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Appendix B ’SNMP Management’ — Getting the Switch State
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2. In the
commXmlParCommandBufferValue.0
leaf, write the string
corresponding to the command:
SET commXmlParCommandBufferValue.0 (octet string)

"<GetSwitchStates/>"
Walk the table to see the response. You should get a string like the
following:
***** SNMP QUERY STARTED *****
1: commXmlRespContBufferId.0.0 (gauge) 0
2: commXmlRespContBufferIndex.0.0 (gauge) 0
3: commXmlRespContCommandType.0.0 (integer) 7
4: commXmlRespContBufferValue.0.0 (octet string)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<SwitchesStates>
<InputsList>
<Input Id="5001" Name="input 1" ElementIdName="TS

overIP Input 1" Status="OK"/>
<Input Id="5002" Name="input 2" ElementIdName="TS

over IP Input 2" Status="OK"/>
<Input Id="5003" Name="input 3" ElementIdName="TS

over IP Input 3" Status="OK"/>
<Input Id="5004" Name="input 4" ElementIdName="TS

over IP Input 4" Status="CRITICAL"/>
</InputsList>
<SwitchesList>
<Switch Id="9001" Name="switch 1" ElementIdName="IP

Switch 1" Status="OK" Strategy="redundancy">
<InputRef IdRef="5001"/>
<ActiveInputRef IdRef="5002"/>
</Switch>
<Switch Id="9002" Name="switch 2" ElementIdName="IP

Switch 2" Status="WARNING" Strategy="redundancy">
<ActiveInputRef IdRef="5003"/>
<InputRef IdRef="5004"/>
</Switch>
</SwitchesList>
<SwitchesAssociationsList/>
<OutputsList>
<Output Id="400001" IdRef="9001" Name="output 1"

ElementIdName="TS over IP Output 1" IsInverse="false"

IsMonitoring="false" Status="OK">
<ActiveEthernetRef IdRef="11002" IsMain="true"/>
</Output>
<Output Id="400002" IdRef="9002" Name="output 2"

ElementIdName="TS over IP Output 2" IsInverse="false"

IsMonitoring="false" Status="OK">
<ActiveEthernetRef IdRef="11002" IsMain="true"/>
</Output>
<Output Id="400003" IdRef="9001" Name="output 3"

ElementIdName="TS over IP Output 3" IsInverse="false"

IsMonitoring="false" Status="OK">