HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family MIB Quick Reference (OL-18087-01, Fe - Page 7

AGENT-CAPABILITIES, About Cisco MIB Files

Get HP Cisco Nexus 5000 - Converged Network Switches PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Cisco Nexus 5000 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 7 highlights

Send documentation comments to [email protected] AGENT-CAPABILITIES In SNMP, capabilities files provide implementation details for the associated MIB. These files, called AGENT-CAPABILITIES, list supported conformance groups and any deviations from the MIB as implemented in the associated software version. For instance, the CISCO-AAA-SERVER-CAPABILITY provides the implementation details for the CISCO-AAA-SERVER-MIB, as implemented in the Cisco MDS NX-OS or SAN-OS. Note Capabilities files may have implementation details for more than one software release. You need to match your software release to the corresponding AGENT-CAPABILITIES clause in this file. About Cisco MIB Files The Cisco MDS 9000 Family MIB files can be obtained by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml, under Cisco Storage Networking. Cisco MIB files are a set of objects that are private extensions to the IETF standard MIB II. MIB II is documented in RFC 1213, Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internets: MIB-II. Portions of MIB-II have been updated since RFC 1213. See the IETF website http://www.ietf.org for the latest updates to this MIB. If your NMS cannot get requested information from a managed device, such as a Cisco switch, the MIB that allows that specific data collection might be missing. Typically, if an NMS cannot retrieve a particular MIB variable, either the NMS does not recognize the MIB variable, or the agent does not support the MIB variable. If the NMS does not recognize a specified MIB variable, you might need to load the MIB into the NMS, usually with a MIB compiler. For example, you might need to load the Cisco private MIB or the supported RFC MIB into the NMS to execute a specified data collection. If the agent does not support a specified MIB variable, you must find out what version of system software you are running. Different software releases support different MIBs. Note Cisco and IETF MIBs are updated frequently. You should download the latest MIBs from http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml whenever you upgrade your Cisco MDS NX-OS or SAN-OS. Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA © Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
Send documentation comments to [email protected]
Americas Headquarters:
© <2009> Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706
USA
AGENT-CAPABILITIES
In SNMP, capabilities files provide implementation details for the associated MIB. These files, called
AGENT-CAPABILITIES, list supported conformance groups and any deviations from the MIB as
implemented in the associated software version. For instance, the
CISCO-AAA-SERVER-CAPABILITY provides the implementation details for the
CISCO-AAA-SERVER-MIB, as implemented in the Cisco MDS NX-OS or SAN-OS.
Note
Capabilities files may have implementation details for more than one software release. You need to
match your software release to the corresponding AGENT-CAPABILITIES clause in this file.
About Cisco MIB Files
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family MIB files can be obtained by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from
, under Cisco Storage Networking.
Cisco MIB files are a set of objects that are private extensions to the IETF standard MIB II. MIB II is
documented in RFC 1213,
Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based
Internets: MIB-II
. Portions of MIB-II have been updated since RFC 1213. See the IETF website
for the latest updates to this MIB.
If your NMS cannot get requested information from a managed device, such as a Cisco switch, the MIB
that allows that specific data collection might be missing. Typically, if an NMS cannot retrieve a
particular MIB variable, either the NMS does not recognize the MIB variable, or the agent does not
support the MIB variable. If the NMS does not recognize a specified MIB variable, you might need to
load the MIB into the NMS, usually with a MIB compiler. For example, you might need to load the Cisco
private MIB or the supported RFC MIB into the NMS to execute a specified data collection. If the agent
does not support a specified MIB variable, you must find out what version of system software you are
running. Different software releases support different MIBs.
Note
Cisco and IETF MIBs are updated frequently. You should download the latest MIBs from
whenever you upgrade your Cisco
MDS NX-OS or SAN-OS.