aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib/snmp/doc/src
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorErlang/OTP <[email protected]>2012-01-25 15:21:09 +0100
committerErlang/OTP <[email protected]>2012-01-25 15:21:09 +0100
commit61fa5c03369e9ae6de2b4ae24438c236df93d7cb (patch)
tree4968c9941f15d3562a74b8138ec7e8e9d3daadcc /lib/snmp/doc/src
parenta8af5a6bae97ddd7bfc2bcff2e701fa37f47640c (diff)
parent8d8d0a6529874345f3bb69349f573a75a73ea373 (diff)
downloadotp-61fa5c03369e9ae6de2b4ae24438c236df93d7cb.tar.gz
otp-61fa5c03369e9ae6de2b4ae24438c236df93d7cb.tar.bz2
otp-61fa5c03369e9ae6de2b4ae24438c236df93d7cb.zip
Merge branch 'bmk/snmp/snmp4216_integration/r15' into maint-r15
* bmk/snmp/snmp4216_integration/r15: [snmp] Releasse notes cleanup [snmp/agent] Incorrect mib server cache gclimit update [snmp] Updated doc and fixed wrequest create macros [snmp] Be more verbose in the worker procs [snmp] Add a more informative return value when the trap sending fails [snmp] Fixed the mt_trap test-case [snmp] Maximum number of varbinds in a Get-BULK response [snmp] Correted the expect bug in the snmp test utility [snmp] Mostly added some more verbosity stuff
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/snmp/doc/src')
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml421
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml349
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_app.xml109
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_config.xml104
4 files changed, 615 insertions, 368 deletions
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
index 071b16a8f6..942d943c3c 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,65 @@
<section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.6</title>
+ <p>Version 4.21.6 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.21.5, 4.21.4, 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1 and
+ 4.20. </p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] DoS attack using GET-BULK with large value of
+ MaxRepetitions.
+ A preventive method has been implementing by simply
+ limit the number of varbinds that can be included in
+ a Get-BULK response message. This is specified by the
+ new config option,
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#agent_gb_max_vbs">gb_max_vbs</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9700</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Mib server cache gclimit update function incorrectly calls
+ age update function.
+ The gclimit update function,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_gclimit">update_mibs_cache_gclimit/1</seealso>,
+ <em>incorrectly</em> called the age update function,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_age">update_mibs_cache_age/2</seealso>. </p>
+ <p>Johan Claesson</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9868</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+
+ </section> <!-- 4.21.6 -->
+
+
+ <section>
<title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.21.5</title>
<p>Version 4.21.5 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
version 4.21.4, 4.21.3, 4.21.2, 4.21.1, 4.21, 4.20.1 and 4.20. </p>
@@ -63,13 +122,13 @@
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>[agent] Repeated vacm table dumping fails due to file name
- conflict. When dumping the vacm table to disk, a temoporary
- file with a fixed name was used. If the table dumping
- (snmpa_vacm:dump_table/0) was initiated from several different
- processes in rapid succesion, the dumping could fail because the
- different processes was simultaniously trying to write to the
- same file. This problem has been eliminated by creating a unique
- name for the temporary file. </p>
+ conflict. When dumping the vacm table to disk, a temoporary
+ file with a fixed name was used. If the table dumping
+ (snmpa_vacm:dump_table/0) was initiated from several different
+ processes in rapid succesion, the dumping could fail because the
+ different processes was simultaniously trying to write to the
+ same file. This problem has been eliminated by creating a unique
+ name for the temporary file. </p>
<p>Own Id: OTP-9851</p>
<p>Aux Id: Seq 11980</p>
</item>
@@ -704,354 +763,6 @@ snmp_view_basec_acm_mib:vacmAccessTable(set, RowIndex, Cols).
</section> <!-- 4.18 -->
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17.1</title>
- <p>Version 4.17.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.17, 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>When the function FilterMod:accept_recv/2
- returned false the SNMP agent stopped collecting
- messages from UDP.</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8761</p>
- </item>
- </list>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Incompatibilities</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
- </section> <!-- 4.17.1 -->
-
-
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17</title>
- <p>Version 4.17 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[agent] Added very basic support for multiple SNMPv3
- EngineIDs in a single agent. See
- <seealso marker="snmpa#send_notification">send_notification/7</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">process_packet/7</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_response_msg">generate_response_msg/6</seealso> or
- <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_msg">generate_msg/6</seealso>
- for more info. </p>
-
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8478</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <p>-</p>
-
- <!--
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>The config utility
- (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>)
- generated a default notify.conf
- with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap",
- but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p>
- <p>Kenji Rikitake</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
- -->
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Incompatibilities</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
- </section> <!-- 4.17 -->
-
-
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.2</title>
- <p>Version 4.16.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[compiler] The SMI specifies that a table row OID should be
- named: { &lt;tableIdentifier&gt; "1" }. </p>
- <p>A new option has been introduced,
- <seealso marker="snmpc#compiler_opts">relaxed_row_name_assign_check</seealso>,
- that allows for a more liberal numbering scheme</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8574</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>[agent|manager] Changes to make snmp (forward) compatible with
- the new version of the crypto application (released in R14).
- As of R14, crypto is implemented using NIFs. Also,
- the API is more strict. </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8594</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>Auto [agent] Changed default value for the MIB server cache.
- GC is now on by default. </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8648</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
-
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>Encode/decode of Counter64 values larger than
- 16#7fffffffffffffff (9223372036854775807) failed. </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8563</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>[compiler] Fails to compile non-contiguous BITS. </p>
- <p>Per Hedeland</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8595</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>[manager] Raise condition causing the manager server process to
- crash. Unregistering an agent while traffic (set/get-operations)
- is ongoing could cause a crash in the manager server process
- (raise condition). </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8646</p>
- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11585</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Incompatibilities</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
- </section> <!-- 4.16.2 -->
-
-
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.1</title>
- <p>Version 4.16.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <p>-</p>
- <!--
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be
- augmented by a sequence number. </p>
- <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the
- <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso>
- config option. </p>
- <p>See the
- <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso>
- or the
- <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso>
- chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p>
-
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
- -->
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
-
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[manager] Fixed an upgrade/downgrade problem. </p>
- <p>Upgrade/downgrade from/to 4.13.5 did not work for the net-if
- process. This has now been fixed. </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8481</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>[agent] A minor mnesia related performance improvement. </p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8480</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Incompatibilities</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
- </section> <!-- 4.16.1 -->
-
-
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16</title>
- <p>Version 4.16 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be
- augmented by a sequence number. </p>
- <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the
- <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso>
- config option. </p>
- <p>See the
- <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso>
- or the
- <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso>
- chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p>
-
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
-
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[manager] Registration of agents using the config file,
- <seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files#agents">agents.conf</seealso>,
- does not work. This has now been corrected. </p>
- <p>Per Hedeland</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8442</p>
- </item>
-
- <item>
- <p>The config utility
- (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>)
- generated a default notify.conf
- with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap",
- but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p>
- <p>Kenji Rikitake</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Incompatibilities</title>
- <p>-</p>
- </section>
- </section> <!-- 4.16 -->
-
-
- <section>
- <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.15</title>
-
- <p>Version 4.15 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
- version 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
-
- <section>
- <title>Improvements and new features</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
-
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>The documentation is now built with open source tools
- (<em>xsltproc</em> and <em>fop</em>) that exists on most
- platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8249</p>
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
- <!--
- <p>-</p>
- -->
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>
- <p>[manager] When information from an unknown agent is received,
- it was previously delivered to the default user via calls to all
- the functions of the callback API depending on the info type
- (<c>pdu</c>, <c>trap</c>, <c>report</c> or <c>inform</c>).
- The problem was that the <c>TargetName</c> argument was useless
- in this case (only an already known agent has a known/valid
- <c>TargetName</c>, but the <c>TargetName</c> used in these calls
- was generated "on the fly"). </p>
- <p>This has now been changed so that when a message is received
- from an unknown agent, then only
- <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent</seealso>
- (for the default user) is called, but now this call also has a
- <c>Type</c> argument, which is
- <c>pdu | trap | report | inform</c>, depending on what kind of
- message was actually received, thus making it possible for the
- user to properly analyze the data received. </p>
- <p>To handle this, the
- <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour has
- been updated. </p>
- <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-8229</p>
- <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> -->
- </item>
-
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- </section> <!-- 4.15 -->
-
<!-- section>
<title>Release notes history</title>
<p>For information about older versions see
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml
index d0b912d0fe..023717cd7c 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,355 @@
</header>
<section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17.1</title>
+ <p>Version 4.17.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.17, 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>When the function FilterMod:accept_recv/2
+ returned false the SNMP agent stopped collecting
+ messages from UDP.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8761</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.17.1 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17</title>
+ <p>Version 4.17 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Added very basic support for multiple SNMPv3
+ EngineIDs in a single agent. See
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#send_notification">send_notification/7</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">process_packet/7</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_response_msg">generate_response_msg/6</seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_msg">generate_msg/6</seealso>
+ for more info. </p>
+
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8478</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>The config utility
+ (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>)
+ generated a default notify.conf
+ with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap",
+ but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p>
+ <p>Kenji Rikitake</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.17 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.2</title>
+ <p>Version 4.16.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[compiler] The SMI specifies that a table row OID should be
+ named: { &lt;tableIdentifier&gt; "1" }. </p>
+ <p>A new option has been introduced,
+ <seealso marker="snmpc#compiler_opts">relaxed_row_name_assign_check</seealso>,
+ that allows for a more liberal numbering scheme</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8574</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent|manager] Changes to make snmp (forward) compatible with
+ the new version of the crypto application (released in R14).
+ As of R14, crypto is implemented using NIFs. Also,
+ the API is more strict. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8594</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>Auto [agent] Changed default value for the MIB server cache.
+ GC is now on by default. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8648</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>Encode/decode of Counter64 values larger than
+ 16#7fffffffffffffff (9223372036854775807) failed. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8563</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[compiler] Fails to compile non-contiguous BITS. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8595</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Raise condition causing the manager server process to
+ crash. Unregistering an agent while traffic (set/get-operations)
+ is ongoing could cause a crash in the manager server process
+ (raise condition). </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8646</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11585</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.16.2 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.1</title>
+ <p>Version 4.16.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be
+ augmented by a sequence number. </p>
+ <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso>
+ config option. </p>
+ <p>See the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso>
+ or the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso>
+ chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p>
+
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Fixed an upgrade/downgrade problem. </p>
+ <p>Upgrade/downgrade from/to 4.13.5 did not work for the net-if
+ process. This has now been fixed. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8481</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] A minor mnesia related performance improvement. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8480</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.16.1 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16</title>
+ <p>Version 4.16 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be
+ augmented by a sequence number. </p>
+ <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso>
+ config option. </p>
+ <p>See the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso>
+ or the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso>
+ chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p>
+
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Registration of agents using the config file,
+ <seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files#agents">agents.conf</seealso>,
+ does not work. This has now been corrected. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8442</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>The config utility
+ (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>)
+ generated a default notify.conf
+ with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap",
+ but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p>
+ <p>Kenji Rikitake</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.16 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.15</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.15 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>The documentation is now built with open source tools
+ (<em>xsltproc</em> and <em>fop</em>) that exists on most
+ platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8249</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] When information from an unknown agent is received,
+ it was previously delivered to the default user via calls to all
+ the functions of the callback API depending on the info type
+ (<c>pdu</c>, <c>trap</c>, <c>report</c> or <c>inform</c>).
+ The problem was that the <c>TargetName</c> argument was useless
+ in this case (only an already known agent has a known/valid
+ <c>TargetName</c>, but the <c>TargetName</c> used in these calls
+ was generated "on the fly"). </p>
+ <p>This has now been changed so that when a message is received
+ from an unknown agent, then only
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent</seealso>
+ (for the default user) is called, but now this call also has a
+ <c>Type</c> argument, which is
+ <c>pdu | trap | report | inform</c>, depending on what kind of
+ message was actually received, thus making it possible for the
+ user to properly analyze the data received. </p>
+ <p>To handle this, the
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour has
+ been updated. </p>
+ <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8229</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ </section> <!-- 4.15 -->
+
+
+ <section>
<title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.14</title>
<p>Version 4.14 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_app.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_app.xml
index 694e619da1..f6abe783b3 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_app.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_app.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE appref SYSTEM "appref.dtd">
<appref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -78,7 +78,15 @@
].
</pre>
- <!-- The info below is also found in the snmp_config.xml file -->
+
+ <!--
+ ********************************************************
+
+ The info below is also found in the snmp_config.xml file
+
+ ********************************************************
+ -->
+
<p>Each snmp component has its own set of configuration parameters,
even though some of the types are common to both components. </p>
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@
{agent_verbosity, verbosity()} |
{discovery, agent_discovery()} |
{versions, versions()} |
+ {gb_max_vbs, gb_max_vbs()} |
{priority, priority()} |
{multi_threaded, multi_threaded()} |
{db_dir, db_dir()} |
@@ -122,8 +131,10 @@
{def_user_data, def_user_data()}
</pre>
+ <marker id="agent_opts_and_types"></marker>
<p>Agent specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="agent_type"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_type() = master | sub <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>master</c>, one master agent is
@@ -131,6 +142,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>master</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_disco"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_discovery() = [agent_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_discovery_opt() =
@@ -143,6 +155,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_discovery_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_term_disco_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_terminating_discovery_opts() = [agent_terminating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_terminating_discovery_opt() =
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@
</list>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_orig_disco_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_originating_discovery_opts() = [agent_originating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_originating_discovery_opt() =
@@ -173,6 +187,7 @@
</list>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mt"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[multi_threaded() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, the agent is multi-threaded, with one
@@ -180,11 +195,21 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_data_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[db_dir() = string() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent internal db files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_gb_max_vbs"></marker>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[gb_max_vbs() = pos_integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Defines the maximum number of varbinds allowed
+ in a Get-BULK response.</p>
+ <p>Default is <c>1000</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_local_db"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[local_db() = [local_db_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>local_db_opt() = {repair, agent_repair()} | {auto_save, agent_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -192,6 +217,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>local_db_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ldb_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When starting snmpa_local_db it always tries to open an
@@ -202,6 +228,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ldb_auto_save"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
@@ -209,6 +236,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_net_if"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if() = [agent_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_opt() = {module, agent_net_if_module()} | {verbosity, verbosity()} | {options, agent_net_if_options()}</c></p>
@@ -217,6 +245,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
@@ -225,6 +254,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_options() = [agent_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
@@ -239,12 +269,14 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_req_limit"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[req_limit() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Max number of simultaneous requests handled by the agent.</p>
<p>Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_filter_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_options() = [agent_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_filter_option() = {module, agent_net_if_filter_module()}</c></p>
@@ -255,6 +287,7 @@
<c>agent_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_filter_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
@@ -263,6 +296,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mibs"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) that defines which MIBs
@@ -277,6 +311,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mib_storage"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_storage() = ets | {ets, Dir} | {ets, Dir, Action} | dets | {dets, Dir} | {dets, Dir, Action} | mnesia | {mnesia, Nodes} | {mnesia, Nodes, Action} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies how info retrieved from the mibs will be stored.</p>
@@ -302,6 +337,7 @@
mnesia/dets table already exist.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mib_server"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_server() = [mib_server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mib_server_opt() = {mibentry_override, mibentry_override()} | {trapentry_override, trapentry_override()} | {verbosity, verbosity()} | {cache, mibs_cache()}</c></p>
@@ -309,6 +345,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mib_server_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_meo"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each mib-
@@ -318,6 +355,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_teo"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[trapentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each trap
@@ -327,6 +365,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache() = bool() | mibs_cache_opts() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Shall the agent utilize the mib server lookup cache or not.</p>
@@ -334,6 +373,7 @@
default values apply).</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_opts() = [mibs_cache_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mibs_cache_opt() = {autogc, mibs_cache_autogc()} | {gclimit, mibs_cache_gclimit()} | {age, mibs_cache_age()}</c></p>
@@ -341,6 +381,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mibs_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_autogc"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_autogc() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines if the mib server shall perform cache gc automatically or
@@ -349,6 +390,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_age"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_age() = integer() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines how old the entries in the cache will be allowed before
@@ -358,6 +400,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>10 timutes</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_gclimit"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_gclimit() = integer() > 0 | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When performing a GC, this is the max number of cache entries
@@ -368,6 +411,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>100</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_error_report_mod"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_report_mod() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines an error report module, implementing the
@@ -377,6 +421,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_error_logger</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_symbolic_store"></marker>
<tag><c>symbolic_store() = [symbolic_store_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>symbolic_store_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -384,23 +429,29 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>symbolic_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_target_cache"></marker>
<tag><c>target_cache() = [target_cache_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>target_cache_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent target cache. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>target_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_config"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config() = [agent_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_config_opt() = {dir, agent_config_dir()} | {force_load, force_load()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines specific config related options for the SNMP agent. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_config_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_force_load"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[force_load() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c> the configuration files are re-read
@@ -412,14 +463,18 @@
</item>
</taglist>
+ <marker id="manager_opts_and_types"></marker>
<p>Manager specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="manager_server"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server() = [server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>server_opt() = {timeout, server_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Specifies the options for the manager server process.</p>
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="manager_server_timeout"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Asynchroneous request cleanup time. For every requests,
@@ -440,6 +495,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config() = [manager_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_config_opt() = {dir, manager_config_dir()} | {db_dir, manager_db_dir()} | {db_init_error, db_init_error()} | {repair, manager_repair()} | {auto_save, manager_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -447,16 +503,19 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_db_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_db_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager store persistent data.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the repair option for the persistent database (if
@@ -464,6 +523,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_auto_save"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
@@ -471,6 +531,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_irb"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_irb() = auto | user | {user, integer()} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This option defines how the manager will handle the sending of
@@ -500,6 +561,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>auto</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_mibs"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) and defines which MIBs
@@ -507,6 +569,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_net_if"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if() = [manager_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_opt() = {module, manager_net_if_module()} |
@@ -517,6 +580,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_options() = [manager_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
@@ -530,6 +594,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
@@ -538,6 +603,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_filter_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_options() = [manager_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_filter_option() = {module, manager_net_if_filter_module()}</c></p>
@@ -548,6 +614,7 @@
<c>manager_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_filter_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
@@ -556,6 +623,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_def_user_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The module implementing the default user. See the
@@ -563,6 +631,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_user_default</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_def_user_data"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_data() = term() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Data for the default user. Passed to the user module when
@@ -571,8 +640,10 @@
</item>
</taglist>
+ <marker id="common_types"></marker>
<p>Common config types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="restart_type"></marker>
<tag><c>restart_type() = permanent | transient | temporary</c></tag>
<item>
<p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:supervisor#child_spec">supervisor</seealso>
@@ -580,6 +651,8 @@
<p>Default is <c>permanent</c> for the agent and <c>transient</c>
for the manager.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="db_init_error"></marker>
<tag><c>db_init_error() = terminate | create</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines what to do if the agent or manager is unable to open an
@@ -588,23 +661,31 @@
agent/manager will remove the faulty file(s) and create new ones.</p>
<p>Default is <c>terminate</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="prio"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[priority() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the Erlang priority for all SNMP processes.</p>
<p>Default is <c>normal</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="versions"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[versions() = [version()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>version() = v1 | v2 | v3</c></p>
<p>Which SNMP versions shall be accepted/used.</p>
<p>Default is <c>[v1,v2,v3]</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="verbosity"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[verbosity() = silence | info | log | debug | trace <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Verbosity for a SNMP process. This specifies now much debug info
is printed.</p>
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="bind_to"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[bind_to() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if binds to the IP address.
@@ -612,6 +693,8 @@
where it is running. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="no_reuse"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[no_reuse() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if does not specify that the IP
@@ -619,22 +702,30 @@
the address is set to reusable. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="recbuf"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[recbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Receive buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="sndbuf"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[sndbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Send buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="note_store"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store() = [note_store_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>note_store_opt() = {timeout, note_store_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Specifies the start-up verbosity for the SNMP note store.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>note_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="ns_timeout"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Note cleanup time. When storing a note in the note store,
@@ -643,9 +734,9 @@
milli-seconds.</p>
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
- <marker id="audit_trail_log"></marker>
</item>
+ <marker id="audit_trail_log"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[audit_trail_log() = [audit_trail_log_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>audit_trail_log_opt() = {type, atl_type()} | {dir, atl_dir()} | {size, atl_size()} | {repair, atl_repair()} | {seqno, atl_seqno()}</c></p>
@@ -655,6 +746,8 @@
<c>size</c> options are mandatory.</p>
<p>If not present, audit trail logging is not used.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_type"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_type() = read | write | read_write <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies what type of an audit trail log should be used.
@@ -675,12 +768,16 @@
</list>
<p>Default is <c>read_write</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies where the audit trail log should be stored.</p>
<p>If <c>audit_trail_log</c> specifies that logging should take
place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_size"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_size() = {integer(), integer()} <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies the size of the audit
@@ -688,6 +785,8 @@
<p>If <c>audit_trail_log</c> specifies that logging should
take place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_repair() = true | false | truncate | snmp_repair <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies if and how the audit trail log shall be repaired
@@ -699,6 +798,8 @@
analysis.</p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_seqno"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_seqno() = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies if the audit trail log entries will be (sequence)
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_config.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_config.xml
index fc8562b638..0a49b7a62e 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_config.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmp_config.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
<item>starting the application (agent and/or manager)</item>
<item>debugging the application (agent and/or manager)</item>
</list>
+
<p>Refer also to the chapter(s)
<seealso marker="snmp_agent_config_files">Definition of Agent Configuration Files</seealso> and
<seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files">Definition of Manager Configuration Files</seealso> which contains more detailed information
@@ -73,7 +74,14 @@
</item>
</list>
- <!-- The info below is also found in the snmp_app.xml file -->
+
+ <!--
+ *****************************************************
+
+ The info below is also found in the snmp_app.xml file
+
+ *****************************************************
+ -->
<p>The agent and manager uses (application) configuration parameters to
find out where these directories are located. The parameters should be
@@ -87,6 +95,7 @@
{agent_verbosity, verbosity()} |
{versions, versions()} |
{discovery, agent_discovery()} |
+ {gb_max_vbs, gb_max_vbs()} |
{priority, priority()} |
{multi_threaded, multi_threaded()} |
{db_dir, db_dir()} |
@@ -117,8 +126,10 @@
{def_user_data, def_user_data()}
</pre>
+ <marker id="agent_opts_and_types"></marker>
<p>Agent specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="agent_type"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_type() = master | sub <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>master</c>, one master agent is
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>master</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_disco"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_discovery() = [agent_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_discovery_opt() =
@@ -138,6 +150,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_discovery_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_term_disco_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_terminating_discovery_opts() = [agent_terminating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_terminating_discovery_opt() =
@@ -155,6 +168,7 @@
</list>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_orig_disco_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_originating_discovery_opts() = [agent_originating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_originating_discovery_opt() =
@@ -168,6 +182,7 @@
</list>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mt"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[multi_threaded() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, the agent is multi-threaded, with one
@@ -175,11 +190,21 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_data_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[db_dir() = string() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent internal db files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_gb_max_vbs"></marker>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[gb_max_vbs() = pos_integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Defines the maximum number of varbinds allowed
+ in a Get-BULK response.</p>
+ <p>Default is <c>1000</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_local_db"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[local_db() = [local_db_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>local_db_opt() = {repair, agent_repair()} | {auto_save, agent_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -187,6 +212,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>local_db_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ldb_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When starting snmpa_local_db it always tries to open an
@@ -197,6 +223,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ldb_auto_save"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
@@ -204,6 +231,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_net_if"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if() = [agent_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_option() = {module, agent_net_if_module()} |
@@ -214,6 +242,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
@@ -222,6 +251,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_options() = [agent_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
@@ -236,6 +266,14 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_req_limit"></marker>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[req_limit() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Max number of simultaneous requests handled by the agent.</p>
+ <p>Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_ni_filter_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_options() = [agent_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_option() = {module, agent_net_if_filter_module()}]]></c></p>
@@ -245,6 +283,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ni_filter_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
@@ -254,12 +293,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[req_limit() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>Max number of simultaneous requests handled by the agent.</p>
- <p>Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p>
- </item>
-
+ <marker id="agent_mibs"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) that defines which MIBs
@@ -274,6 +308,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mib_storage"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_storage() = ets | {ets, Dir} | {ets, Dir, Action} | dets | {dets, Dir} | {dets, Dir, Action} | mnesia | {mnesia, Nodes} | {mnesia, Nodes, Action} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies how info retrieved from the mibs will be stored.</p>
@@ -299,6 +334,7 @@
mnesia/dets table already exist.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_mib_server"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_server() = [mib_server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mib_server_opt() = {mibentry_override, mibentry_override()} | {trapentry_override, trapentry_override()} | {verbosity, verbosity()} | {cache, mibs_cache()}</c></p>
@@ -306,6 +342,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mib_server_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_meo"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each mib-
@@ -315,6 +352,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_teo"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[trapentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each trap
@@ -324,6 +362,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache() = bool() | mibs_cache_opts() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Shall the agent utilize the mib server lookup cache or not.</p>
@@ -331,6 +370,7 @@
default values apply).</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_opts() = [mibs_cache_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mibs_cache_opt() = {autogc, mibs_cache_autogc()} | {gclimit, mibs_cache_gclimit()} | {age, mibs_cache_age()}</c></p>
@@ -338,6 +378,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mibs_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_autogc"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_autogc() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines if the mib server shall perform cache gc automatically or
@@ -346,6 +387,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_age"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_age() = integer() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines how old the entries in the cache will be allowed before
@@ -355,6 +397,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>10 timutes</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_ms_cache_gclimit"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_gclimit() = integer() > 0 | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When performing a GC, this is the max number of cache entries
@@ -365,6 +408,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>100</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_error_report_mod"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_report_mod() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines an error report module, implementing the
@@ -374,6 +418,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_error_logger</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_symbolic_store"></marker>
<tag><c>symbolic_store() = [symbolic_store_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>symbolic_store_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -381,12 +426,15 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>symbolic_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_target_cache"></marker>
<tag><c>target_cache() = [target_cache_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>target_cache_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent target cache. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>target_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="agent_config"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config() = [agent_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_config_opt() = {dir, agent_config_dir()} | {force_load, force_load()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -394,11 +442,13 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_config_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="agent_force_load"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[force_load() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c> the configuration files are re-read
@@ -410,14 +460,18 @@
</item>
</taglist>
+ <marker id="manager_opts_and_types"></marker>
<p>Manager specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="manager_server"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server() = [server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>server_opt() = {timeout, server_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Specifies the options for the manager server process.</p>
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="manager_server_timeout"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Asynchroneous request cleanup time. For every requests,
@@ -438,6 +492,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config() = [manager_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_config_opt() = {dir, manager_config_dir()} | {db_dir, manager_db_dir()} | {db_init_error, db_init_error()} | {repair, manager_repair()} | {auto_save, manager_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -445,16 +500,19 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_db_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_db_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager store persistent data.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the repair option for the persistent database (if
@@ -462,6 +520,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_config_auto_save"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
@@ -469,6 +528,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_irb"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_irb() = auto | user | {user, integer()} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This option defines how the manager will handle the sending of
@@ -498,6 +558,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>auto</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_mibs"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) and defines which MIBs
@@ -505,6 +566,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_net_if"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if() = [manager_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_opt() = {module, manager_net_if_module()} |
@@ -515,6 +577,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_options() = [manager_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
@@ -528,6 +591,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
@@ -536,6 +600,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_filter_opts"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_options() = [manager_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_filter_option() = {module, manager_net_if_filter_module()}</c></p>
@@ -546,6 +611,7 @@
<c>manager_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_ni_filter_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
@@ -554,6 +620,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_def_user_module"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The module implementing the default user. See the
@@ -561,6 +628,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_user_default</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="manager_def_user_data"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_data() = term() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Data for the default user. Passed to the user when calling
@@ -569,8 +637,10 @@
</item>
</taglist>
+ <marker id="common_types"></marker>
<p>Common config types:</p>
<taglist>
+ <marker id="restart_type"></marker>
<tag><c>restart_type() = permanent | transient | temporary</c></tag>
<item>
<p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:supervisor#child_spec">supervisor</seealso>
@@ -579,6 +649,7 @@
for the manager.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="db_init_error"></marker>
<tag><c>db_init_error() = terminate | create</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines what to do if the agent is unable to open an
@@ -588,12 +659,14 @@
<p>Default is <c>terminate</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="prio"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[priority() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the Erlang priority for all SNMP processes.</p>
<p>Default is <c>normal</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="versions"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[versions() = [version()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>version() = v1 | v2 | v3</c></p>
@@ -601,6 +674,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>[v1,v2,v3]</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="verbosity"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[verbosity() = silence | info | log | debug | trace <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Verbosity for a SNMP process. This specifies now much debug info
@@ -608,6 +682,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="bind_to"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[bind_to() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if binds to the IP address.
@@ -616,6 +691,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="no_reuse"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[no_reuse() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if does not specify that the IP
@@ -624,17 +700,21 @@
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="recbuf"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[recbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Receive buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="sndbuf"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[sndbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Send buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="note_store"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store() = [note_store_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>note_store_opt() = {timeout, note_store_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
@@ -642,6 +722,7 @@
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>note_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="ns_timeout"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Note cleanup time. When storing a note in the note store,
@@ -649,10 +730,9 @@
process performs a GC to remove the expired note's. Time in
milli-seconds.</p>
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
-
- <marker id="audit_trail_log"></marker>
</item>
+ <marker id="audit_trail_log"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[audit_trail_log() [audit_trail_log_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>audit_trail_log_opt() = {type, atl_type()} | {dir, atl_dir()} | {size, atl_size()} | {repair, atl_repair()} | {seqno, atl_seqno()}</c></p>
@@ -663,6 +743,7 @@
<p>If not present, audit trail logging is not used.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="atl_type"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_type() = read | write | read_write <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies what type of an audit trail log should be used.
@@ -684,6 +765,7 @@
<p>Default is <c>read_write</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="atl_dir"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies where the audit trail log should be stored.</p>
@@ -691,6 +773,7 @@
place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="atl_size"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_size() = {integer(), integer()} <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies the size of the audit
@@ -699,6 +782,7 @@
take place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
+ <marker id="atl_repair"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_repair() = true | false | truncate | snmp_repair <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies if and how the audit trail log shall be repaired
@@ -710,6 +794,8 @@
analysis.</p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
+
+ <marker id="atl_seqno"></marker>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_seqno() = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies if the audit trail log entries will be (sequence)