SNMP by MIB Tool

Ths SNMP by MIB Tool provides a browsable tree representation of an SNMP agent's MIB. It can be used to verify the connection properties of an SNMP agent and to gain more information about the MIB(s) which that agent implements.

This tool operates by traversing all of the OIDs on a given agent and then using the MIB information in the SiteScope/templates.mib directory to build a tree-structured XML representation of the OIDs. Included in the XML tree are the textual and numeric names of the OIDs, their descriptions (if available), and their values at the time of traversal.

The XML is displayed in a separate browser window, using the browser's default display for XML data. For IE and Netscape/Mozilla browsers, this default display is in the form of a collapsible, hierarchical tree. If errors occur during the MIB traversal, then an error message describing the problem is printed in the new window (instead of XML).

The SNMP by MIB Tool is intended to help in configuring any of the SNMP-based monitors, including:

Complete the form as shown and click the Browse button to open a new window containing a browsable view of the MIB (in XML).

Host or IP Address: Enter the hostname or IP address of the device on which the SNMP agent is running.
Port: Enter the port on which the SNMP agent is listening. This is usually 161, which is also the default.
MIB: Choose the MIB which you would like to view. If you select "All MIBs", then all data obtained during the MIB traversal will be displayed. If you select a specific MIB, then only the OIDs within that MIB will be displayed. This list of MIBs can be updated or extended by placing new MIB files in the SiteScope/templates.mib directory.
Version: Select the version of SNMP which the tool should use when connecting to the agent.
V1/V2 Community: For version 1 or 2 connections, enter the community string to use when connecting to the SNMP agent.
V3 Authentication Type: Select the type of authentication to use for a version 3 connection.
V3 Username: Enter the username for a version 3 connection.
V3 Authentication Password: Enter the password to use for authentication in a version 3 connection.
V3 Privacy Password: Enter the password to use for DES privacy encryption in a version 3 connection. Leave this field blank if no privacy is desired.
V3 Context Engine ID: Enter a hexidecimal string representing the Context Engine ID to use for this connection. This is applicable for SNMP V3 only.
V3 Context Name: Enter the the Context Name to use for this connection. This is applicable for SNMP V3 only.