SMARTS fails to complete an snmpwalk on a device

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:




SMARTS fails to complete an snmpwalk on a device
error: Get-Next-request ->  (0xa1), *Error!*  Invalid length specification. <or> Mangled value

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

The SNMP agent implementation on this device is faulty.

Resolution

The device   s vendor should be contacted as this is a faulty SNMP agent issue and not one that EMC Smarts can fix.