NTX_DESCR(1) — USER COMMANDS

NAME

ntx_descr − assign SNMP site-specific variables

SYNOPSIS

ntx_descr [ −d device ] [ −f file ]
ntx_descr [ −d device ] [ [ −c sysContact ] [ −l sysLocation ] [ −n sysName ] ]

DESCRIPTION

Ntx_descr assigns a site-specific value to an SNMP MIB variable in the MVME339 SNMP agent. The SNMP agent returns the site-specific values to the NMS when requested. If any value exceeds 79 bytes in length, it is silently truncated. More than one of the description variables may be specified on the command line.

If none of the file, sysContact, sysLocation or sysName options are given on the command line, ntx_descr retrieves the configuration from the MVME339 and displays it on the standard output. The output is the same format as file (given below).

OPTIONS

−dSet the MVME339 raw device file name. This option will override the default MVME339 device name of /dev/xedt/mvme338_c0.

−fRead the configuration from a file and send it to the MVME339. If file is − read from the standard input. The input file is a list of pairs, one pair per line. The first item in a pair is a keyword, contact, location or name. The second item in the pair is the corresponding site-specific value for sysContact, sysLocation and sysName, respectively. The two items are separated by white space. Characters to the right of ’#’ on input lines are ignored.

−csysContact is the textual identification of the contact person for this managed node (the MVME339 adapter), together with information on how to contact this person (e.g., ‘chef Bernard’). The default value is empty and of length 0.

−lsysLocation is the physical location of this node (e.g., ‘kitchen counter’). The default value is empty and of length 0.

−nsysName is an administratively-assigned name for this managed node. By convention, this is the node’s fully-qualified domain name (e.g., ‘toaster@cafe_snmp.com’). The default value is empty and of length 0.

FILES

/dev/xedt/mvme338_c0