SNMP::...Force10(3pm)

💖 SNMP::Info::Layer3::Force10 💖

okay bestie, welcome to SNMP::Info::Layer3::Force10 — she's a Perl module living in the SNMP::...Force10(3pm) manual, and she's your SNMP interface to Force10 Networks FTOS gear. ✨

Wrote by William Bulley — periodt, that's the author, no cap. 🫶

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

okay so this is literally how you let SNMP::Info figure out which subclass you're dealing with, all by itself:

# Let SNMP::Info determine the correct subclass for you.
my $force10 = 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      = $force10->class();
print "SNMP::Info determined this device to fall under subclass : $class\n";

like yes, AutoSpecify is doing the main character work, and if the connect fails it just <red>die</red>s with Can't connect to DestHost.\n 😭. Then you ask $force10->class() and it tells you which subclass this device belongs to. slay. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It's a subclass for Force10 Networks FTOS-based devices. that's the whole vibe.

🎀 Inherited Classes 🎀

she inherits from both of these queens:

• SNMP::Info::Layer3
• SNMP::Info::MAU

🌸 Required MIBs 🌸

• F10-PRODUCTS-MIB

💜 Inherited Classes' MIBs 💜

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

like each parent brings her own MIBs to the group chat, fr fr. 🧚

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👑 GLOBALS 👑

These are methods that return scalar values from SNMP. lil single-value baddies, iykyk. ⭐

• $force10->vendor() — Returns 'force10'
• $force10->model() — Tries to reference $force10->id() to the Force10 product MIB listed above
• $force10->os() — Returns 'ftos'
• $force10->os_ver() — Grabs the operating system version from "sysDescr"

💫 Global Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer3 💫

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

💫 Global Methods imported from SNMP::Info::MAU 💫

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

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🔥 TABLE METHODS 🔥

These are the methods that return tables of info — and by tables we mean a reference to a hash, bestie. sit DOWN. 🍓

• $force10->v_name() — Returns the VLAN names.
• $force10->i_vlan() — Currently not implemented. (she's on a break, don't @ her 🙈)
• $force10->i_duplex_admin() — Returns info from MAU-MIB
• $force10->i_speed_admin() — Returns info from MAU-MIB

💫 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer3 💫

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

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

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

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vibe check: nothing here is optional reading if you're tryna make this module go — every method, every MIB, every inherited doc pointer is load-bearing. 💖

that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind. ate. 💅

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🌈 ✨ and that's a wrap, bestie ✨ 🌈

This iconic lil doc is from perl v5.40.1, dated <pink>2026-02-28</pink>, and it lives at SNMP::...Force10(3pm) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation. go forth and SNMP responsibly 🎀🦋👑