SNMPTRANSLATE
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES SEE ALSO
snmptranslate - translate SNMP objects into more useful information
Snmptranslate is an application that translates an SNMP object (SMI value or symbolic form) into another form of information. With no other options, an SNMP object will be translated to its SMI value.
The options have the following meanings:
-h
Print help message
-V
Print version message and exit
-D
Enable debugging output. See the snmpcmd man page for more information.
-I
See the snmpcmd man page for a description of the OID input options
-O
See the snmpcmd man page for a description of the OID output options
-P
See the snmpcmd man page for a description of the MIB parsing options
-T
Translate an SNMP object to its symbolic form. The following TRANSOPTS are available:
-Td
print full details of the specified OID
-Tp
print a graphical tree, rooted at the specified OID
-Ta
dump the loaded MIB in a trivial form
-Tl
dump a labeled form of all objects
-To
dump a numeric form of all objects
-Ts
dump a symbolic form of all objects
-Tt
dump a tree form of the loaded mibs (mostly useful for debugging)
-w width
specify width of -Tp and -Td output. Default is very large
snmptranslate -On -IR sysDescr
will translate
system.sysDescr
snmptranslate -Onf -IR sysDescr
will translate
.iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr
snmptranslate -Td -OS system.sysDescr
will translate
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr sysDescr OBJECT-TYPE -- FROM SNMPv2-MIB -- TEXTUAL CONVENTION !DisplayString? SYNTAX OCTET STRING DISPLAY-HINT snmptranslate -Tp -OS system
will print the following tree:
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| Textual Convention: !DisplayString? | Size: 0..255
| Textual Convention: !DisplayString? | Size: 0..255
| Textual Convention: !DisplayString? | Size: 0..255
| Textual Convention: !DisplayString? | Size: 0..255
| Textual Convention: !TimeStamp? |
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| Textual Convention: !DisplayString? | Size: 0..255
Textual Convention: !TimeStamp? snmptranslate -Ta | head
will produce the following dump:
dump DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN org ::= { iso 3 } dod ::= { org 6 } internet ::= { dod 1 } directory ::= { internet 1 } mgmt ::= { internet 2 } experimental ::= { internet 3 } private ::= { internet 4 } security ::= { internet 5 } snmpV2 ::= { internet 6 } snmptranslate -Tl | head
.iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.directory(1)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)?.mib-2(1)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)?.mib-2(1)?.system(1)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)?.mib-2(1)?.system(1)?.sysDescr(1)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)?.mib-2(1)?.system(1)?.sysObjectID(2)? .iso(1)?.org(3)?.dod(6)?.internet(1)?.mgmt(2)?.mib-2(1)?.system(1)?.sysUpTime(3)? snmptranslate -To | head
will produce the following dump
.1.3
.1.3.6 .1.3.6.1 .1.3.6.1.1 .1.3.6.1.2 .1.3.6.1.2.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3 snmptranslate -Ts | head
will produce the following dump
.iso.org
.iso.org.dod .iso.org.dod.internet .iso.org.dod.internet.directory .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2 .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysObjectID .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysUpTime snmptranslate -Tt | head
will produce the following dump
org(3)? type=0
dod(6)? type=0 internet(1)? type=0 directory(1)? type=0 mgmt(2)? type=0 mib-2(1)? type=0 system(1)? type=0 sysDescr(1)? type=2 tc=0 hint=255a sysObjectID(2)? type=1 sysUpTime(3)? type=8
snmpcmd(1)?, variables(5)?, RFC 2578-2580.
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