snmpget(1M) System Administration Commands snmpget(1M)NAMEsnmpget - communicate with a network entity using SNMP GET requests
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sfw/bin/snmpget [common options] [-Cf] oid [oid...]
DESCRIPTION
The snmpget utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET
request to query for information on a network entity. You can specify
one or more object identifiers (OIDs) as arguments on the command line.
Each variable name must be specified in the format specified in
snmp_variables(4) .
For example, the command:
# snmpget-c public zeus system.sysDescr.0
retrieves the variable system.sysDescr.0:
system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m"
If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an
error packet is returned and a message displayed. The message indicates
the way in which the request was malformed. If there were other vari‐
ables in the request that were correctly formed, the request will be
resent without the bad variable.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-Cf
If -Cf is not specified, some applications (including snmpget‐
next(1M) and snmpget) attempt to fix errors returned by the agent
that you were talking to and resend the request. The -Cf option
suppresses this fix-and-resend feature.
Fix-and-resend is useful if you specified a nonexistent OID in your
request and you are using SNMPv1, which requires "all or nothing"
types of requests. In the following example note that system.sysUp‐
Time is an incomplete OID, because it requires the .0 index
appended to it:
# snmpget-v1 -Cf -c public localhost system.sysUpTime \
system.sysContact.0
Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
# snmpget-v1 -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0
Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost
In addition to this option, snmpwalk takes the common options described
in the snmpcmd(1M) manual page.
EXIT STATUS
0
Successful completion.
1
A usage syntax error. A usage message is displayed. Also used for
timeout errors.
2
An error occurred while executing the command. An error message is
displayed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWsmcmd │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │External │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsnmpcmd(1M), snmp_variables(4), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 20 Jan 2004 snmpget(1M)