Hello Wes,

>> If I may pick your brain for a minute, we have snmp running 
>> on our system. I am new to this company so I am still 
>> getting familiar with all the processes and tools to 
>> troubleshoot and support the network and O/S. Do you know 
>> what we would be using snmp for, maybe sendmail or netmail 
>> or should we turn off the service? Thanks for any info you 
>> can provide.

The SNMP server (agent) is most typically used for returning "system" status
information to a "system" management workstation.  An example would be hp
openview can query the 3000 for information like cpu utilization or disk
space utilization.   The details of what a MPE system can be queried for are
found in MPEIXMIB.NET.SYS.  Further details of SNMP can also be found in
SNMPSAMP.NET.SYS.  Finally the MPE documentation for SNMP can be found at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/36922-90036/ch01s03.html

Some SNMP client commands have been implemented on the 3000 (snmpget,
snmpset and snmpwalk).

An example ":snmpwalk <local host name> <community name (default is
public)>"

On my machine ":snmpwalk aleta.atl.hp.com public" will return a long list of
items in "snmp MIB format" followed by values.

These items can also be queried individually with the command: 
  ":snmpget <local host name> <community name (default is public)>
<mib-string>"

: snmpget aleta.atl.hp.com public system.sysDescr.0
Name: system.sysDescr.0
Octet String: HP3000 SERIES e3000/A400-100-11,  MPE XL version C.75.00 NS
Transp
ort version B.07.05
 
: snmpget aleta.atl.hp.com public system.sysUpTime.0
Name: system.sysUpTime.0
Timeticks: (144043600) 16 days, 16:07:16

SNMP is also used by HP's network printing to JetDirect devices.

Regards,
James Hofmeister
Email: <first>.<last>@hp.com
Hewlett Packard - Global Solutions Engineering (WTEC).
P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.

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