retrieve information from a network entity
snmpstatus [-d] host [community]
This command:
snmpstatus netdev-kbox.cc.cmu.edu public
produces output similar to:
[128.2.56.220]=>[Kinetics FastPath2] Up: 1 day, 4:43:31 IF recv/trans packets 262874/39867 | IP recv/trans packets 31603/15805
The snmpstatus utility retrieves these statistics from a network entity:
Statistic: | Variable: |
---|---|
IP address of the entity | - |
textual description of the entity | sysDescr.0 |
uptime of the entity | sysUpTime.0 |
sum of received packets on all interfaces | ifInU - CastPkts.* + ifInNUCastPkts.* |
sum of transmitted packets on all interfaces | ifOutU - CastPkts.* + ifOutNUCastPkts.* |
number of IP input packets | ipInReceives.0 |
number of IP output packets | ipOutRequests.0 |
The snmpstatus utility also checks the operational status of all interfaces (ifOperStatus.*), and if it finds any interfaces that aren't running, it displays a report similar to:
2 interfaces are down!
If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet is returned and snmpstatus displays a message to help pinpoint how the request was malformed. If you've specified other variables, snmpstatus resends the request without the variable that caused the problem.
snmpd,
snmpget,
snmpgetnext,
snmpnetstat,
snmptest,
snmptrap,
snmptrapd,
snmpwalk,
mib.txt file
RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067
Marshall T. Rose, The Simple Book: An Introduction to
Internet Management, 2nd ed. (Prentice-Hall, 1994,
ISBN 0-13-177254-6)