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s.mihai
Asked: 2011-01-11 02:21:01 +0800 CST

How to use a MIB file

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I have a HP 2626 switch and want to monitor it by SNMP. how can i use the MIB file.
Any starting points on how to understand it ?
using snmpwalk to get the data in a *nix machine and output it in a .txt file

How can i get a list of all the connected mac-addresses and coresponding ports by snmp from a HP Procurve 2626 ? And then how can i get current port utilization by SNMP?

switch hp hp-procurve mib

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  1. Best Answer

    See here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090323043038/http://www.sifizm.com/2009/02/19/using-snmpget-or-snmpwalk-and-a-vendor-mib-file/

    First, copy your .mib file into the directory where your script is located.

    Then use snmpget in the following format:

    snmpget [address] -c [community string] -v 1 -m [mib name] [object to scan]

    Then use snmpwalk in the following format:

    snmpwalk [address] -c [community string] -v 1 -m [mib name] [object to scan]

    On most Linux systems, the MIB files should go to /usr/share/snmp/mibs or probably /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs.

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  2. Put STRANGE-NEW-MIB.txt in the directory where all your other MIBs are stored (possibly /usr/share/snmp/mibs , but it may vary with distro, mine is Fedora 14), then do

    snmpwalk -v 1 -c public -m +STRANGE-NEW-MIB 1.2.3.4

    where you replace public with the real RO community strong, STRANGE-NEW-MIB is the name of your new MIB without the .txt suffix (if memory serves), and 1.2.3.4 is the IP address of your switch.

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