neDescription
CM-ENTITY-MIB ·
.1.3.6.1.4.1.2544.1.12.3.1.1.1.6
Object
column OctetString
A textual description of the Network Element. This value should include the full name and version identification of the system's hardware type, software operating-system, and networking software. It is mandatory that this only contain printable ASCII characters.
Context
- MIB
- CM-ENTITY-MIB
- OID
.1.3.6.1.4.1.2544.1.12.3.1.1.1.6- Type
- column
- Access
- readonly
- Status
- current
- Parent
- networkElementEntry
- Groups
- 2
Net-SNMP examples
How SNMP and these commands workWalk the column to discover its indexed instances, or supply every index to read one instance.
Walk the column
/usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUs -m 'CM-ENTITY-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/adva:/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'CM-ENTITY-MIB::neDescription'
More examples
Read one indexed instance
/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUv -m 'CM-ENTITY-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/adva:/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'CM-ENTITY-MIB::neDescription.<neIndex>'
Translate to a numeric OID
/usr/bin/snmptranslate -Pud -Ir -On -m 'CM-ENTITY-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/adva:/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'CM-ENTITY-MIB::neDescription'
Syntax
OctetString
Values & Constraints
Object Constraints
range: 0-256
Conformance
Member of