SNMP Reference Guide

38 Introduction
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide, you can find
the following guides on your Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD:
•The Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide lists the messages that
you can receive on your systems management console or on your operating
system’s event viewer. This guide explains the text, severity, and cause of
each message that the server administrator issues.
•
Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide documents the Common
Information Model (CIM) provider, an extension of the standard
management object format (MOF) file. The Server-Administrator
provider documents supported classes of management objects.
Introduction to the Server Administrator
SNMP Subagent
This guide provides formatted information drawn primarily from the MIB files
written for the Server Administrator services that support the SNMP protocol.
For each of the variables defined in the MIBs, the following fields are specified:
• Variable name
• OID or unique identifying number
•Description
• Data type of the variable (for example: integer, string, octet string)
• Whether the variable is accessible, not accessible, read-only, or read-write
• Index or indexes, if applicable
For each MIB group that has unique variable definitions, tables are included
in the last section of the section to explain the meaning of the terms.
Standards for writing MIBs are defined by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF). Structure of Management Information (SMI) is a standard that
specifies the rules for defining the structure and type of managed objects and
events in a MIB. SMIv1 is specified in Request For Comments (RFC) 1155.
The Server Administrator MIB conforms to the SMIv1 standard.
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