HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Observe the following tips:

• To compile a

MIB

, you must copy the .MIB file to the the default MIB directory.

• Comment lines in MIB files start with "--" and end with a new line or the next occurrence of "--." Beware

of MIBs with "-" characters across the entire line. These lines are intended to be comments. However,

extra dashes cancel the first set of "--" characters.

Examples:

-- xyz comments out xyz

However:

-- -- xyz effectively uncomments xyz

• mcompile expects the

END

keyword at the end of a module on a line by itself. Be sure there is a new

line in the MIB file after the

END

keyword.

To compile a MIB:

1. Navigate to the HP SIM root directory and open an MS-DOS® window or UNIX shell.

2. Run mcompile to compile an SNMP MIB file into an intermediate format (.cfg).

mcompile recognizes the -d option. This option changes to the specified directory to locate and

process the MIB file. The MxMib expects the .cfg file to reside in MIBs directory. It is convenient to

have both files in that directory as the output of mcompile (.cfg) will be in the directory where mcompile

either compiles or is directed to compile in.

For example:

mibsdir

mcompile mymib.mib

if you are not running in the MIBs directory:

mcompile -d mibsdir mymib.mib

3. Run mxmib to register the MIB with HP SIM.

For example:

MxMib -a mymib.cfg

Related procedures

• Registering a MIB

• Unregistering a MIB

• Viewing a MIB

• Editing a MIB