sub muli_interface_snmp {
        my ($host,$community) = @_;
        # assumes a mib of interfaces, more likely you will have DNS defined for each interface
        my $hostip1 = $hostints{$host}{interface one};
        my $hostip2 = $hostints{$host}{interface two};
        my $hostip3 = $hostints{$host}{interface three};
        my $hostip1 = $hostints{$host}{interface four};
        my $stimeout = 5;
        my $sretries = 2;
        ## mgmt server status for your device
        ## don't use this one, it is bogus
        $MGMTSTATE = ".1.3.6.1.4.1.2666.2.1.1.1.1.7.1.12.1.1";

        my $snmpsession, $test, $error;
        ($snmpsession,$error) = Net::SNMP->session(
                       -hostname=>$hostip1, 
                       -timeout =>$stimeout, 
                       -retries => $sretries, 
                       -community=>$community, 
                       -version=>'snmpv2c');
        $test = $snmpsession->get_request (-varbindlist => [$MGMTSTATE]);
        if (!defined($test)) {
                ($snmpsession,$error) = Net::SNMP->session(
                              -hostname=>$hostip2, 
                              -timeout => $stimeout, 
                              -retries => $sretries, 
                              -community=>$community, 
                              -version=>'snmpv2c');
                $test = $snmpsession->get_request (-varbindlist => [$MGMTSTATE]);
                if (!defined($test)) {
                        ($snmpsession,$error) = Net::SNMP->session(
                                      -hostname=>$hostip3, 
                                      -timeout => $stimeout, 
                                      -retries => $sretries, 
                                      -community=>$community, 
                                      -version=>'snmpv2c');
                        $test = $snmpsession->get_request (-varbindlist => [$MGMTSTATE]);
                        if ( !defined($test)) {
                                $snmpsession = Net::SNMP->session(
                                             -hostname=>$hostip4, 
                                             -timeout => $stimeout, 
                                             -retries => $sretries, 
                                             -community=>$community, 
                                             -version=>'snmpv2c');
                                $test = $snmpsession->get_request (-varbindlist => [$MGMTSTATE]);
                                if (!defined($test)) {
                                        # It's actually down, not just on a standby mgmt card
                                        print DEBUGFILE $error;
                                        return;
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
        # we got a good session to the active mgmt card
        return $snmpsession;
}