[nv-l] question on snmpCollect

[Gang Cheng <gcheng@cn.ibm.com>]

Hi, list,

        Got
a question on snmpCollect's behavior. When I configure through xnmsnmpconf
to collect data from
        all
instances of a network device, what does snmpCollect do? I assume it will
check, somewhere, what
        are
the instances of the device and issue the snmpget against every instance.

        If
the instance (interface) is already down, will snmpCollect detect the down
status and stop query
        that
interface? Or it will do the snmpget regardless and return with an error
or defer the query to
        some
later time.

        If
the above assumption is true and if there are a lot of down interfaces
on a router, will it impact
        the
performance of snmpCollect?

        Thanks.


Best Regards

Geoffrey (Gang) Cheng
Team Leader, Tivoli Lab Based Services
IBM Certified Professional - ITS/ITA
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IBM China Software Development Lab
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