This section describes the procedural tasks for configuring MIBs and setting up the community strings for SNMP operations on an individual node. After you complete these tasks, you can perform SNMP operations using MIB Tools.
This section covers the following topics:
When you compile a MIB containing SNMP traps (alarms), information about those traps is added to the ZfS alarm database. This information can then be displayed in ConsoleOne.
All Novell MIBs are annotated so that the alarm information displayed in ConsoleOne is easily readable. This alarm information includes a summary describing the alarm, the alarm severity, and the state of the affected node. Third-party MIB files do not necessarily contain this same information. Therefore, the information about the traps in third-party MIBs is not as meaningful when displayed in ConsoleOne.
You can add annotations to third-party MIB files for the trap definitions so that the alarm information displayed in ZfS for those traps is more readable than if you compile the MIB as is. Any annotations you add to a third-party MIB are added as comments to the trap definitions. This ensures that the MIB still compiles with third-party MIB compilers.
If you do not annotate the traps in third-party MIBs, ZfS will display the alarms. The MIB Compiler displays warnings in the status display about the missing annotations.
To add annotations to a third-party MIB:
Open the MIB in a text editor.
Add any of the annotations shown in Keywords for Trap Annotations , by following these rules:
For example: --#Type "type_description"
For a full example, see Example Trap Definitions .
When you finish annotating trap definitions, save your changes and exit the text file.
Compile the MIB, as described in Compiling MIBs for SNMP-Manageable Nodes .
Use ConsoleOne Alarm Disposition table to view the values for the alarm severity level and alarm state from the default values in the SNMP MIBs. If you change the value for an alarm's severity or state after you compile the MIB, you must recompile the MIB for those changes to overwrite any changes made through the Alarm Disposition table.
The MIB Compiler lets you manage the MIB Server Pool and also compile the .MIB files contained in the MIB Server Pool. The information in the compiled files is placed in the database on the ZfS server. The MIB Browser and the SNMP protocol decoder use this database.
The MIB Compiler also adds or updates any trap definitions to the alarm template database for use by the ZfS Alarm Management System (AMS).
The MIB Server Pool contains the list of MIB files. You can add or remove the MIB files from the MIB Server Pool.
To compile the MIBs:
From ConsoleOne, click the ZfS server node.
Right-click the node > click Properties > click the MIB Pool tab.
The current MIB Pool lists the compiled MIB files present in the database.
Choose your options.
The added MIBs are displayed in the adjacent list box.
When you add MIBs, you choose to integrate or exclude the trap information while compiling MIBs. If you do not integrate traps with the MIBs, only the MIB information is stored in the database on successful compilation of the MIBs. Click Advanced > select the Trap Integration check box to integrate the trap information with the MIBs.
Click Compile.
The MIB Compiler compiles all files in the MIB Pool list with the .MIB extension and updates the database. The compilation process is begun by launching a Results dialog box. This dialog box displays the status information of the MIBs including the MIBs that were successfully compiled, MIBs that were not compiled and the corresponding error message, and the status of updating the database with the MIB compile information, and the status of updating the Alarm database.
IMPORTANT: You cannot closed the Results dialog box during compilation. The Close button in the Results dialog box is disabled during compilation. You can close this dialog box only after the compilation is successful or failed.
Click Close.
IMPORTANT: If the SNMP MIB is not set up correctly, or an imported Request for Comments (RFC) is not available during compilation of the MIB, or any other .MIB file is not available, an error message is generated in the MIB Compiler window. Add the required RFC or the dependent MIB and compile.