This is the "READ_ME.TXT" file distributed with MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition with MIB Compiler for Linux. Copyright (C) 1995-2008 MG-SOFT Corporation. All rights reserved. ============================================================================ Table of Contents ----------------- 1. About the Software 2. Important Licensing Information 3. Installing the Software 4. Uninstalling the Software 5. MG-SOFT Corporation on the Internet 6. Ordering the Software 7. Licensing Agreement 8. Contacting MG-SOFT Corporation ============================================================================ 1. About the Software --------------------- MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition with MIB Compiler is an SNMP MIB Browser running on Microsoft Windows operating systems (Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista) and Linux operating systems running on Intel x86 architecture (Red Hat, SuSE, Mandriva...). MIB Browser lets you monitor and manage any SNMP device on the network (i.e., file or database servers, modems, printers, routers, switches,...) by using the standard SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 protocols over IPv4, and IPv6 networks. Along the standard SNMPv3 USM model, MIB Browser supports also Diffie-Hellman key exchange model, so that DOCSIS-based SNMPv3 agents (e.g., cable modems, cable modem termination systems, set-top boxes etc.) can be seamlessly contacted and managed. MIB Browser allows you to perform the SNMP Get, SNMP GetNext, SNMP GetBulk and SNMP Set operations. Besides, the software lets you capture the SNMP Trap and SNMP Inform packets that were sent from arbitrary SNMP devices or applications on the network. MIB Browser can monitor several SNMP devices simultaneously and contains features like SNMP Table viewer, SNMP Table 'editor', logging capabilities, real-time graphical presentation of queried numerical values, scan for implemented MIBs in agents, comparison of SNMP agent snapshots, management of SNMPv3 USM users on remote SNMP agents, etc. Generic SNMP Trace window displays SNMP messages exchanged between MIB Browser and SNMP agents. SNMP messages are displayed in raw hexadecimal dump format as well as in the decoded, human-readable format. Therefore, the Generic SNMP Trace window is particularly useful for debugging when developing an SNMP agent and for resolving problems when agents do not properly respond to MIB Browser's queries. The enclosed MIB Compiler lets you compile any standard or vendor specific MIB file. The compiled MIB file can then be loaded and utilized by MIB Browser. Generally, MIB files are supplied by vendors of SNMP manageable devices, and contain description of the manageable object hierarchy and object attributes in the SNMP device. In other words, MIB files serve as roadmaps for managing SNMP devices. ============================================================================ 2. Important Licensing Information ---------------------------------- This software package installs the following MG-SOFT's applications: * MIB Browser Professional Edition, * MIB Compiler and * MIB Update Utility MIB Browser Pro. for Linux is available in three different editions: * MIB Browser Professional SNMPv3 Edition (supporting SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 protocols). * MIB Browser Professional DOCSIS/DH Edition (supporting SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 protocols as well as the Diffie-Hellman key exchange model for managing DOCSIS-based SNMPv3 agents. Besides, this edition supports IPv6 protocol). * MIB Browser Professional Developer's Edition (supporting SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 protocols, Diffie-Hellman key exchange model and the Generic SNMP Trace debugging option. Besides, this edition supports IPv6 protocol). Which of these features will be available in the installed software depends on the purchased license. ============================================================================ 3. Installing the Software -------------------------- To install the software on Linux, you need to have the root user privileges. Otherwise, the installation software cannot install the system files in the system directories. Before the installation, please close all running MG-SOFT's applications and uninstall any previous version of MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition with MIB Compiler from the system. For uninstalling instructions, check the 'Uninstalling the software' section. For uninstalling the MIB Browser Version 1.0, please check the 'Uninstalling MG-SOFT MIB Browser Version 1.0' section. The installation requires approximately 70MB of disk space. To install the software, insert the CD containing MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition software packages, mount the CD, and use a package manager to install the software (e.g., RPM package manager on Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSe distributions and DPKG package manager on Debian-based distributions). If you are using a Linux distribution with the RPM package manager, install the RPM package of the software by using the following command in the command prompt: # rpm -i mibbrowser-XXX.rpm If you are using a Linux distribution with the DPKG package manager, install the DEB package by using the following command in the command prompt: # dpkg -i mibbrowser-XXX.deb If you are using the Slackware Linux distribution, install the TGZ package by using the following command in the command prompt: # ./tgz-install.sh mibbrowser-XXX.tgz In case you have KDE or GNOME Environments installed on your machine, the installation will add an entry to the K Menu or Gnome Menu respectively. The software has been successfully installed and tested by MG-SOFT on the following Linux distributions: 1.) Red Hat Linux 9.0 2.) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 3.) Fedora Core 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 4.) Mandrake/Mandriva 9.2 - 10.2, 2005 - 2008 5.) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop 9 and 10 6.) SUSE Linux/openSUSE 9.0 - 10.3 7.) Debian 3.1, 4.0 8.) Ubuntu 6.06, 7.10, 8.04 9.) Slackware 9.1 - 12.0 The software may also work on distributions not tested by MG-SOFT. In case of any problems, check the TROUBLE_SHOOTING.TXT document installed in the doc/ directory. Additional installation notes on Fedora Core 4-8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4-5, Mandriva 2005-2008, Debian 3.1-4, Ubuntu 6.06-8.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Because Fedora Core 4+, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4+, Mandriva 2005+, Debian 3.1+ and Ubuntu 6.06+ distributions do not install the required standard C++ compatibility library from GCC 3.3 by default, this library needs to be installed manually before installing MIB Browser. Fedora Core 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ------------------------- On Fedora Core 5, 6, 7 and 8, you need to install the compatibility standard C++ libraries from GCC 3.3 (compat-libstdc++-33). To download these libraries from FC repositories and install them, use the following command: yum install compat-libstdc++-33 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 -------------------------- On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CD2, is a file called compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm. This library (file) has to be installed before installing MIB Browser. To install this library, use the following command: # rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm /mnt/cdrom is the directory where your CDROM is mounted. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 -------------------------- On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CD2, is a file called compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386.rpm. This library (file) has to be installed before installing MIB Browser. To install this library, use the following command: # rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/Server/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386.rpm /mnt/cdrom is the directory where your CDROM is mounted. Mandriva 2005 ------------- On the Mandriva 2005 CD2, is a file called libstdc++5-3.3.4-4mdk.i586.rpm. This library (file) has to be installed before installing MIB Browser. To install this library, use the following command: # rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/media/main2/libstdc++5-3.3.4-4mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom is the directory where your CD drive is mounted. Mandriva 2006 ------------- On the Mandriva 2006 DVD, is a file called libstdc++5-3.3.6-1mdk.i586.rpm. This library (file) has to be installed before installing MIB Browser. To install this library, use the following command: # rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/media/main/libstdc++5-3.3.6-1mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom is the directory where your DVD drive is mounted. Mandriva 2007 ------------- On the Mandriva 2007 DVD, is a file called libstdc++5-3.3.6-3mdk.i586.rpm. This library (file) has to be installed before installing MIB Browser. To install this library, use the following command: # rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main/libstdc++5-3.3.6-3mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom is the directory where your DVD drive is mounted. Mandriva 2008 ------------- Mandrake 2008 distribution media do not include the compatibility standard C++ libraries from GCC 3.3. You need to download these libraries from an Internet repository, e.g., by using the following command: # urpmi libstdc++5 To add an official repository to the Mandriva Media Manager, use the following commands: Gnome menu -> Install & Remove Software -> Options -> Media Manager -> Add -> Distribution Sources -> Yes ->