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[echevarria@es.ibm.com]

Hello all,

     I have Netview 6.0 on AIX 4.2.1 and I had some timeout problems with
some routers so I tried to change snmp timeout parameter. I set it to 2.0
secs by using the graphic utility (xnmsnmpconf). It didn't fix it and I can
see the following discrepancies between the xnmsnmpconf database and the
ovtopodump information relating to SNMP timeout:

#(MPN:echeva)/home/echeva> xnmsnmpconf -resolve router1

name           = router1
community      = ATTgns13nocspain
proxy          = <none>
timeout        = 20
retry          = 3
pollInterval   = 300
remotePort     = 161
setCommunity   = <default>
discoveryPoll  = 1
useAutoAdjust   = 1
fixedInterval  = 900
confInterval   = 86400
nodeDownIntrval= 604800
routeEntries   = 800
discoverManage = 1
ipAddr         = 195.51.114.250
isProxied      = FALSE
ipAddrAge      = Fri Mar 23 16:38:23 2001

#(MPN:echeva)/home/echeva>

#(MPN:echeva)/home/echeva> ovtopodump -l router1

HOSTNAME: router1
...
blah blah blah...
...
SUPPORTS SNMP: YES
NETMON FLAGS: 0x800103d3
SNMP ADDRESS: 195.51.114.250
SNMP TIMEOUT: 1 second
CYCLE TIME: 35 minutes, 15 seconds
INIT CONFIG POLL: MAXIMUM TIME
CONFIG POLL: Sat Mar 24 17:05:01 NFT 2001
NEW NODE POLL: Fri Mar 23 17:11:57 NFT 2001
TOPOLOGY POLL: MAXIMUM TIME
SNMP STATUS POLL: Fri Mar 23 17:11:50 NFT 2001
OTHER POLLING INTERVALS/TIMES:
        2147483647 (MAXIMUM TIME)
        2147483647 (MAXIMUM TIME)
        2147483647 (MAXIMUM TIME)
        2147483647 (MAXIMUM TIME)
        985363910 (Fri Mar 23 17:11:50 NFT 2001)
NUMBER OF INTERFACES:5

        INTERFACE:  Loopback0
        INTERFACE ID:  14025
        CREATE TIME: Wed Mar  7 16:06:47 NFT 2001
        MODIFIED TIME: Fri Mar 23 17:09:11 NFT 2001
        SYMBOL CHANGE TIME: Fri Mar 23 17:06:50 NFT 2001
        SEGMENT CHANGE TIME: Tue Jan 13 13:57:01 NFT 1998
        STATUS:  Up
        IF FLAGS:  CONNECTED BUS_SEG
        IP ADDR:  195.51.114.250
        IP MASK:  255.255.255.255
        IF NUMBER:  4
        IF TYPE:  Software Loopback
        PHYSICAL ADDRESS: <none>
        IF SPEED:  -589934592
        NODE/SEG/NET IDS: 14026/14032/14027
        POSITION: 0
        LEFT NEIGHBOR NODE/IF IDS: 0/0
        NETMON FLAGS: 0x10000000
        TIMEOUT INTERVAL: 1 second
        LAST SUCCESSFUL POLL: Fri Mar 23 17:09:10 NFT 2001
        NEXT NETMASK POLL: MAXIMUM TIME
        POLLING INTERVALS/TIMES:
                0 (<unset>)
                0 (<unset>)
                0 (<unset>)
                0 (<unset>)
                0 (<unset>)
        CONSECUTIVE FAILED POLLS: 0
        LLA SOURCE: 0x0
        MASK FROM: 0x1
        PORT CLASS: 0

...
blah blah blah...
...

#(MPN:echeva)/home/echeva>

     So I get two answers: 2 seconds with xnmsnmpconf and 1 second with
ovtopodump -l. I'm wondering if there is some database corruption in snmp
configuration. Or maybe I don't understand well how this works.

thanksyou for any help and regards,

Juan.

Juan Echevarría López
AT&T Global Network Services
Internet: jechevarria@att.com