Connectivity Guide

Section Organization
Sections in this reference guide are based on the Server Administrator MIBs, so the complexity of each section depends on the
complexity of each MIB group. The rst section provides a high-level introduction to the MIB group. If the group is dened by one or
more tables, the second section lists these tables. The third section documents the variables that comprise the group, and if
applicable, the variables that comprise the tables. The fourth section contains denitions for any Server Administrator-specic
variables that are used in the section. The following example shows the typical content of these four sections:
1. BIOS Setup Control Group — This section explains the purpose of the MIB group and summarizes the major features of the
component groups.
2. BIOS Group Tables — If there is more than one SNMP table for a group, this section lists all of the tables. For this BIOS group
example, there are eight tables listed. In each section, double-clicking any table on the list takes you to that table.
• BIOS Setup Control Table
• SCSI Control Table
• Parallel Port Control Table
• Serial Port Control Table
• USB Control Table
• IDE Control Table
• Diskette Control Table
• Network Interface Control Table
3. Variables that make up each table in the group — This section documents the variables for the eight tables that comprise the
BIOS group.
4. BIOS Variable Values — This section explains any Server Administrator-specic variables and data types that are used in this
section. In the BIOS group example, there are 17 unique, Server Administrator-specic variable meanings. Information on each
Server Administrator-specic variable is presented in a formatted table.
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available on the Dell Support website at dell.com/support/manuals. On
the Manuals page, click Software Systems Management. Click the appropriate product link on the right-side to access the
documents.
• 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.
• The Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide documents the Common Information Model (CIM) provider, an extension of the
standard management object format (MOF) le. The Server-Administrator CIM provider documents supported classes of
management objects.
• The Glossary provides information on the terms used in this document.
Introduction to the Server Administrator SNMP Subagent
This guide provides formatted information drawn primarily from the MIB les written for the Server Administrator services that
support the SNMP protocol.
For each of the variables dened in the MIBs, the following elds are specied:
• 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, or read-only
• Index or indexes, if applicable
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