Naming multiple rack PDUs via SNMP Set

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One trick developed locally with Singapore FSE team was to use basic batch file to do SNMP Set to name hundreds of rack PDUs at one go.

As name is typically unique, this cannot be done via mass configure from DCE.

There are many ways to do so, below is just an example: with netsnmp command line

http://www.net-snmp.org/

Hope this can be of help.

1.Create excel list to concatenate SNMP write community name, ip address, OID and name, like below

OID for SysName: .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0

Default write community name: private

Rack PDU naming convention, follow your own naming convention, e.g row name-rack name-A/B source-number

Netsnmp command to set is per example below

snmpset -v 1 -c private 192.168.1.2 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 s "A-R01-L"

Use excel concatenate to combine those

2.Copy the list to a notepad, saved it as batch file started with @echo OFF like below, and saved it as .bat file e.g test.bat

3. Save the .bat file above in the bin folder where netsnmp is:

default is C:\usr\bin

4. Open command prompt, run the batch file created by typing test.bat

5. If you have discover these rack PDUs in DCE, refresh it, to check if correct names are assigned.

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Yes, this is the right solution, especially when you need to mass change sysContact, sysLocation, or sysName for SNMP devices. For this purpose I wrote a few small bash-scripts with loading of source data (IP-addresses, names, etc.) from plain text files 😀.

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Thanks for sharing Christopherus Laurentius! 😀 

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Nice one!

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Hi Christopherus Laurentius, this is indeed a nice one ! Do you know however if and how it can be used to mass modify IP addresses of devices ?

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Hi Francois,

I am afraid this is not suitable to change device ip address assignment.

SNMP OID for ip address is read only.

You'll need to use other method to do mass config of ip address, perhaps dhcp, or light dhcp server/tools like tftp to do so?

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Thanks Chris

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