NAME SNMP::Simple - shortcuts for when using SNMP SYNOPSIS use SNMP::Simple; $name = $s->get('sysName'); # same as sysName.0 $location = $s->get('sysLocation'); @array = $s->get_list('hrPrinterStatus'); $arrayref = $s->get_list('hrPrinterStatus'); @list_of_lists = $s->get_table( qw( prtConsoleOnTime prtConsoleColor prtConsoleDescription ) ); @list_of_hashes = $s->get_named_table( name => 'prtInputDescription', media => 'prtInputMediaName', status => 'prtInputStatus', level => 'prtInputCurrentLevel', max => 'prtInputMaxCapacity', ); DESCRIPTION Goal The goal of this module is to provide shortcuts and provide a cleaner interface for doing repetitive information-retrieval tasks with SNMP version 1. SNMP Beginners, read me first! Please, please, please do not use this module as a starting point for working with SNMP and Perl. Look elsewhere for starting resources: * The SNMP module * The Net-SNMP web site () and tutorial () * Appendix E of Perl for System Administration () by David N. Blank-Edelman SNMP Advanced and Intermediate users, read me first! I'll admit this is a complete slaughtering of SNMP, but my goals were precise. If you think SNMP::Simple could be refined in any way, feel free to send me suggestions/fixes/patches. I'm trying to provide shortcuts, not abstract. My purpose in providing this is so one can write: $data{lights} = $s->get_named_table( status => 'prtConsoleOnTime', color => 'prtConsoleColor', name => 'prtConsoleDescription', ); Instead of the following, give or take a little refining: $vars = new SNMP::VarList( ['prtConsoleOnTime'], ['prtConsoleColor'], ['prtConsoleDescription'], ); my ($light_status, $light_color, $light_desc) = $s->getnext($vars); die $s->{ErrorStr} if $s->{ErrorStr}; while ( !$s->{ErrorStr} and $$vars[0]->tag eq "prtConsoleOnTime" ) { push @{ $data{lights} }, { status => ($light_status ? 0 : 1), color => &SNMP::mapEnum($$vars[1]->tag, $light_color), description => $light_desc, }; ($light_status, $light_color, $light_desc) = $s->getnext($vars); } TODO Among other things, * tests * make it smarter when using SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 AUTHOR Ian Langworth SEE ALSO SNMP