You may have v3 available on the device you are querying, but you need to specify a lot more information to snmpwalk than you have.
Read more at http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/TUT:SNMPv3_Options (especially the table at about the middle of the page). Steve Onotsky Server Support Technologist Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Canada 5970 Chedworth Way Mississauga ON L5R 4G5 Tel: (905) 507-5328 Fax: (905) 507-5312 Inet: steve.onot...@broadridge.com <mailto:steve.onot...@broadridge.com> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347 ________________________________ From: Martin Fontanez [mailto:jdmfo...@yahoo.com] Sent: May 22, 2009 08:23 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Assaf Flatto Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Error While Using check_ifstatus Thanks Assaf, It looks like I have version 2 [r...@localhost snmp]# snmpwalk -v3 -c public localhost snmpwalk: No securityName specified [r...@localhost snmp]# [r...@localhost snmp]# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost system SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.11-121.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 13:59:00 EST 2009 i686 SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (15121490) 1 day, 18:00:14.90 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Root <r...@localhost> (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf) SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: localhost.localdomain SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Unknown (edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (65) 0:00:00.65 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.1 = OID: SNMPv2-MIB::snmpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.2 = OID: TCP-MIB::tcpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.3 = OID: IP-MIB::ip SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.4 = OID: UDP-MIB::udpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.5 = OID: SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB::vacmBasicGroup SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.6 = OID: SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpFrameworkMIBCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.7 = OID: SNMP-MPD-MIB::snmpMPDCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.8 = OID: SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB::usmMIBCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.1 = STRING: The MIB module for SNMPv2 entities SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.2 = STRING: The MIB module for managing TCP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.3 = STRING: The MIB module for managing IP and ICMP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.4 = STRING: The MIB module for managing UDP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.5 = STRING: View-based Access Control Model for SNMP. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.6 = STRING: The SNMP Management Architecture MIB. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.7 = STRING: The MIB for Message Processing and Dispatching. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.8 = STRING: The management information definitions for the SNMP User-based Security Model. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.1 = Timeticks: (64) 0:00:00.64 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.2 = Timeticks: (64) 0:00:00.64 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.3 = Timeticks: (64) 0:00:00.64 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.4 = Timeticks: (64) 0:00:00.64 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.5 = Timeticks: (64) 0:00:00.64 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.6 = Timeticks: (65) 0:00:00.65 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.7 = Timeticks: (65) 0:00:00.65 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.8 = Timeticks: (65) 0:00:00.65 [r...@localhost snmp]# I tried check_ifstatus with -v 2 option and getting same message: [r...@localhost etc]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ifstatus -H localhost -v 2 -C public -I -u E1 6/0 CRITICAL: Requested table is empty or does not exist for 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8 with snmp version 2 I'll guess the message that "requested table is empty or does not exist for 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8" means that there is something that needs configuring in snmp (???). I am very green with snmp. --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Assaf Flatto <assaf.fla...@ssp-intl.com> wrote: From: Assaf Flatto <assaf.fla...@ssp-intl.com> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Error While Using check_ifstatus To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 5:57 AM On Thursday 21 May 2009 14:31:26 Martin Fontanez wrote: > I am new to Nagios. Trying to get link state info (up/down) on NIC cards > on my box (realizing I could use check_ping but ICMP is blocked). I am > using el5 and mii-tools/mii-diag does not work since my kernel is 2.6 or >. > > I setup check-ifstatus but I am getting this error: > > CRITICAL: Requested table is empty or does not exist for > 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8 with snmp version 1 > > Wondering if anyone knows of a workaround. 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