You missed my point - which is what I get for being (sort-of) sarcastic. >That is the big question, I think the answer is that some vendors provide this in extension MIBs but there is no common support for ETHERLIKE with SNMP on hosts, which is too bad. This is a huge undertaking but would be a huge win for Net-SNMP if it does not provide this information already.
MIBs don't just magically get populated with data. There has to be a method for snmpd to collect the data from the hardware. I have Sun gear and I know how to do it on that platform, but even then it's probably gonna be a mishmash of picld, kstat and other calls to do it properly for ALL Sun's gear. If you want to see what kind of mess it can be, look at the code for LM-SENSORS-MIB or HOST-RESOURCES-MIB for Solaris2. And that's just one platform. For sensors I'm lucky I can reply upon the lm-sensors linux module (http://www.lm-sensors.org/) to do the work for me (that reminds me, 3.0.0 is imminent, which means we need to see what changed in the API). Notice there's not much code for AIX? HP-UX? I need the Application Programmer Interface (API) for getting at the network settings for all the various manufacturers of network cards (I just googled and got 68 *), all the motherboards with integrated NIC's (41,400 hits) and be able to deal with link aggregation and other virtualization. Then I need the hooks for all the various hardware platforms they plug into. If someone will give me that for linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OS X, HP-UX, AIX, various mainframes, Windoze, (insert your platform here), I could probably have something cobbled together for first alpha in about a year ([sarcasm]unless, of course, my employer actually wants me to do some work for a change [/sarcasm]). >On the other hand, you could 'hack' support for this in by extending the agent with a script that works for the environments you are managing, not ideal but workable if you are in control / have say with the people who administer the hosts you manage in your environment. Can you imagine the overhead of running a child/fork/shell everytime somebody wants to check a network setting? That is not an acceptable solution. >On 10/29/07, Bruce Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> OK, anybody know the API for reporting duplex settlings for all the >> network drivers for linux and *BSD (all hardware platforms) AIX, HP-UX, >> windoze and all our other supported platforms? This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
