SNMP Get

The probe SNMP Get performs SNMP Get request of the specified host by its OID (the object identifier in the SNMP Management Information Base - MIB).

Settings example

SNMP version 1/2c:

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SNMP version 3:

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Field Description

OID

Object identifier, which value is requested.

Hostname

SNMP agent IP address or hostname.

Port

SNMP agent port.

SNMP version

SNMP protocol version to use:

  • 1 (RFCs 1155-1157),

  • 2c (RFCs 1901-1908),

  • 3 (RFCs 2571-2574).

Community(SNMP v1/v2c)

Community string (password) for authentication of transactions.

Username(SNMP v3)

Username used for authentication.

Authentication(SNMP v3)

Authentication scheme. The possible values:

  • No (not to use authentication),

  • MD5 (password is required),

  • SHA (password is required).

Privacy(SNMP v3)

Encryption standard. The possible values:

  • No (not to use encryption),

  • DES (password is required),

  • AES (password is required).

Period

How often to perform the check (60 seconds by default).

Result

After the check has been done result is displayed in the Data table:

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Field

Description

<Requested OID number>

The value of the requested SNMP object.

Command-line utility

This check is the counterpart of the terminal command SnmpGet:

$ snmpget -On -v 2c -c public 192.168.1.108:161 .1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.3.0

.1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.3.0 = INTEGER: 61362 seconds