GetBulk operation

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The GetBulk operation is an SNMP protocol mechanism used to efficiently retrieve large blocks of management data in a single request, reducing network overhead compared to multiple individual queries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf SNMP operation ⓘ
SNMP protocol mechanism ⓘ
abbreviation GetBulk ⓘ
benefit lower latency for bulk data retrieval ⓘ
reduced CPU load on SNMP manager and agent ⓘ
reduced bandwidth consumption ⓘ
canTraverse multiple rows of a MIB table in one request ⓘ
category SNMP PDU type ⓘ
comparedTo GetNext operation ⓘ
definedIn SNMPv2 ⓘ
definedInRFC RFC 1905 ⓘ
direction manager-to-agent ⓘ
doesNotSupport modification of MIB objects ⓘ
hasConstraint may be limited by agent resource policies ⓘ
response size limited by maximum SNMP message size ⓘ
hasParameter maxRepetitions ⓘ
nonRepeaters ⓘ
hasPurpose efficient retrieval of large blocks of management data ⓘ
reduction of network overhead compared to multiple individual queries ⓘ
introducedInVersion SNMPv2 ⓘ
isMoreEfficientThan repeated GetNext operations ⓘ
layer application layer ⓘ
operatesOn SNMP Management Information Base ⓘ
optimizes sequential retrieval of MIB variables ⓘ
partOf Simple Network Management Protocol ⓘ
linked to: SNMP
pduTypeCode GetBulkRequest-PDU ⓘ
reduces number of SNMP request-response exchanges ⓘ
relatedOperation Get operation ⓘ
GetNext operation ⓘ
Set operation ⓘ
requires SNMPv2 or later support on agent ⓘ
SNMPv2 or later support on manager ⓘ
responseType GetResponse-PDU ⓘ
scope read-only retrieval of management data ⓘ
standardizedBy IETF ⓘ
targets SNMP agent ⓘ
transportProtocol UDP ⓘ
typicalUseCase collecting performance counters ⓘ
polling interface statistics ⓘ
retrieving large tables from MIB ⓘ
usedBy SNMP manager ⓘ
usedIn SNMPv2c ⓘ
SNMPv3 ⓘ
usedInDomain network management ⓘ
telecommunications management ⓘ
uses single request to retrieve multiple variable bindings ⓘ

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RFC 3416 → defines → GetBulk operation ⓘ