520 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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Read Managed Object Values
You may only retrieve (read) managed object values if your management station is a member of the same 
community as the SNMP agent.
Dell Force10 supports RFC 4001, 
Textual Conventions for Internet Work Addresses that defines values 
representing a type of internet address. These values display for ipAddressTable objects using the 
snmpwalk command. 
In the following figure, the value “4” displays in the OID before the IP address for IPv4. 
There are several UNIX SNMP commands that read data:
Task Command
Read the value of a single managed object 
as shown in Figure 30-3.
snmpget -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | 
descriptor.instance}
Figure 30-3.  Reading the Value of a Managed Object
Read the value of the managed object 
directly below the specified object as 
shown in Figure 30-4.
snmpgetnext -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | 
descriptor.instance}
Figure 30-4.  Reading the Value of the Next Managed Object in the MIB 
Read the value of many objects at once as 
shown in Figure 30-5.
snmpwalk -v version -c community agent-ip {identifier.instance | 
descriptor.instance}
>snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 10.11.195.63 1.3.6.1.2.1.4.34
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.3.1.4.1.1.1.1 = INTEGER: 1107787778 
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.3.1.4.2.1.1.1 = INTEGER: 1107787779 
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.3.2.16.254.128.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.1.232.255.254.139.5.8 = INTEGER: 1107787778
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.4.1.4.1.1.1.1 = INTEGER: 1
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.4.1.4.2.1.1.1 = INTEGER: 1
IP-MIB::ip.34.1.4.2.16.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1 = INTEGER: 1
> snmpget -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 sysUpTime.0
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (32852616) 3 days, 19:15:26.16
> snmpget -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (32856932) 3 days, 19:16:09.32
> snmpgetnext -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0
SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING:
> snmpgetnext -v 2c -c mycommunity 10.11.131.161 sysContact.0
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: