simplest way to check device status (Up/Down)

[anna]

Hi All,

small code to check device status through SNMP, if snmp response is not blank means device is up or else device is down... any suggestions please.

#!/usr/bin/python
from easysnmp import snmp_get, snmp_set, snmp_walk
ip = sys.argv[1]
oid  = 'sysDescr.0'

status = snmp_get(oid, hostname=ip, community='public', version=2)
if status !='':
   print (str(ip)+' ' +'Up\n')
else:
   print (str(ip)+' '+'Down\n')