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6 snmpbulkwalk - retrieve a subtree of management values using SNMP GET‐
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10 snmpbulkwalk [APPLICATION OPTIONS] [COMMON OPTIONS] AGENT [OID]
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13 snmpbulkwalk is an SNMP application that uses SNMP GETBULK requests to
14 query a network entity efficiently for a tree of information.
15 An object identifier (OID) may be given on the command line. This OID
17 specifies which portion of the object identifier space will be searched
18 using GETBULK requests. All variables in the subtree below the given
19 OID are queried and their values presented to the user. Each variable
20 name is given in the format specified in variables(5). If no OID argu‐
21 ment is present, snmpbulkwalk will search MIB-2.
22 If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an
24 error packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to
25 pinpoint why the request was malformed.
26 If the tree search causes attempts to search beyond the end of the MIB,
28 the message "End of MIB" will be displayed.
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31 -Cc Do not check whether the returned OIDs are increasing. Some
32 agents (LaserJets are an example) return OIDs out of order, but
33 can complete the walk anyway. Other agents return OIDs that
34 are out of order and can cause snmpbulkwalk to loop indefi‐
35 nitely. By default, snmpbulkwalk tries to detect this behavior
36 and warns you when it hits an agent acting illegally. Use -Cc
37 to turn off this behaviour.
38 -Ci Include the given OID in the search range. Normally snmpbulk‐
40 walk uses GETBULK requests starting with the OID you specified
41 and returns all results in the MIB tree after that OID. Some‐
42 times, you may wish to include the OID specified on the command
43 line in the printed results if it is a valid OID in the tree
44 itself. This option lets you do this.
45 -Cn<NUM>
47 Set the non-repeaters field in the GETBULK PDUs. This speci‐
48 fies the number of supplied variables that should not be iter‐
49 ated over. The default is 0.
50 -Cp Upon completion of the walk, print the number of variables
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53 -Cr<NUM>
55 Set the max-repetitions field in the GETBULK PDUs. This speci‐
56 fies the maximum number of iterations over the repeating vari‐
57 ables. The default is 10.
58 In addition to these options, snmpbulkwalk takes the common options
60 described in the snmpcmd(1) manual page. Note that snmpbulkget
61 REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to query and at most one OID
62 argument, as described above.
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65 The command:
66 snmpbulkwalk -v2c -Os -c public zeus system
68 will retrieve all of the variables under system:
70 sysDescr.0 = STRING: "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m"
72 sysObjectID.0 = OID: enterprises.hp.nm.hpsystem.10.1.1
73 sysUpTime.0 = Timeticks: (155274552) 17 days, 23:19:05
74 sysContact.0 = STRING: ""
75 sysName.0 = STRING: "zeus.net.cmu.edu"
76 sysLocation.0 = STRING: ""
77 sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72
78 In contrast to snmpwalk, this information will typically be gathered in
80 a single transaction with the agent, rather than one transaction per
81 variable found. snmpbulkwalk is thus more efficient in terms of net‐
82 work utilisation, which may be especially important when retrieving
83 large tables.
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86 As the name implies, snmpbulkwalk utilizes the SNMP GETBULK message,
87 which is not available in SNMP v1.
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90 snmpcmd(1), variables(5).
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