SNMP::...::C6500(3pm)

💖 SNMP::...::C6500(3pm) — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's literally all about SNMP::Info::Layer3::C6500 ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SNMP::Info::Layer3::C6500 — it's the SNMP Interface to Cisco Catalyst 6500 Layer 2/3 Switches running IOS and/or CatOS. And that's not all, no ma'am: it also covers the Cisco Catalyst 2960, 2970, 3750 and 3850 series, plus blade switch CBS30x0 and CBS31x0 series running IOS. she does it all 💅

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Max Baker — the icon, the moment, the legend 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the vibe, literally copy-paste energy:

# Let SNMP::Info determine the correct subclass for you.
my $c6500 = new SNMP::Info(
                       AutoSpecify => 1,
                       Debug       => 1,
                       # These arguments are passed directly to SNMP::Session
                       DestHost    => 'myswitch',
                       Community   => 'public',
                       Version     => 2
                       )
   or die "Can't connect to DestHost.\n";

my $class      = $c6500->class();
print "SNMP::Info determined this device to fall under subclass : $class\n";

like, you just let SNMP::Info do the whole subclass-picking thing for you and she ate 🔥 no cap.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It's an abstraction subclass for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Layer 2/3 Switches.

Here's the tea: these devices run IOS, but lowkey they've got some of the same characteristics as the Catalyst WS-C family (5xxx). For example? Forwarding tables are held in VLANs, and extended interface information is gleaned from CISCO-SWITCH-MIB. iykyk 💀

She also supports these IOS-only series switches: Cisco Catalyst 2960, 2970, 3750 and 3850 series. And blade switches from the CBS30x0 and CBS31x0 series. slay.

💜 Inherited Classes

• SNMP::Info::CiscoStack
• SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch
• SNMP::Info::MAU

🧚 Required MIBs

• CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB

Inherited Classes' MIBs

• See "Required MIBs" in SNMP::Info::CiscoStack for its own MIB requirements.
• See "Required MIBs" in SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch for its own MIB requirements.
• See "Required MIBs" in SNMP::Info::MAU for its own MIB requirements.

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👑 GLOBALS 👑

bestie these are the methods that return scalar value from SNMP ⭐

• $c6500->vendor() — Returns 'cisco'
• $c6500->cvsSwitchMode() — Returns the Switch status: multiNode or standalone.
• $c6500->is_virtual_switch() — Return 1 if the switch ("cvsSwitchMode") is in multimode (VSS).
• $c6500->serial() — Returns serial number of unit (falls back to "entPhysicalSerialNum").

🌈 Globals imported from SNMP::Info::CiscoStack

See documentation in "GLOBALS" in SNMP::Info::CiscoStack for details.

🌈 Globals imported from SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch

See documentation in "GLOBALS" in SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch for details.

🌈 Globals imported from SNMP::Info::MAU

See documentation in "GLOBALS" in SNMP::Info::MAU for details.

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🍓 TABLE METHODS 🍓

These are methods that return tables of information in the form of a reference to a hash. main character energy, fr fr.

💅 Overrides

• $c6500->i_duplex() — Returns reference to hash of iid to current link duplex setting.

Newer software versions return duplex based upon the result of $c6500->el_duplex(). Otherwise it uses the result of the call to CiscoStack::i_duplex().

See SNMP::Info::EtherLike for el_duplex() method and SNMP::Info::CiscoStack for its i_duplex() method.

• $c6500->i_duplex_admin() — Returns reference to hash of iid to administrative duplex setting.

Newer software versions return duplex based upon the result of $c6500->p_duplex(). Otherwise it uses the result of the call to CiscoStack::i_duplex().

See SNMP::Info::CiscoStack for its i_duplex() and p_duplex() methods.

• $c6500->set_i_duplex_admin(duplex, ifIndex) — Sets port duplex, must be supplied with duplex and port "ifIndex".

Speed choices are 'auto', 'half', 'full'.

Crosses $c6500->p_port() with $c6500->p_duplex() to utilize port "ifIndex".

Example:
my %if_map = reverse %{$c6500->interfaces()};
$c6500->set_i_duplex_admin('auto', $if_map{'FastEthernet0/1'})
    or die "Couldn't change port duplex. ",$c6500->error(1);

• $c6500->set_i_speed_admin(speed, ifIndex) — Sets port speed, must be supplied with speed and port "ifIndex".

Speed choices are '10', '100', '1000'.

Crosses $c6500->p_port() with $c6500->p_speed() to utilize port "ifIndex".

🌸 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::CiscoStack

See documentation in "TABLE METHODS" in SNMP::Info::CiscoStack for details.

🌸 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch

See documentation in "TABLE METHODS" in SNMP::Info::Layer3::CiscoSwitch for details.

🌸 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::MAU

See documentation in "TABLE METHODS" in SNMP::Info::MAU for details.

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie 🥰 this one's perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-28, straight from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. go forth and SNMP responsibly 💖✨🦋