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SM User Manual January 2004
Software Release 4.1
4.7.8 MIB-II
The standard MIB-II (Management Information Base systems and interface) objects are
programmed into the Canopy modules. To read this MIB, see Management Information Base for
Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets: MIB II, RFC 1213 at
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1213.html.
The MIB-II standard categorizes each object as one of the types defined in Table 3:
Table 3: Categories of MIB-II objects
Objects in
category… Control or identify the status of…
system system operations in the module.
interfaces the network interfaces for which the module is configured.
ip Internet Protocol information in the module.
icmp
Internet Control Message Protocol information in the module.
(These messages flag IP problems and allow IP links to be tested.)
tcp
Transport Control Protocol information in the module (to control
and ensure the flow of data on the Internet).
udp
User Datagram Protocol information in the module (for checksum
and address).
4.7.9 Canopy Enterprise MIB
For additional reporting and control, the Canopy Releases 3.2.5 and later provide the Canopy
Enterprise MIB, which extends the objects for any NMS that uses SNMP interaction. This MIB
comprises five text files that are formatted in standard ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One)
language.
Procedure 4: Installing the Canopy Enterprise MIB files
To use this MIB, perform the following steps:
1. On the NMS, immediately beneath the root directory, create directory mibviewer.
2. Immediately beneath the mibviewer directory, create directory canopymibs.
3. Download the following three standard MIB files from
http://www.simpleweb.org/ietf/mibs
into the mibviewer/canopymibs directory on the NMS:
• SNMPv2-SMI.txt, which defines the Structure of Management Information
specifications.
• SNMPv2-CONF.txt, which allows macros to be defined for object group, notification
group, module compliance, and agent capabilities.
• SNMPv2-TC.txt, which defines general textual conventions.
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