Re: [Devmon] Template creation How-to.

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Monday 03 March 2008 13:21:48 Lor...@pf... wrote:
> Ok, cheers Buchan.
>
> Yep, I've created the specs file and the device gets discovered correctly.
>
> Two questions which are more about SNMP than about devmon itself, but here
> we go anyway:
>
> 1.
> What option(s) should I pass to snmpwalk to see both the descriptive and
> numeric OIDs on the same line?
> I.e., how do I combine together the output of
> snmpwalk device           (which returns system.sysDescr.0 = "SofaWare
> Embedded NG")
> and
> snmpwalk -OS -On device   (which returns .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 = "SofaWare
> Embedded NG")

I'm not aware that this is possible.

> so that I can easily identify the OID to use for what I'd like to monitor?

I usually do this by looking at the MIB file. Especially as in some cases the 
MIB contains information on how to map numeric status codes.

A MIB browser can also be useful, such as the one at http://www.mibdepot.com 
or http://im14c.servadmin.com/ .

> 2.
> If I run snmpwalk against a device and get all the entries with a
> descriptive name (see below), I assume I do have all the relevant MIBs in
> place.
> Is this assumption correct?

Yes, however devmon doesn't (currently) use MIBS.

Please keep replies on-list.

Regards,
Buchan