NAME

SNMP::Info::Entity - SNMP Interface to data stored in ENTITY-MIB. RFC 2737

AUTHOR

Max Baker

SYNOPSIS

 # Let SNMP::Info determine the correct subclass for you.
 my $entity = new SNMP::Info(
                          AutoSpecify => 1,
                          Debug       => 1,
                          DestHost    => 'myswitch',
                          Community   => 'public',
                          Version     => 2
                        )
    or die "Can't connect to DestHost.\n";
 my $class      = $entity->class();
 print "SNMP::Info determined this device to fall under subclass : $class\n";

DESCRIPTION

ENTITY-MIB is used by Layer 2 devices from Brocade, Cisco, HP, and more.

See RFC 2737 for full details.

Create or use a device subclass that inherit this class. Do not use directly.

For debugging purposes you can call this class directly as you would SNMP::Info

 my $entity = new SNMP::Info::Entity (...);

Inherited Classes

none.

Required MIBs

ENTITY-MIB

GLOBALS

none.

TABLE METHODS

These are methods that return tables of information in the form of a reference to a hash.

$entity->entity_derived_serial(): Tries to determine the device serial number from the ENTITY-MIB. Only considers serial numbers for entries without a parent, or if they are of type chassis. Looks at "entPhysicalSerialNum" and then "entPhysicalDescr" for serial number.
$entity->entity_derived_os_ver(): Tries to determine the device OS version from the ENTITY-MIB. Only considers serial numbers for entries without a parent, or if they are of type chassis. Looks at "entPhysicalSoftwareRev" for the version.

Entity Table

$entity->e_index(): Index
("entPhysicalIndex")
$entity->e_alias(): Human entered, not usually used.
("entPhysicalAlias")
$entity->e_class(): Stack, Module, Container, Port ...
("entPhysicalClass")
$entity->e_descr(): Human Friendly
("entPhysicalClass")
$entity->e_fwver(): ("entPhysicalFirmwareRev")
$entity->e_fru(): BOOLEAN. Is a Field Replaceable unit?
("entPhysicalFRU")
$entity->e_hwver(): ("entPhysicalHardwareRev")
$entity->e_id(): This is human entered and not normally used.
("entPhysicalAssetID")
$entity->e_map(): See MIB.
("entAliasMappingIdentifier")
$entity->e_model(): Model Name of Entity.
("entPhysicalModelName")
$entity->e_name(): More computer friendly name of entity. Parse me.
("entPhysicalName")
$entity->e_parent(): 0 if root.
("entPhysicalContainedIn")
$entity->e_port(): Maps Entity Table entries to the Interface Table ("IfTable") using $entity->e_map()
$entity->e_pos(): The relative position among all entities sharing the same parent.
("entPhysicalParentRelPos")
$entity->e_serial(): ("entPhysicalSerialNum")
$entity->e_swver(): ("entPhysicalSoftwareRev")
$entity->e_type(): This is an OID, which gets munged into the object name if the right MIB is loaded.
("entPhysicalVendorType")
$entity->e_vendor(): Vendor of Module.
("entPhysicalMfgName")