IBM® Systems
Director provides
tasks for configuring and managing SNMP devices and Management Information
Base (MIB) files.
Viewing and configuring SNMP device attributes
You can use the SNMP Browser task to view and configure the attributes
of SNMP devices, for example, hubs, routers, or other management devices that
are compliant with SNMP. You can use the SNMP Browser for management based
on SNMP, troubleshooting, or monitoring the performance of SNMP devices.
Compiling a MIB file
The SNMP Browser initially displays a tree view of the Management
Information Base (MIB) structure for the selected SNMP devices. If no compiled MIBs
are available on the management server to format the information
or if the device returns information that is not found in a compiled MIB,
the information is displayed in a dotted-decimal format. IBM Systems
Director includes
various MIB files that are typically needed for SNMP browsing for commonly
defined devices. These files are located in the install_root\proddata\snmp directory, where install_root is the
root directory of your IBM Systems
Director installation.
Note that this path uses the backslash (\) to delimit the directory; depending
on the system that you are using, you might be required to enter the path
using the forward slash (/).
Selecting MIB files to load into memory
If you want to select specific Management Information
Base (MIB) files to load into memory, use the MIB Management
feature of the SNMP Browser.