snmptable Command

`snmptable` Command

The snmptable command retrieves the contents of an SNMP table and displays the contents in a tabular format, that is, one table row at a time, such that the resulting output resembles the table being retrieved. This is contrasted with the snmpwalk command, which displays the contents of the table one column at a time.

Here is an example of the snmptable command:

% snmptable  
            SNMP_agent
             sysORTable
SNMP table: SNMPv2-MIB::sysORTable
sysORID                   sysORDescr                     sysORUpTime
IF-MIB::ifMIB             The MIB module to              0:0:00:00.01
describe generic objects
SNMPv2-MIB::snmpMIB       The MIB module for SNMPv2      0:0:00:00.02
for network interface 
entities.
TCP-MIB::tcpMIB           The MIB module for             0:0:00:00.02
sub-layers.
managing TCP 
UDP implementations.
UDP-MIB::udpMIB           The MIB module for managing    0:0:00:00.02
RFC1213-MIB::ip           The MIB module for managing    0:0:00:00.02
implementations.
SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-      View-based Access Control      0:0:00:00.02
SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::      The SNMP Management            0:0:00:00.14
IP and ICMP implementations.
MIB::vacmBasicGroup       Model for SNMP.
snmpFrameworkMIB          Architecture MIB.
Compliance
SNMP-MPD-MIB::snmp        The MIB for Message            0:0:00:00.14
MPDCompliance             Processing and Dispatching.
SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-       The management information     0:0:00:00.14
MIB::usmMIBCompliance     definitions for the SNMP
User-based Security Model.

Note:

While the snmpget, snmpgetnext, and snmpwalk command can be used on any type of MIB object, the snmptable command can be used only on MIB table objects. If this command is given any other type of object ID, it will be rejected. This restriction applies to a table entry object, a table column object, and any object that represents information within a table. Only a MIB table object ID can be used with the snmptable command.

In the examples of the snmptable command, the -Ci and -Cb options are used. For example, here is an snmptable command with the -Ci option:

% snmptable -Ci  
            SNMP_agent
             sunPlatFanTable
SNMP table: SUN-PLATFORM-MIB::sunPlatFanTable
index sunPlatFanClass
10                        fan
11                        fan
17                        fan
23                        fan
29                        fan
30                        fan
36                        fan
42                        fan

Here is an example of an snmptable command without the -Ci option. Notice that the index column is not displayed:

% snmptable  
            SNMP_agent
             sunPlatFanTable
SNMP table: SUN-PLATFORM-MIB::sunPlatFanTable
sunPlatFanClass
fan
fan
fan
fan
fan

Here is an example of an snmptable command with the -Ci and -Cb options. The output is abbreviated.

% snmptable -Ci -Cb  SNMP_agent entPhysicalTable
index                   Descr              VendorType   ContainedIn
SNMP table: ENTITY      ?SNMPv2-           0            chassis
-MIB::entPhysical       SMI:zeroDotZero
1
Table

Here is an example of the same snmptable command with the -Ci option but without the -Cb option. Again the output is abbreviated. Notice that the name of the MIB object is repeated on each heading.

% snmptable -Ci  SNMP_agent entPhysicalTable
index                   entPhysicalDescr   entPhysical   entPhysical
 VendorType    ContainedIn
SNMP table: ENTITY      ?SNMPv2-           0             chassis
1
-MIB::entPhysical       SMI:zeroDotZero

Here is an example of an snmptable command using version 3 of the SNMP protocol:

% snmptable -Cb -Ci -mALL -v3 -aMD5 -utestuser -Apassword -lauthNoPriv 
            SNMP_agent:port
             sunPlatPowerSupplyTable
SNMP table: SUN-PLATFORM-MIB::sunPlatPowerSupplyTable
index sunPlatPowerSupplyClass
90             powerSupply
92             powerSupply
96             powerSupply

The following snmptable command returns an empty table.

% snmptable -Cb -Ci  
            SNMP_agent
             sunPlatBatteryTable
SUN-PLATFORM-MIB::sunPlatBatteryTable: No entries