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Conference azur::mcc

Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

6065.0. "Cisco and Partial Registration" by CSC32::M_EVANS (skewered shitake) Tue Aug 02 1994 17:07

    Hi,
    
    I am having a problem registering a CISCO AGS running GS Software
    (GS3-K), Version 9.1(7).
    
    It is getting a partial registration error.  However if I do an 
    MCC> show snmp 151.193.35.4 all char
    
    SNMP 151.193.35.4
    AT  2-AUG-1994 12:57:11 Characteristics
    
    Examination of attributes shows:
                sysDescr = "GS Software (GS3-K), Version 9.1(7),
                           RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
                           Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco
                           Systems, Inc.
                           Compiled Sun 22-Aug-93 22:17 by kmac"
             sysObjectID = "1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1"
                ifNumber = 23
              sysContact = -- Attribute Not Available
                 sysName = "tccbb2"
             sysLocation = -- Attribute Not Available
             sysServices = 6
     Read Community Name = ""
    Write Community Name = ""
    
    So it sems that we are speaking snmp with the box.  has anyone else run
    into this?
    
    Thanks
    
    Meg

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
6065.1	Some answers	TAEC::PHOBOE::Flauw	C.E.M. Technical Office, Valbonne	`Wed Aug 03 1994 03:35`	21
	Meg, My understanding of SNMP is somewhat limited, so if there is any SNMP guru around, please correct me. You get partial registration messages when the Registration FM cannot get all the identifiers of your entity. For an SNMP entity, there is 3 identifiers : - Address of type IpAddress - Name of type InternetName - Registered Name of type FullName When registering an entity, the Registration issues a show directive to get all identifiers and in your case, there must be one missing. Did you provide a synonym for your SNMP entity when registering it ? Do you have a name corresponding to the IPAddress of your device defined in /etc/hosts or in your Bind server ? Being able to access the characteristics of the object using its IPAddress is simply showing that the object is there and answering this directive. Hope this helps, Marc.
6065.2	MTU of Cisco MIB???	DPDMAI::GALVIN	Ok Winnie, it'll just fall off again...	`Wed Aug 03 1994 07:28`	11
	Meg, Obvious question, did you integrate the CISCO MIB into your dictionary? This might be way off..., but if/when you do get it registered, you'll see more functionality... of course, it may not be related to the problems you're seeing...just thought I'd throw this out... There's an MTU or some such procedure that allows you to integrate MIBs... check in MCC_COMMON... good luck. /Mic
6065.3		NPSS::WADE	Network Systems Support	`Wed Aug 03 1994 13:10`	17
	When mcc registers an snmp entity it sends out a getnext against the dec object. Why; I don't know. If you get a trace you'll probably see that the Cisco AGS does not respond to this getnext request. I saw the same thing with the Packetprobe90 agent. The correct response for conformance to RFC1157 is "no such name". Everything else about the registration seems to be okay.
6065.4		MOLAR::MOLAR::BOSE		`Thu Aug 04 1994 15:51`	16
	>> When mcc registers an snmp entity it sends out a getnext against the dec >> object. Why; I don't know. Actually a getnext is sent out for each toplevel object for each mib extension loaded in the dictionary. So, if you have the DEC mibs loaded, then you'll see a getnext request against the "dec" object. The purpose of this query is to determine which mibs are supported by the agent being registered. The supported mibs will show up as child entities of the SNMP global entity in the iconic map. An agent, when it does not support a particular mib, should return a "noSuchName" error for the getNext operation. If the agent chooses to not respond at all, then you might get partial registration. Rahul.