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SNMP Deep Dive

An SNMP Deep Dive is performed the first time you select a LAN Watch to be performed on a machine. The dive consists of the machine scanning the selecting IP Address range normally, and then performing a limited SNMP "walk" on all discovered SNMP devices and storing the results. These results are updated every time a LAN Watch is performed.

Displaying the Results of a SNMP Deep Dive

The results of a SNMP deep dive on a particular SNMP device can be viewed by:

  1. Selecting the Monitor > Assign SNMP page.
  2. Selecting a machine ID that has performed a LAN Watch on that SNMP device.
  3. Clicking the SNMP device name.

The results are presented in the following way:

<MIBObject>.<Instance> : <Result>
  • MIBObject - The name of the MIB object. This is the same name that displays when selecting MIB Objects to add to an SNMP set in Define SNMP Set. If the correct MIB is loaded, using Add SNMP Object, then the MIB object is represented as a name such as ifSpeed. If SNMP cannot find the MIB that corresponds to the object it translates as much as it can, but the rest may be numbers; such as enterprises.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.1.4.1.2.4.0.
  • Instance - The instance of the MIB object.  Many objects have multiple instances, each of which have a different value. For example, the different instances could be ports on a router, or paper trays on a printer. These also correspond directly with the Instance field when adding an object to an SNMP set.
  • Result - This is the value of a particular instance of the object at the time the deep dive was performed. It is a good indication of the type of data this object returns and the approximate magnitude of that instance.

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