X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-snmp.pod;h=5e99ba335bb9ab96118882037e1385c2ef14b2b5;hp=9d508d1742639733f245732a77d1019dacaba151;hb=a811574a6acbf87f23948411876a231fecaeb491;hpb=c52bf8e528e82b792bc4cf71a51b73d9f8c6602d diff --git a/src/collectd-snmp.pod b/src/collectd-snmp.pod index 9d508d17..5e99ba33 100644 --- a/src/collectd-snmp.pod +++ b/src/collectd-snmp.pod @@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ internal format and dispatches them. Depending on the write plugins you have loaded they may be written to disk or submitted to another instance or whatever you configured. -Because querying a host via SNMP may produce a timeout multiple threads are -used to query hosts in parallel. Depending on the number of hosts between one -and ten threads are used. +Because querying a host via SNMP may produce a timeout the "complex reads" +polling method is used. The ReadThreads parameter in the main configuration +influences the number of parallel polling jobs which can be undertaken. If +you expect timeouts or some polling to take a long time, you should increase +this parameter. Note that other plugins also use the same threads. =head1 CONFIGURATION @@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ Selects the authentication protocol for SNMPv3 security. =item B I -Sets the authentication passphrase for SNMPv3 security. +Sets the authentication passphrase for SNMPv3 security. =item B I|I @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ Selects the privacy (encryption) protocol for SNMPv3 security. =item B I -Sets the privacy (encryption) passphrase for SNMPv3 security. +Sets the privacy (encryption) passphrase for SNMPv3 security. =item B I [I ...] @@ -371,6 +373,10 @@ How long to wait for a response. The C library default is 1 second. The number of times that a query should be retried after the Timeout expires. The C library default is 5. +=item B I + +Configures the size of SNMP bulk transfers. The default is 0, which disables bulk transfers altogether. + =back =head1 SEE ALSO