SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

Troubleshooting the SNMP Agent
SNMP Configuration and Management Manual—424777-006
7-7
Diagnosing Request Errors
The SNMP agent
receives a
GetRequest PDU
for an object that
HP does not
support.
snmpOutNoSuchNames noSuchName Depends on how
the subagent is
implemented. The
TCP/IP Subagent,
for example, returns
a null or a 0,
depending on
whether the object
is a string or a
counter.
The SNMP agent
receives a
SetRequest PDU
from a community
assigned
READONLY
access.
snmpInBadCommunityUses SNMP agent stops
processing the
request and
generates an
authenticationFailur
e trap.
The SNMP agent
receives a
SetRequest PDU
for a MIB object
assigned read-
only access.
snmpOutNoSuchNames noSuchName SNMP agent stops
processing the
request.
The SNMP agent
receives a
SetRequest for a
MIB object that
has been
assigned read
write access but is
not in the System
or SNMP group.
snmpOutNoSuchNames noSuchName SNMP agent stops
processing the
request.
Table 7-1. Handling Requests That Cannot Be Processed (page 2 of 3)
Error Condition
SNMP Group Counter
Incremented
Error-Status
Value
Assigned Message Handling