System information

The MIB Editor
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3. Right-click on the new expression to rename it, if desired.
4. Right-click on the renamed expression and select E
DIT EXPRESSION to display the
Modify Expression dialog.
The Modify Expression dialog box is, in effect, a numeric calculator, permitting the
creation and modification of mathematical expressions using selected MIB objects,
constants, and mathematical operations.
5. Numbers can be entered from the keyboard; mathematical functions can be entered
either via the keyboard, or from the buttons of the dialog. The I
NSERT MIB OBJECT
button can be used to insert MIB objects that have been dragged to the expression.
6. Click O
K to save the edited expression.
Now that the new expression has been built, it can be used in a chart. See “Building and
Modifying Charts” on page 359.
Building List and Table Requests
1. To create a new list, from the MIB Editor, click on “Lists,” then select Mode
Commands > New List Request
or right-click and select NEW LIST.
2. SNMP Management Console will create a new list. Rename the list whatever you find
appropriate.
3. Open the MIB tree for the MIB you would like to use.
4. Display the objects you want to include on your list, highlight the objects, and drag
the objects from the MIB tree listing to the request file tree.
Right-click on
“New List”