ISCSI-MIB :: iscsiPortalDescr

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iscsiPortalDescr

Module: ISCSI-MIB

OID (symbolic): ISCSI-MIB::iscsiPortalDescr

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1.1.14

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: SnmpAdminString

Access: read-only

Description: A UTF-8 string, determined by the implementation to describe the iSCSI portal. When only a single instance is present, this object may be set to the zero-length string; with multiple iSCSI portals, it may be used in an implementation-dependent manner to describe the respective portal, and could include information such as

Host Bus Adapter (HBA) model, description, and version, or software driver and version.

What is iscsiPortalDescr?

A free-text UTF-8 description of this portal, e.g. the HBA model or driver version, useful when a system has multiple portals to tell them apart at a glance.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1.1.14
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> ISCSI-MIB::iscsiPortalDescr

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1.1.14.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> ISCSI-MIB::iscsiPortalDescr.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (6 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.2mgmtAPERTUS-NPG-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1mib_2AXON-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.2.1.142iscsiMibModuleISCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1iscsiObjectsISCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2iscsiPortalISCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1iscsiPortalAttributesTableISCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1.1iscsiPortalAttributesEntryISCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.142.1.2.1.1.14iscsiPortalDescrISCSI-MIB