Re: (ASCEND) SNMP questions

[Peter Lalor <plalor@infoasis.com>]

>You can find the MIB files (lots of versions :-) at
>
>		ftp://ftp.ascend.com/pub/Doc/MIBS

Make that ftp://ftp.ascend.com/pub/Doc/SNMP/MIBS/

>You'll want to find the version that corresponds to the software version
>you're running. The changes from version to version are rarely
>incompatible, but if the MIB file is newer than your software there may be
>variables listed that your software doesn't implement.

I can't see that any of those names relate to a software load, so I assume
that  Release-980624 is the most recent.

>The MIB files have semi-reasonable descriptions of all the MIB variables,
>but unless you have a MIB compiler you'll have to manually trace through
>the hierarchy to assemble the numbers for each level.

The descriptions are indeed semi-reasonable. I guess that if I relate that
to the MIB hierarchy in the TNT docs I can assemble the numbers. <sigh>

Which brings us to MIB compilers. Are such things freely available, or is
this why people buy SNMP consoles?

>At 01:32 PM 5/27/1999 -0700, Peter Lalor wrote:
>>>> Is there documentation that actually explains what the OIDs actually
>>>> return? Ascend's docs list them, but don't explain them?
>>>
>>>What "Ascend documentation?"  I can't find OIDs listed in a rational
>>>manner anywhere.  I found some OIDs that are useful from "maxstats" and
>>>other--similar--perl scripts.
>>
>>The TNT docs in admin/tntsnmp.htm#140055 describe the Ascend MIB hierarchy
>>quite clearly. I'd guess that the Max 6k docs do the same. They just don't
>>detail what, exactly, each object is.
>>
>>Note that there's a typo in advancedAgent. It's 1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4, not
>>1.3.6.1.4.1.529.1 as given.
>>
>>>Peter... start with "mrtg" or at least "maxstats", "maxwho" and other perl
>>>scripts.  Once you get data back from your max's you'll see how it's done
>>>in the perl script.  Search in www.infoseek.com (for instance) for maxwho.
>>>
>>>You have any OIDs listed... let me know, since the OIDs I'm using right
>>>now are not the best.
>>
>>I found all the OIDs I'm tracking from the docs and past posts to this list.
>>
>>Peter Lalor           Infoasis
>>plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/

Peter Lalor           Infoasis
plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/
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