prtAlertDescription
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Printer-MIB ·
.1.3.6.1.2.1.43.18.1.1.8
Object
A description of this alert entry in the localization specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization. The description is provided by the printer to further elaborate on the enumerated alert or provide information in the case where the code is classified as 'other' or 'unknown'. The printer is required to return a description string but the string may be a null string.
Observium directly uses this object
This object is referenced by an Observium discovery or polling workflow.
Used in:
Polling
Explore Observium network monitoring
Context
- MIB
- Printer-MIB
- OID
.1.3.6.1.2.1.43.18.1.1.8- Type
- column
- Access
- readonly
- Status
- current
- Parent
- prtAlertEntry
- Groups
- 1
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 'Printer-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'Printer-MIB::prtAlertDescription'
More examples
Read one indexed instance
/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUv -m 'Printer-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'Printer-MIB::prtAlertDescription.<hrDeviceIndex>.<prtAlertIndex>'
Translate to a numeric OID
/usr/bin/snmptranslate -Pud -Ir -On -m 'Printer-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'Printer-MIB::prtAlertDescription'
Syntax
- Source
- PrtLocalizedDescriptionStringTC
- Base type
OctetString
Values & Constraints
Type Constraints
range: 0..255
Conformance
Member of