1Info::Entity(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Info::Entity(3)
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NAME

6       SNMP::Info::Entity - SNMP Interface to data stored in ENTITY-MIB. RFC
7       2737
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AUTHOR

10       Max Baker
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SYNOPSIS

13        # Let SNMP::Info determine the correct subclass for you.
14        my $entity = new SNMP::Info(
15                                 AutoSpecify => 1,
16                                 Debug       => 1,
17                                 DestHost    => 'myswitch',
18                                 Community   => 'public',
19                                 Version     => 2
20                               )
21           or die "Can't connect to DestHost.\n";
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23        my $class      = $entity->class();
24        print "SNMP::Info determined this device to fall under subclass : $class\n";
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DESCRIPTION

27       ENTITY-MIB is used by Layer 2 devices from HP, Aironet, Foundry, Cisco,
28       and more.
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30       See RFC 2737 for full details.
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32       Create or use a device subclass that inherit this class.  Do not use
33       directly.
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35       For debugging purposes you can call this class directly as you would
36       SNMP::Info
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38        my $entity = new SNMP::Info::Entity (...);
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40   Inherited Classes
41       none.
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43   Required MIBs
44       ENTITY-MIB
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46       MIBs can be found at ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2/v2.tar.gz
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GLOBALS

49       none.
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TABLE METHODS

52       These are methods that return tables of information in the form of a
53       reference to a hash.
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55   Entity Table
56       $entity->e_index()
57           Index
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59           ("entPhysicalIndex")
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61       $entity->e_alias()
62           Human entered, not usually used.
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64           ("entPhysicalAlias")
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66       $entity->e_class()
67           Stack, Module, Container, Port ...
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69           ("entPhysicalClass")
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71       $entity->e_descr()
72           Human Friendly
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74           ("entPhysicalClass")
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76       $entity->e_fwver()
77           ("entPhysicalFirmwareRev")
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79       $entity->e_fru()
80           BOOLEAN. Field Replaceable unit?
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82           ("entPhysicalFRU")
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84       $entity->e_hwver()
85           ("entPhysicalHardwareRev")
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87       $entity->e_id()
88           This is human entered and not normally used.
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90           ("entPhysicalAssetID")
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92       $entity->e_map()
93           See MIB.
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95           ("entAliasMappingIdentifier")
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97       $entity->e_model()
98           Model Name of Entity.
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100           ("entPhysicalModelName")
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102       $entity->e_name()
103           More computer friendly name of entity.  Parse me.
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105           ("entPhysicalName")
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107       $entity->e_parent()
108           0 if root.
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110           ("entPhysicalContainedIn")
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112       $entity->e_port()
113           Maps Entity Table entries to the Interface Table ("IfTable") using
114           $entity->e_map()
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116       $entity->e_pos()
117           The relative position among all entities sharing the same parent.
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119           ("entPhysicalParentRelPos")
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121       $entity->e_serial()
122           ("entPhysicalSerialNum")
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124       $entity->e_swver()
125           ("entPhysicalSoftwareRev")
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127       $entity->e_type()
128           This is an OID, which gets munged into the object name if the right
129           MIB is loaded.
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131           ("entPhysicalVendorType")
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133       $entity->e_vendor()
134           Vendor of Module.
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136           ("entPhysicalMfgName")
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