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Problem with check_snmp external command error

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:33 pm
by blkprometheus
Hello,

I'm running Nagios 3.2.3 on CentOS 5.5. I'm receiving the following error when trying to monitor a Cisco 4510R and a Cisco ASA 5520: "External command error: Error in packet". When I run the command from the command line, here's the error I receive: ./check_snmp -H x.x.x.x -C public -o ifOperStatus.1 -r 1 -m RFC1213-MIB
External command error: Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
Failed object: RFC1213-MIB::ifOperStatus.1

I found an article in a google search an article which mentioned that for a Cisco gig switch, one should specify the port in this manner "ifOperStatus.10101, ifOperStatus.10102, etc. But this doesn't work for me. I get the same error message when I run this command against the 4510 and the ASA 5520.

Has anyone figured this out? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Re: Problem with check_snmp external command error

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:35 pm
by pnewlon
Try using snmpwalk on the Nagios system to walk the MIB and find what you are looking for. If you use the -On switch and you have the correct MIB for the device in your MIB repository, you will see the form you need.


External command error: Error in packet
Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
Failed object: RFC1213-MIB::ifOperStatus.1

I found an article in a google search an article which mentioned that for a Cisco gig switch, one should specify the port in this manner "ifOperStatus.10101, ifOperStatus.10102, etc. But this doesn't work for me. I get the same error message when I run this command against the 4510 and the ASA 5520.