SNMP::...::HPVC(3pm)

💖 SNMP::...::HPVC 💖

okay bestie, welcome to SNMP::...::HPVC from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, aka the 3pm manual page for the SNMP::Info::Layer2::HPVC module. she's a whole vibe and she runs on perl v5.40.1. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

SNMP::Info::Layer2::HPVC — the SNMP Interface to HP Virtual Connect Switches.

yes. that's the name. she's lowercase in the middle and everything, she's quirky, we love her. 👑

💅 AUTHOR 💅

Jeroen van Ingen

the icon who wrote her. no cap, respect the author's name, say it with your chest. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole thing verbatim, because you're gonna want to copy-paste this and I refuse to paraphrase code:

# Let SNMP::Info determine the correct subclass for you.
my $hp = new SNMP::Info(
                         AutoSpecify => 1,
                         Debug       => 1,
                         DestHost    => 'myswitch',
                         Community   => 'public',
                         Version     => 2
                       )
   or die "Can't connect to DestHost.\n";

my $class      = $hp->class();
print "SNMP::Info determined this device to fall under subclass : $class\n";

so like — AutoSpecify => 1 means SNMP::Info goes "bet, I got you" and figures out the correct subclass all on its own. Debug => 1 for when you wanna see the chaos. DestHost is your switch, Community is 'public' (classic), Version => 2. and if it can't connect, it literally dies with "Can't connect to DestHost.\n" — dramatic but fair. 😭

then you grab $hp->class() and print it. that's it. that's the whole flex. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

she provides abstraction to the configuration information you can obtain from a HP Virtual Connect Switch via SNMP. basically: the switch has secrets, she gets them, she hands them to you in Perl. it's giving translator. it's giving matchmaker but for MIBs.

🌈 Inherited Classes 🌈

• SNMP::Info::Layer2

she inherits from SNMP::Info::Layer2. family tree matters, iykyk.

💜 Required MIBs 💜

• HPVC-MIB
• CPQSINFO-MIB
• HPVCMODULE-MIB

all required MIBs can be found in the netdisco-mibs package. 🎀 don't show up without them, fr fr.

⭐ GLOBALS ⭐

these are methods that return a scalar value from SNMP. little single-value wifey methods. one return, no drama.

• $hp->os() — returns 'hpvc'
• $hp->os_bin() — "cpqHoFwVerVersion.1"
• $hp->os_ver() — "cpqHoSWRunningVersion.1"
• $hp->serial() — "cpqSiSysSerialNum.0"
• $hp->vendor() — hp
• $hp->model() — "cpqSiProductName.0"

🧚 Globals imported from SNMP::Info::Layer2 🧚

see documentation in "GLOBALS" in SNMP::Info::Layer2 for details. she's not gonna retype her mom's whole manpage, go read it. 💅

🔥 TABLE METHODS 🔥

these are methods that return tables of information in the form of a reference to a hash. hashref szn. so much data. so much structure. we're obsessed.

💖 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer2 💖

see documentation in "TABLE METHODS" in SNMP::Info::Layer2 for details. same deal, bestie, go look. 🌸

👑 SET METHODS 👑

these are methods that provide SNMP set functionality for overridden methods, or they give you a simpler interface to complex set operations. she's the girl who makes the hard thing easy, and that's main character energy fr.

see "SETTING DATA VIA SNMP" in SNMP::Info for general information on set operations.

ok important vibe check: these are SET methods. you're writing to the device via SNMP. be normal about it. be careful about it. 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 the source is perl v5.40.1 and the date on this beauty is 2026-02-28, filed under SNMP::...::HPVC(3pm). go configure your switch, slay responsibly, and remember: abstraction is self-care. 💅✨🦋