Brad Martin wrote:

> Leslie,
>
> 1. Because the node is setup for SNMP management, I get the Current Polling
> Parameters and then it jumps to the first SNMP request (Get system
> identifier) which times out.
>
> 2.  The monitor -> mib values -> system information worked fine.
>
> 3.   I've deleted all references to the router and any IP addresses from
> the xnmsnmpconf. Yet the demand poll still times out on the snmpget system
> identifier.
>
> Brad Martin
> MetLife
>
> "Leslie Clark" <lclark AT us.ibm DOT com>@tkg.com on 09/06/2001 04:03:39 PM
>
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> Subject:  Re: [NV-L] Demand poll times out, but SNMP walk works.
>
> Is it timing out at the very beginning of the demandpoll, or
> is it showing the current status of interfaces, and then
> failing on the first snmp request?
>
> Does 'Monitor...MIB Values..System Info' time out, or work?
>
> Regardless, I would do xnmsnmpconf and delete the
> entry for that node, check for other entries for that node
> and delete them as well, and then demandpoll it.  The
> demandpoll should update it with the right entry. You are
> right, what you say you are seeing does not make sense.
>
> And.... get to 6.0.2, of course:)
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
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> times out,
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> We are using 6.01 and have one router that has an SNMP timeout on the
> demand poll.
>
> When I do an SNMP walk on the hostname and for all IP address everything is
> OK.
> When I do an xnmsnmpconf -resolve hostname / IP address  --- > I get the
> correct community string & IP addresses.
> When I to a TEST --> IP/TCP/SNMP  the results are OK
>
> I've tried doing an xnmsnmpconf -delete hostname & IP address with
> xnmsnmpconf -clearCache.
>
> Any ideas as to why the demand poll would timeout?
>
> Brad Martin
> MetLife
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Have you tried running "xnmsnmpconf -clearCache"



Jeff Fitzwater
OIT Systems & Networking
Princeton University