SNMPTRANSLATE(1)

NAME
snmptranslate - translate SNMP objects into more useful information

SYNOPSIS
snmptranslate [-n] [-d] [-R] [-f|-s] [-w|-W] [-p] objectID

DESCRIPTION
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:

-p  Print the symbol table built from the MIB files loaded

-w  Produce warnings of symbol conflicts while parsing the MIB files

-W  Produce even more warnings than the -w option

-n  Translate an SNMP object to its symbolic form.

-f  Print the fully qualified version of the name.

-s  Print only the last symbolic part of the OID.

-d  Print a description of the object.

-R  Use "random access" to access the symbolic object wherever in the MIB tree it lives.

EXAMPLES

snmptranslate -n -R sysDescr

will translate "sysDescr" to a more qualified form:

system.sysDescr

snmptranslate -n -f -d -R sysDescr

will translate "sysDecr" to

 .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
DISPLAY-HINT "255a"
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION "A textual description of the entity. This value should
    include the full name and version identification of the
    system's hardware type, software operating-system, and
    networking software."

SEE ALSO
variables(5), RFC 1155, RFC 1156, RFC 1157, SNMP Security Internet Drafts