The snmp::multi package provides a mechanism to perform snmp operations on several hosts simultaneously. snmp::multi builds on g. marzot's snmp perl interface to the uc-davis snmp libraries, using asynchronous snmp operations to send queries/sets to multiple hosts simultaneously.

results from all hosts are compiled into a single object, which offers methods to access the data in aggregate, or broken down by host or the individual request.

snmp::multi supports snmp get, set, getnext, getbulk and bulkwalk requests. it also performs pdu packing in order to improve network efficiency, when packing is possible.