SNMP::...scoIPS(3pm)

💖 SNMP::...scoIPS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SNMP::Info::Layer7::CiscoIPS page — it's a perl manual page (that's the 3pm part, it means "perl module docs," iykyk) and it's literally the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance IPS module. 🎀 If you've been handed a Cisco IPS box and you want SNMP::Info to just get it, this is your girl.

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✨ NAME ✨

SNMP::Info::Layer7::CiscoIPS — the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance IPS module. That's it, that's the whole name. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Moe Kraus</purpose>

(the icon who wrote this, we love her 🫶)

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

Here's the vibe, copy-paste ready, no notes:

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

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

so basically: you let SNMP::Info do its little AutoSpecify detective work, it sniffs around and figures out which subclass your device actually belongs to, and then you print it. chef's kiss. 😌

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It's a subclass for the Cisco IPS Module. That's the whole assignment. ✨

🌸 Inherited Classes 🌸

these are the parent classes it gets its powers from:

• SNMP::Info::Entity
• SNMP::Info::Layer7

💜 Required MIBs 💜

Inherited Classes' MIBs

scroll back up to the classes listed above, bestie — their required MIBs are its required MIBs. It inherited them. That's the rules. 💅

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⭐ GLOBALS ⭐

these are the methods that hand you back a scalar value straight from SNMP. one value, no table, no drama.

• $info->b_mac() — gives you the base mac. it only matches on e4:d3:f1, so if you're expecting literally anything else, bestie, no. 🙈
• $info->serial() — fetches the serial from the Module.
• $info->e_index() — this one overrides Entity->e_index() because the entity table that the IPS is delivering is, and I quote, buggy. 💀 so we're going around it. slay.
• $info->layers — returns '01001000'. yes, that's a string of binary. yes, it's a vibe. 🧚
• $info->model — returns the model name.
• $info->productname — returns the product name.
• $info->serial — returns the serial number.
• $info->sysdescr — returns the system description.

fr fr, yes, both serial entries are in here — one says it fetches the serial from the Module and one says it returns the serial number. that's what the page says, so that's what you get. 💖

🌈 Global Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer7 🌈

go read the GLOBALS section in SNMP::Info::Layer7 for the deets. 👑

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

same energy — check GLOBALS in SNMP::Info::Entity. 🫶

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🎀 TABLE METHODS 🎀

these ones don't give you a single value, they give you tables of information as a reference to a hash. a whole little hash full of goodies. obsessed.

🌸 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Layer7 🌸

the details live in TABLE METHODS in SNMP::Info::Layer7. go look. ✨

💜 Table Methods imported from SNMP::Info::Entity 💜

and the details for this one live in TABLE METHODS in SNMP::Info::Entity. 🌈

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that. final sign-off cuteness: this was put together by perl v5.40.1 on 2026-02-28 — iconic date, iconic version, no cap. 💅✨🎀