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## Name

software — get firmware release via SNMP and check against an expected version

## Synopsis

[ foo type=asn9000 expected=`ForeThought.*6\.0\.1` ]`software` [foo2 expected=`Linux.*2\.0\.36` ]
`software`

## Description

Reports a yellow status if the reported and expected versions do not match.

The `expected` argument is a regular expression tested against the value of `system.sysDescr.0`.

Some special `type` values exist:

    type=asx for ASX ATM Switches checks ASXSoftware.0 instead of sysDescr
    type=asn9000 for ASN9000 PowerHub checks ASNSoftware.0 instead of sysDescr
    type=es2810 for ES2810 Ethernet Switch

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