next lexico instance is
fetched for the first n Varbinds as defined by <non-repeaters>. For remaining
Varbinds, the m lexico instances are retrieved each of the remaining Varbinds, where m
is <max-repeaters>.
$sess->bulkwalk(<non-repeaters>, <max-repeaters>, <vars> [,<callback>])
Do a "bulkwalk" of the list of Varbinds. This is done by sending a GETBULK request
(see getbulk() above) for the Varbinds. For each requested variable, the response is
examined to see if the next lexico instance has left the requested sub-tree. Any
further instances returned for this variable are ignored, and the walk for that sub-
tree is considered complete.
If any sub-trees were not completed when the end of the responses is reached, another
request is composed, consisting of the remaining variables. This process is repeated
until all sub-trees have been completed, or too many packets have been exchanged (to
avoid loops).
The bulkwalk() method returns an array containing an array of Varbinds, one for each
requested variable, in the order of the variable requests. Upon error, bulkwalk()
returns undef and sets $sess->ErrorStr and $sess->ErrorNum. If a callback is
supplied, bulkwalk() returns the SNMP request id, and returns immediately. The
callback will be called with the supplied argument list and the returned variables
list.
Note: Because the client must "discover" that the tree is complete by comparing the
returned variables with those that were requested, there is a potential "gotcha" when
using the max-repeaters value. Consider the following code to print a list of
interfaces and byte counts:
$numInts = $sess->get('ifNumber.0');
($desc, $in, $out) = $sess->bulkwalk(0, $numInts,
[['ifDescr'], ['ifInOctets'], ['ifOutOctets']]);
for $i (0..($numInts - 1)) {
printf "Interface %4s: %s inOctets, %s outOctets\n",
$$desc[$i]->val, $$in[$i]->val, $$out[$i]->val;
}
This code will produce *two* requests to the agent -- the first to get the interface
values, and the second to discover that all the information was in the first packet.
To get around this, use '$numInts + 1' for the max_repeaters value. This asks the
agent to include one additional (unrelated) variable that signals the end of the sub-
tree, allowing bulkwalk() to determine that the request is complete.
$results = $sess->gettable(<TABLE OID>, <OPTIONS>)
This will retrieve an entire table of data and return a hash reference to that data.
The returned hash reference will have indexes of the OID suffixes for the index data
as the key. The value for each entry will be another hash containing the data for a
given row. The keys to that hash will be the column names, and the values will be the
data.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use SNMP;
use Data::Dumper;
my $s = new SNMP::Session(DestHost => 'localhost');
print Dumper($s->gettable('ifTable'));
On my machine produces:
$VAR1 = {
'6' => {
'ifMtu' => '1500',
'ifPhysAddress' => 'PV',
# ...
'ifInUnknownProtos' => '0'
},
'4' => {
'ifMtu' => '1480',
'ifPhysAddress' => '',
# ...
'ifInUnknownProtos' => '0'
},
# ...
};
By default, it will try to do as optimized retrieval as possible. It'll request
multiple columns at once, and use GETBULK if possible. A few options may be specified
by passing in an OPTIONS hash containing various parameters:
noindexes => 1
Instructs the code not to parse the indexes and place the results in the second
hash. If you don't need the index data, this will be faster.
columns => [ colname1, ... ]
This specifies which columns to collect. By default, it will try to collect all
the columns defined in the MIB table.
repeat => COUNT
Specifies a GETBULK repeat COUNT. IE, it will request this many varbinds back per
column when using the GETBULK operation. Shortening this will mean smaller
packets which may help going through some systems. By default, this value is
calculated and attempts to guess at what will fit all the results into 1000 bytes.
This calculation is fairly safe, hopefully, but you can either raise or lower the
number using this option if desired. In lossy networks, you want to make sure
that the packets don't get fragmented and lowering this value is one way to help
that.
nogetbulk => 1
Force the use of GETNEXT rather than GETBULK. (always true for SNMPv1, as it
doesn't have GETBULK anyway). Some agents are great implementers of GETBULK and
this allows you to force the use of GETNEXT operations instead.
callback => \&subroutine
callback => [\&subroutine, optarg1, optarg2, ...]
If a callback is specified, gettable will return quickly without returning
results. When the results are finally retrieved the callback subroutine will be
called (see the other sections defining callback behaviour and how to make use of
SNMP::MainLoop which is required for this to work). An additional argument of the
normal hash result will be added to the callback subroutine arguments.
Note 1: internally, the gettable function uses it's own callbacks which are passed
to getnext/getbulk as appropriate.
Note 2: callback support is only available in the SNMP module version 5.04 and
above. To test for this in code intending to support both versions prior to 5.04
and 5.04 and up, the following should work:
if ($response = $sess->gettable('ifTable', callback => \&my_sub)) {
# got a response, gettable doesn't support callback
my_sub($response);
$no_mainloop = 1;
}
Deciding on whether to use SNMP::MainLoop is left as an exercise to the reader
since it depends on whether your code uses other callbacks as well.
$sess->get_sec_engine_id
Returns the security engine ID for the current session, whether probed or provided by
the client, in hex format suitable for the SecEngineId parameter when creating a
session in the future. Returns undef if we have not had not had any contact with the
remote agent yet.
$sess->get_context_engine_id
Like get_sec_engine_id, but for the context engine ID (ContextEngineId).
SNMP::TrapSession
$sess = new SNMP::Session(DestHost => 'host', ...)
supports all applicable fields from SNMP::Session (see above)
SNMP::TrapSession methods
$sess->trap(enterprise, agent, generic, specific, uptime, <vars>)
$sess->trap(enterprise=>'.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021', # or 'ucdavis' [default]
agent => '127.0.0.1', # or 'localhost',[dflt 1st intf on host]
generic => specific, # can be omitted if 'specific' supplied
specific => 5, # can be omitted if 'generic' supplied
uptime => 1234, # dflt to localhost uptime (0 on win32)
[[ifIndex, 1, 1],[sysLocation, 0, "here"]]); # optional vars
# always last
trap(oid, uptime, <vars>) - v2 format
$sess->trap(oid => 'snmpRisingAlarm',
uptime => 1234,
[[ifIndex, 1, 1],[sysLocation, 0, "here"]]); # optional vars
# always last
Acceptable variable formats:
<vars> may be one of the following forms:
SNMP::VarList
represents an array of MIB objects to get or set, implemented as a blessed reference
to an array of SNMP::Varbinds, (e.g., [<varbind1>, <varbind2>, ...])
SNMP::Varbind
represents a single MIB object to get or set, implemented as a blessed reference to a
4 element array; [<obj>, <iid>, <val>, <type>].
<obj>
one of the following forms:
1) leaf identifier (e.g., 'sysDescr') assumed to be unique for practical purposes
2) fully qualified identifier (e.g.,
'.iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr')
3) fully qualified, dotted-decimal, numeric OID (e.g., '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1')
<iid>
the dotted-decimal, instance identifier. for scalar MIB objects use '0'
<val>
the SNMP data value retrieved from or being set to the agents MIB. for
(f)get(next) operations <val> may have a variety of formats as determined by
session and package settings. However for set operations the <val> format must be
canonical to ensure unambiguous translation. The canonical forms are as follows:
OBJECTID
dotted-decimal (e.g., .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1)
OCTETSTR
perl scalar containing octets
INTEGER
decimal signed integer (or enum)
NETADDR
dotted-decimal
IPADDR
dotted-decimal
COUNTER
decimal unsigned integer
COUNTER64
decimal unsigned integer
GAUGE
decimal unsigned integer
UINTEGER
decimal unsigned integer
TICKS
decimal unsigned integer
OPAQUE
perl scalar containing octets
NULL
perl scalar containing nothing
<type>
SNMP data type (see list above), this field is populated by 'get' and 'getnext'
operations. In some cases the programmer needs to populate this field when passing
to a 'set' operation. this field need not be supplied when the attribute indicated
by <tag> is already described by loaded Mib modules. for 'set's, if a numeric OID
is used and the object is not currently in the loaded Mib, the <type> field must
be supplied
simple string
light weight form of <var> used to 'set' or 'get' a single attribute without
constructing an SNMP::Varbind. stored in a perl scalar, has the form '<tag>.<iid>',
(e.g., 'sysDescr.0'). for 'set' operations the value is passed as a second arg. Note:
This argument form is not updated in get[next] operations as are the other forms.
Acceptable callback formats
<callback> may be one of the following forms:
without arguments
\&subname
sub { ... }
or with arguments
[ \&subname, $arg1, ... ]
[ sub { ... }, $arg1, ... ]
[ "method", $obj, $arg1, ... ]
callback will be called when response is received or timeout occurs. the last argument
passed to callback will be a SNMP::VarList reference. In case of timeout the last argument
will be undef.
&SNMP::MainLoop([<timeout>, [<callback>]])
to be used with async SNMP::Session calls. MainLoop must be called after initial async
calls so return packets from the agent will be processed. If no args supplied this
function enters an infinite loop so program must be exited in a callback or externally
interrupted. If <timeout(sic)
&SNMP::finish()
This function, when called from an SNMP::MainLoop() callback function, will cause the
current SNMP::MainLoop() to return after the callback is completed. finish() can be
used to terminate an otherwise-infinite MainLoop. A new MainLoop() instance can then
be started to handle further requests.
SNMP package variables and functions
$SNMP::VERSION
the current version specifier (e.g., 3.1.0)
$SNMP::auto_init_mib
default '1', set to 0 to disable automatic reading of the MIB upon session creation.
set to non-zero to call initMib at session creation which will result in MIB loading
according to Net-SNMP env. variables (see man mib_api)
$SNMP::verbose
default '0', controls warning/info output of SNMP module, 0 => no output, 1 => enables
warning/info output from SNMP module itself (is also controlled by SNMP::debugging -
see below)
$SNMP::use_long_names
default '0', set to non-zero to enable the use of longer Mib identifiers. see
translateObj. will also influence the formatting of <tag> in varbinds returned from
'getnext' operations. Can be set on a per session basis (UseLongNames)
$SNMP::use_sprint_value
default '0', set to non-zero to enable formatting of response values using the snmp
libraries snprint_value function. can also be set on a per session basis (see
UseSprintValue) Note: returned values may not be suitable for 'set' operations
$SNMP::use_enums
default '0',set non-zero to return values as enums and allow sets using enums where
appropriate. integer data will still be accepted for set operations. can also be set
on a per session basis (see UseEnums)
$SNMP::use_numeric
default to '0',set to non-zero to have <tags> for 'get' methods returned as numeric
OID's rather than descriptions. UseLongNames will be set so that the entire OID will
be returned. Set on a per-session basis (see UseNumeric).
$SNMP::best_guess
default '0'. This setting controls how <tags> are parsed. Setting to 0 causes a
regular lookup. Setting to 1 causes a regular expression match (defined as -Ib in
snmpcmd) and setting to 2 causes a random access lookup (defined as -IR in snmpcmd).
Can also be set on a per session basis (see BestGuess)
$SNMP::save_descriptions
default '0',set non-zero to have mib parser save attribute descriptions. must be set
prior to mib initialization
$SNMP::debugging
default '0', controls debugging output level within SNMP module and libsnmp
1. enables 'SNMP::verbose' (see above)
2. level 1 plus snmp_set_do_debugging(1)
3. level 2 plus snmp_set_dump_packet(1)
$SNMP::dump_packet
default '0', set [non-]zero to independently set snmp_set_dump_packet()
SNMP::register_debug_tokens()
Allows to register one or more debug tokens, just like the -D option of snmpd. Each
debug token enables a group of debug statements. An example:
SNMP::register_debug_tokens("tdomain,netsnmp_unix");
%SNMP::MIB
a tied hash to access parsed MIB information. After the MIB has been loaded this hash
allows access to to the parsed in MIB meta-data(the structure of the MIB (i.e., schema)).
The hash returns blessed references to SNMP::MIB::NODE objects which represent a single
MIB attribute. The nodes can be fetched with multiple 'key' formats - the leaf name
(e.g.,sysDescr) or fully/partially qualified name (e.g., system.sysDescr) or fully
qualified numeric OID. The returned node object supports the following fields:
objectID
dotted decimal fully qualified OID
label
leaf textual identifier (e.g., 'sysDescr')
subID
leaf numeric OID component of objectID (e.g., '1')
moduleID
textual identifier for module (e.g., 'RFC1213-MIB')
parent
parent node
children
array reference of children nodes
nextNode
next lexico node (BUG!does not return in lexico order)
type
returns application type (see getType for values)
access
returns ACCESS (ReadOnly, ReadWrite, WriteOnly, NoAccess, Notify, Create)
status
returns STATUS (Mandatory, Optional, Obsolete, Deprecated)
syntax
returns 'textualConvention' if defined else 'type'
textualConvention
returns TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TCDescription
returns the TEXTUAL-CONVENTION's DESCRIPTION field.
units
returns UNITS
hint
returns HINT
enums
returns hash ref {tag => num, ...}
ranges
returns array ref of hash ref [{low => num, high => num}, ...]
description
returns DESCRIPTION ($SNMP::save_descriptions must be set prior to MIB
initialization/parsing)
reference
returns the REFERENCE clause
indexes
returns the objects in the INDEX clause
implied
returns true if the last object in the INDEX is IMPLIED
MIB Functions
&SNMP::setMib(<file>)
allows dynamic parsing of the mib and explicit specification of mib file independent
of environment variables. called with no args acts like initMib, loading MIBs
indicated by environment variables (see Net-SNMP mib_api docs). passing non-zero
second arg forces previous mib to be freed and replaced (Note: second arg not working
since freeing previous Mib is more involved than before).
&SNMP::initMib()
calls library init_mib function if Mib not already loaded - does nothing if Mib
already loaded. will parse directories and load modules according to environment
variables described in Net-SNMP documentations. (see man mib_api, MIBDIRS, MIBS,
MIBFILE(S), etc.)
&SNMP::addMibDirs(<dir>,...)
calls library add_mibdir for each directory supplied. will cause directory(s) to be
added to internal list and made available for searching in subsequent loadModules
calls
&SNMP::addMibFiles(<file>,...)
calls library read_mib function. The file(s) supplied will be read and all Mib module
definitions contained therein will be added to internal mib tree structure
&SNMP::loadModules(<mod>,...)
calls library read_module function. The module(s) supplied will be searched for in the
current mibdirs and and added to internal mib tree structure. Passing special <mod>,
'ALL', will cause all known modules to be loaded.
&SNMP::unloadModules(<mod>,...)
*Not Implemented*
&SNMP::translateObj(<var>[,arg,[arg]])
will convert a text obj tag to an OID and vice-versa. Any iid suffix is retained
numerically. Default behaviour when converting a numeric OID to text form is to
return leaf identifier only (e.g.,'sysDescr') but when $SNMP::use_long_names is non-
zero or a non-zero second arg is supplied it will return a longer textual identifier.
An optional third argument of non-zero will cause the module name to be prepended to
the text name (e.g. 'SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr'). When converting a text obj, the
$SNMP::best_guess option is used. If no Mib is loaded when called and
$SNMP::auto_init_mib is enabled then the Mib will be loaded. Will return 'undef' upon
failure.
&SNMP::getType(<var>)
return SNMP data type for given textual identifier OBJECTID, OCTETSTR, INTEGER,
NETADDR, IPADDR, COUNTER GAUGE, TIMETICKS, OPAQUE, or undef
&SNMP::mapEnum(<var>)
converts integer value to enumertion tag defined in Mib or converts tag to integer
depending on input. the function will return the corresponding integer value *or* tag
for a given MIB attribute and value. The function will sense which direction to
perform the conversion. Various arg formats are supported
$val = SNMP::mapEnum($varbind);
where $varbind is SNMP::Varbind or equiv. note: $varbind will be updated
$val = SNMP::mapEnum('ipForwarding', 'forwarding');
$val = SNMP::mapEnum('ipForwarding', 1);
Exported SNMP utility functions
Note: utility functions do not support async operation yet.
&snmp_get()
takes args of SNMP::Session::new followed by those of SNMP::Session::get
&snmp_getnext()
takes args of SNMP::Session::new followed by those of SNMP::Session::getnext
&snmp_set()
takes args of SNMP::Session::new followed by those of SNMP::Session::set
&snmp_trap()
takes args of SNMP::TrapSession::new followed by those of SNMP::TrapSession::trap
Trouble Shooting
If problems occur there are number areas to look at to narrow down the possibilities.
The first step should be to test the Net-SNMP installation independently from the Perl5
SNMP interface.
Try running the apps from the Net-SNMP distribution.
Make sure your agent (snmpd) is running and properly configured with read-write access for
the community you are using.
Ensure that your MIBs are installed and enviroment variables are set appropriately (see
man mib_api)
Be sure to remove old net-snmp installations and ensure headers and libraries from old CMU
installations are not being used by mistake.
If the problem occurs during compilation/linking check that the snmp library being linked
is actually the Net-SNMP library (there have been name conflicts with existing snmp libs).
Also check that the header files are correct and up to date.
Sometimes compiling the Net-SNMP library with 'position-independent-code' enabled is
required (HPUX specifically).
If you cannot resolve the problem you can post to comp.lang.perl.modules or
net-snmp-users@net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
please give sufficient information to analyze the problem (OS type, versions for
OS/Perl/Net-SNMP/compiler, complete error output, etc.)
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to all those who supplied patches, suggestions and feedback.
Joe Marzot (the original author)
Wes Hardaker and the net-snmp-coders
Dave Perkins
Marcel Wiget
David Blackburn
John Stofell
Gary Hayward
Claire Harrison
Achim Bohnet
Doug Kingston
Jacques Vidrine
Carl Jacobsen
Wayne Marquette
Scott Schumate
Michael Slifcak
Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan
Bill Fenner
Jef Peeraer
Daniel Hagerty
Karl "Rat" Schilke and Electric Lightwave, Inc.
Perl5 Porters
Alex Burger
Apologies to any/all who's patch/feature/request was not mentioned or included - most
likely it was lost when paying work intruded on my fun. Please try again if you do not see
a desired feature. This may actually turn out to be a decent package with such excellent
help and the fact that I have more time to work on it than in the past.
AUTHOR
bugs, comments, questions to net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Copyright
Copyright (c) 1995-2000 G. S. Marzot. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. All
Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
itself.