La commande snmpwalk exécute automatiquement une séquence de demandes GETNEXT chaînées. Cette commande permet de gagner du temps. Au lieu d'avoir à émettre une série de demandes snmpgetnext (une pour chaque ID objet ou noeud d'une sous-arborescence), il suffit de lancer une demande snmpwalk sur le noeud racine de la sous-arborescence. La commande récupère alors la valeur de chaque noeud de la sous-arborescence.
Par exemple :
% snmpwalk SNMP_agent system SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: ILOM machine custom description SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SUN-HW-TRAP-MIB::products.200.2.1.1 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (16439826) 1 day, 21:39:58.26 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: set via snmp test SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: SUNSPHOSTNAME SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (14) 0:00:00.14 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.1 = OID: IF-MIB::ifMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.2 = OID: SNMPv2-MIB::snmpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.3 = OID: TCP-MIB::tcpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.4 = OID: RFC1213-MIB::ip SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.5 = OID: UDP-MIB::udpMIB SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.6 = OID: SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB::vacmBasicGroup SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.7 = OID: SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpFrameworkMIBCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.8 = OID: SNMP-MPD-MIB::snmpMPDCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORID.9 = OID: SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB::usmMIBCompliance SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.1 = STRING: The MIB module to describe generic objects for network interface sub-layers SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.2 = STRING: The MIB module for SNMPv2 entities SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.3 = STRING: The MIB module for managing TCP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.4 = STRING: The MIB module for managing IP and ICMP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.5 = STRING: The MIB module for managing UDP implementations SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.6 = STRING: View-based Access Control Model for SNMP. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.7 = STRING: The SNMP Management Architecture MIB. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.8 = STRING: The MIB for Message Processing and Dispatching. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORDescr.9 = STRING: The management information definitions for the SNMP User-based Security Model. SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.1 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.2 = Timeticks: (2) 0:00:00.02 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.3 = Timeticks: (2) 0:00:00.02 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.4 = Timeticks: (2) 0:00:00.02 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.5 = Timeticks: (2) 0:00:00.02 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.6 = Timeticks: (2) 0:00:00.02 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.7 = Timeticks: (14) 0:00:00.14 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.8 = Timeticks: (14) 0:00:00.14 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.9 = Timeticks: (14) 0:00:00.14