System Management Guide: Communications and Networks

Issuing SNMPv3 requests

The clsnmp command is used to send SNMP requests to SNMP agents on local or remote hosts. The requests can be SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv3 requests. In order to process requests, the /etc/clsnmp.conf file must be configured.

The clsnmp command can issue get, getnext, getbulk, set, walk, and findname requests. Each of these requests is briefly described below:

get

allows the user to gather data from one MIB variable

getnext

gives the next MIB variable in the MIB subtree

getbulk

gives all MIB variables from multiple MIB subtrees

set

allows the user to set a MIB variable

walk

gives all MIB variables of one subtree

findname

maps the OID to the variable name

trap

allows clsnmp to listen to traps on port 162

For detailed information on issuing clsnmp requests, see the clsnmp command description for in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Commands Reference.