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Troubleshooting SNMP Error Messages
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FS6300 NMS Administrator’s Reference Guide
8 • Monitoring SNMP Devices
Troubleshooting SNMP Error Messages
Table 6
shows a list of error messages and why they might occur.
Table 6. SNMP Error Messages
Error Message
Description
No ObjectID Specified.
Error occurs if the OID is not specified before making
a request.
No Host Specified.
Error occurs if the host name is not specified before
making a query.
Host Name Should Be Entered.
Error occurs if an SNMP Table is loaded without
specifying the host name.
Invalid OID Format
Error occurs if the specified OID is not a valid. It
should be an Integer type or String type.
Invalid Table OID
Error occurs if an SNMP Table is loaded after specify-
ing an invalid OID in the OID text field.
Table OID should be specified
Error occurs if an SNMP Table is loaded without
specifying any Table OID.
Error Loading MIB: xyz
Error occurs if an invalid file is loaded in the Load-
MibDialog text field.
RequestFailed: Error: Request TimedOut To
LocalHost
Error occurs during GET, GETNEXT, and SET opera-
tions and while creating an SNMP Table, Line Graph
or BarGraph:
•
If the agent does not implement the OID that is
queried.
•
If the agent queried is not present in the network.
•
If the port number set is not valid for the agent
queried.
•
If the Community and Write Community specified
are not correct.
•
If the OID queried does not contain any data.
•
If for v3 agents security parameters are not set.
RequestFailed: Get Response PDU received
from 192.168.1.001
Error Indication In Response: There is no
such variable name in this mib.
ErrIndex:
Error occurs during the SET operation:
•
If the OID is not instrumented by the agent for
which it is setting value
•
If the agent queried is not present in the network.
•
If the WriteCommunity specified is not right one.
•
If the Syntax of the value you are setting is not as
that required by the OID.
The same error may occur when ploting a graph for
a leafNode that is not instrumented by the agent for
which it is setting value, and also when querying for
data in an SNMP Table if data is not available.