Specifying the SNMPARMS parameters

You can change the following parameters in SNMPARMS:
Parameter
Description
SNMPQE name
The name of the SNMP query engine started procedure. This value is case sensitive. The default address space name is SNMPQE. If you change the name of the SNMP query engine started procedure, you must change this parameter to match the new procedure name.
SNMPQERT seconds
The retry timer, in seconds, for IUCV CONNECT. When SNMPIUCV is started, it tries to connect to the SNMP query engine. If the connection fails or breaks, SNMPIUCV retries a connect every n seconds, as specified by this parameter. The valid range of values is 0 - 9999. The default is 60 seconds.
SNMPRCNT number
The retry count for sending SNMP requests. This is the number of times the SNMP query engine resends an SNMP PDU when no response was received. If no response is received after all retries have been exhausted, the SNMP query engine returns a no response error for the SNMP request. The valid range of values is 0 - 255. The default is 2.

If the request being sent by the SNMP query engine contains a community name that is not valid, no response is received. This causes the SNMP query engine to resend the request until the retry count is exhausted. If authentication failure traps are enabled, the agent generates multiple authentication-Failure traps, one for the initial request and one for each of the retries.

SNMPMMLL length
The line length for multiline messages 38 and 44. The maximum length is 255. A value of 80 allows the complete text to appear on an 80-character-wide screen. The default and minimum acceptable line length value is 80.
SNMPRETO exp
The retry back-off exponent. Specifies whether the timeout value between retries of an SNMP request is calculated linearly or exponentially. The valid values are 1 (linear) or 2 (exponential). The default is 2.

For example, if the retry timeout was 1 second, SNMPRETO of 1 causes a new retry to be sent at constant 1-second intervals until all retries have been sent. SNMPRETO of 2 causes the first retry to be sent after 1 second, the second retry 2 seconds later, the third retry 4 seconds later, and so on until all retries have been sent.

SNMPRITO tenths_seconds
The timeout value for a request specified in tenths of a second. After sending an SNMP request to an agent, the SNMP query engine waits the specified number of tenths of a second for a response.
  • If the retry count (SNMPRCNT) is greater than 0, the SNMP request is sent again if a response is not received in this time.
  • If the retry count (SNMPRCNT) is 0, a no response error is sent to the NetView® program, if a response is not received within this period of time.
The valid range of values is 0 - 255. The default is 10 tenths of a second.