Thisisthe"QuickStartGuide.txt"filedistributedwithMG-SOFTMIB

BrowserProfessionalEdition.

Copyright(C)1995,2001MG-SOFTCorporation.Allrightsreserved.

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TableofContents

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ThisQuickStartGuideintroducesthebasicfunctionsandfeaturesof

MIBBrowserandshowshowtousethem.Foradetaileddescriptionof

theseandallotherMIBBrowser'sfunctions,checkMIBBrowser's

Helpfile.

ItisrecommendedtoreadMIBBrowser's"TipoftheDay..."

recommendations.YoucanopentheTipoftheDaymessageboxby

selectingthe'Help|TipoftheDay'menucommand.

Thefollowingoperationsaredescribedinthisdocument:

ContactaRemoteSNMPAgentandQueryallofitsOIDValues

LoadaMIBFileinMIBBrowser

QueryanOIDValuebyUsingtheSNMPGETCommand

QueryanOIDValuebyUsingtheSNMPGETNEXTCommand

Single-stepSNMPWalk

SNMPSETOperation

DiscoverRemoteSNMPAgents

MonitorSNMPAgentsinInfoWindows

ViewSNMPTables

GraphOIDValues

ReceiveSNMPTrapandSNMPInformNotifications

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ContactaRemoteSNMPAgentandQueryallofitsOIDValues

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ToperformtheSNMPwalkoperation:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagentthatyouwishtomanage.

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand(thisisaveryimportant

step-onlyafterthisstep,MIBBrowserenablesallotherSNMP

operations).

Fromthe'MIBTree'frame,selecttherootnode(namedMIBTree).

Selectthe'SNMP|Walk'menucommand.MIBBrowserwill'walk'the

remoteSNMPagentbyrepeatedlyissuingSNMPGetNextqueries.

Responsestoqueriesareprintedinthe'QueryResults'frame.

Note1:Instep4,youcanselectanyothernodefromtheMIBTree.

Ifso,MIBBrowserwalksonlytheselectedMIBsubtreeinstep5

(orreturnsonlyonequeriedvalueiftheselectednodeisaMIBTree

leaf).

Note2:IftheremoteSNMPagentdoesnotrespondtothecontact

commandinstep3(e.g.itexpectsadifferentcommunitystringora

differentSNMPprotocolversion),youshouldchangetheSNMPaccess

parametersintheSNMPProtocolPreferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMP

ProtocolPreferences)

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LoadaMIBFileinMIBBrowser

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ToloadaMIBfileinMIBBrowser:

CompilethedesiredMIBfilewithMIBCompiler(youcanskipthis

stepifyouhavealreadycompiledtheMIBfile).Forproceduresand

detailsoncompilingMIBfiles,checkMIBCompiler'shelpfile.

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'MIB'tab.

Fromthelowerwindowpanel,selectthe'MIBModules'tab.Clickthe

'Refresh'button(thecircularredarrowbutton).Selectthedesired

MIBfilefromthelistbyclickingitsname.Youcanselectmore

thanoneMIBfilebyholdingdownthe'Ctrl'keyonthekeyboard

whileclickingonMIBnames.IftheMIBfilecannotbelocatedinthe

list,itmighthavebeenalreadyloaded.

Clickthe'LoadtheSelectedMIBfiles'button(redup-arrowbutton).

Note:TheloadedMIBscanbesavedtoaMIBGroup.Intheupper

windowpanel,choosetheSaveMIBGroupcommandfromthepop-upmenu.

EnterthedesiredMIBGroupname.YoucanlaterloadallMIBfiles

fromthatgroupatonce.

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QueryanOIDValuebyUsingtheSNMPGETCommand

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ToqueryanOIDvaluewithMIBBrowserbyusingtheSNMPGEToperation:

Fromthemainwindow,selecttheQuerytab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgen'tinputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences)

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

FromtheMIBTree,selecttheMIBnodeyouwishtoquery

(forexamplethe'sysDescr'node).

Selectthe'SNMP|Get'command.Thevalueofthe'sysDescr'OID

inthequeriedSNMPagentisprintedintheQueryResultsframe.

IftheselectedOIDisnotimplementedinthequeriedSNMPagent,

MIBBrowserprintsanerrorcodeasreceivedfromthequeried

SNMPagent.

Note:IftheselectednodeintheMIBTreeiswithinanSNMPTable

(forexample,the'ifAdminStatus'nodewhichisdefinedinthe

'ifTable'table),theprocedureisabitdifferent.Inadditiontothe

selectedOID,MIBBrowseralsoneedstoknowtheinstanceofthe

queriedobjectintheSNMPtable.Inordertosupplythisinformation,

youhavetoselecteitherthe'SNMP|Get|SelectInstance'or'SNMP|

Get|PromptForInstance'menucommand.

Incaseofselectingthe'SNMP|Get|SelectInstance'menucommand,

MIBBrowserwillsearchforallavailableinstancesoftheselected

OIDandyouhavetopickthedesiredonefromthelistofexisting

instances.

Ifselectingthe'SNMP|Get|PromptForInstance'menucommand,MIB

BrowseropenstheInstanceToQuerydialogboxwhereinyouenterthe

desiredinstance(forexample'1'ifyouwishtoquerythevalueof

theifAdminStatus.1object).

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QueryanOIDValuebyUsingtheSNMPGETNEXTCommand

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ToqueryanOIDvaluewithMIBBrowserbyusingthe

SNMPGETNEXToperation:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgen'tinputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences)

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

FromtheMIBTree,selecttheMIBnodeyouwishtoquery

(forexamplethe'sysDescr'node).Becauseyouwillusethe'SNMP

GETNEXT'command,thenextOIDnodeimplementedinthequeried

agentwillbereturned.

Selectthe'SNMP|GetNext'command.ThevalueoftheOID

implementedafterthe'sysDescr'OIDinthequeriedSNMPagentis

printedinthe'QueryResults'frame(mostprobablythevalueof

thesysObjectIDOID).

Note:Seethenoteinthepreviousexample.

Inadditiontothat,theGetNextcommandoffersathirdpossible

commandforselectingthetableOIDinstance-the'SNMP|GetNext|

NoInstance'menucommand.Byselectingthatcommand,MIBBrowser

displaysthefirstinstanceoftheselectedtableOIDinthequeried

agent.

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Single-stepSNMPWalk

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Toperformastep-by-stepSNMPwalkoperation:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences)

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

Selectthe'SNMP|PromptforOID'menucommand.Thiswillopen

thePromptforOIDdialogbox.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagentandifnecessary,adjustotherSNMPaccess

parametersbyclickingthe'Hammer'buttonnexttothe'RemoteSNMP

Agent'inputline.

Intothe'OIDinputline',enterthedesiredOID(forexample'0'if

youwishtostartthewalkfromtherootnode).Alternatively,you

canopentheSelectObjectIdentifierwindowbyclickingtheSelect

OIDfromMIBTreebuttonandpickinganOIDfromtheMIBTree.

ChecktheReuseresultOIDcheckbox.YoumaywishtounchecktheLog

responsemarkercheckboxinordertoomitprintingseparators

betweensteps.

Clickthe'GetNext'button.

ThevalueoftheGetNextoperationoftheselectedOIDisprinted

inthe'QueryResults'frame.MIBBrowseralsoupdatesthevaluein

the'OID''inputlineinthePromptforOIDdialogboxwiththeOID

receivedintheresponsetotheGetNextquery.

Continuewithstep6.

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SNMPSETOperation

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ToperformtheSNMPsetoperation:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences).Make

suretoenterthevalueoftheSetCommunityparameterproperly.

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

FromtheMIBTree,selectthenodeonwhichyouwishtoperform

theSNMPSetoperation,forexamplethe'sysLocation'node.

Selectthe'Tools|SetWindow'menucommand.Thiswillopenthe

Setdialogbox.

Intothe'ValuetoSet'inputline,enterthedesiredvalueand

selecttheappropriatesyntaxintheSyntaxframe.

ClicktheSetValueinremote'SNMPAgent'buttononthetoolbar.

TheresultsoftheSNMPSEToperationareprintedinthe'Query

Results'frame.

Note:ForSNMPSEToperationswithmorethanoneOIDbindinginPDU,

youshouldusetheMultipleVariableBindingswindow.

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DiscoverRemoteSNMPAgents

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TodiscoverSNMPagents:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences).Make

suretoenterthevalueoftheSetCommunityparameterproperly.

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

Selectthe'Tools|DiscoveryWindow'menucommandtoopenthe

RemoteSNMPAgentDiscoverywindow.

EntertheIPdiscoveryrange(byspecifyingthedesiredIPaddresses

intothe'FirstAddresstoDiscover'and'LastAddresstoDiscover'

inputlines).Notethatinthecurrentlyreleasedversion,theIP

rangecancover255IPaddressesatthemost.

Ifnecessary,adjustotherSNMPaccessparametersbyclickingthe

'Hammer'buttonnexttothe'LastAddresstoDiscover'inputline.

MIBBrowserwilldiscoveronlyagentsthatrespondtotheselected

SNMPaccessparameters.

Clickthe'StartRemoteSNMPAgentDiscovery'button.

MIBBrowserwilldisplayalistofdiscoveredSNMPagentswith

theirsystemnames,addresses,andsomeotherproperties.

Optionally,youcanrepeatthediscoveryoperationeitherona

differentIPrange(step5)orwithdifferentSNMPaccessparameters

(step6).Byrepeatingstep7(clickingthe'StartRemoteSNMPAgent

Discovery'button),MIBBrowseraddsnewlydiscoveredagentstothe

existinglist.Ifyouclickthe'Refresh'buttoninsteadofthe

'StartRemoteSNMPAgentDiscovery'button,MIBBrowserclearsthe

listbeforestartinganewdiscoveryoperation.

Note:Ifyoudouble-clickalineinthelistofdiscoveredSNMPagents,

MIBBrowserwillopenanewwindow,theInfowindow,containingmore

informationaboutthisSNMPagent(describedinthenextexample).

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MonitorSNMPAgentsinInfoWindows

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TomonitoroneormoreremoteSNMPagentsbyrepeatedlyquerying

desiredOIDvalues:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences).Make

suretoenterthevalueoftheSetCommunityparameterproperly.

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

Fromthemainmenu,selectthe'Tools|NewInfoWindow'menu

command.

MIBBrowserwillopentheInfowindowdisplayingalistofOIDs,

theirsyntaxesandvalues.

YoucanaddorremoveanynumberofOIDstobemonitoredbyclicking

the'InfoWindowProperties'buttonintheInfowindow'stoolbar.

Note:MIBBrowsercanopenanynumberofInfowindows.

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ViewSNMPTables

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ToviewtheSNMPtables:

Fromthemainwindow,selectthe'Query'tab.

Intothe'RemoteSNMPAgent'inputline,typetheIPaddressofthe

remoteSNMPagent.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox.(View|SNMPProtocolPreferences).Make

suretoenterthevalueoftheSetCommunityparameterproperly.

Selectthe'SNMP|Contact'menucommand.

FromtheMIBTree,selectanSNMPTablerootnode,forexamplethe

'ifTable'node.

Selectthe'Tools|TableView'menucommand.MIBBrowserwill

displaythetableintabularview.

Optionally,youcanmirrorthetableorientationbycheckingthe

Mirrorcheckbox.

Ifthe'PolleveryXseconds'checkboxischecked,MIBBrowser

refreshesthecontentsofthetableeveryXseconds.

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GraphOIDValues

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ToviewthenumericalOIDvaluesinagraphchart:

Selectthe'Tools|PerformanceGraph'menucommand.Thiswillopen

thePerformanceGraphwindow.

InthePerformanceGraphwindow,clickthe'NewGraph'toolbar

button.ThiswillopentheGraphPropertiesdialogbox.

Intothe'Agent'inputlineentertheremoteSNMPAgentIPaddress.

Ifnecessary,adjustSNMPaccessparametersintheSNMPProtocol

Preferencesdialogbox(byclickingtheHammerbutton).

Intothe'Object'inputline,entertheOIDtobegraphedorselect

itbyclickingthebuttonnexttotheinputline.Ifitisatable

OID,selecttheappropriateindex(mustbe0forscalarOIDs).

Selectthecolor,shapeandwidthofthelinetobeusedfordrawing

thisvalue.Ifnecessary,adjustthescale.

Fromthe'Show'