RE: Developing SNMP agent for a new switch

2016-05-05 Thread Vered Zvi
Hi David, The Intel's switch does not have any MIBs at all. Intel delivers it without any SNMP features. There is only an API that can control the switch via an x86 CPU connected to the switch via PCIe. Is it possible to run snmpd without adding any code and just see how it responds to SNMP req

Writing dynamic GETNEXT handler

2016-05-05 Thread Michael Ward
I am writing an SNMP sub-agent that retrieves data dynamically from a data source. I have the MIB created with the structures it expects to return, however, GETNEXT handling is not working as I expected. We don't use the SNMP table at all as the dynamic data source has its own table structure t

RE: Developing SNMP agent for a new switch

2016-05-05 Thread Fernández Piñas , David
Do you have the switch MIB to support by the SNMP agent (ASN.1)? If this is a private company MIB, I would do a AgentX subagent implementing and getting the information from the PCIe device, then the Net-SNMP snmpd will give you some standard additional MIBs. There is plenty of documentation, a

Developing SNMP agent for a new switch

2016-05-05 Thread Vered Zvi
Hello, I have to develope an SNMP agent for an Intel's switch. The switch is controlled via an x86 CPU connected to the switch via PCIe. Is snmpd is a good starting point ? Is there a manual explains how to develope such agent from scratch ? Best regards, Z.V The information contained in this