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The enclosed MG-SOFT MIB Compiler for Linux (also available is MG-SOFT MIB Compiler
for Windows as well as for Max OS X operating systems) lets you compile any standard or vendor specific
MIB file. The compiled MIB file can then be loaded and utilized by network management applications like
MG-SOFT MIB Browser. Generally, a MIB file is usually supplied by the vendor of an SNMP manageable device
and contains a description of the object hierarchy and object attributes in the managed SNMP device, i.e.,
the MIB file serves as a roadmap for managing that device.
The main window of the MG-SOFT MIB Compiler running
on Linux operating system, KDE desktop.
The MIB Compiler engine converts MIB files in MIB module language format
(simultaneously supporting both SMI specifications: SMIv1 and SMIv2) into
the MG-SOFT's proprietary SMIDB format. An application can access compiled MIB
files through the industry standard WinMIB interface
by using the WinMIB API functions implemented in the WinMIB.DLL module.
The MIB Compiler GUI front-end provides an user friendly GUI interface to the MIB
Compiler engine. Besides compiling MIBs, the GUI lets you use advanced features
like batch-compiling groups of MIB files, scan MIB files to determine if
all MIBs required for compilation are available, register new or moved
MIB files, configure aliases for MIB modules, etc.
To compile MIBs, it is possible to run either the command line MIB Compiler
engine or the GUI front-end application. While the GUI front-end definitively
provides an user-friendlier way to compile MIBs, there are cases when you should
use the command line version, for example when you wish to compile MIBs on the
fly from a batch file or start the compilation from an application.
While compiling, MIB Compiler checks if MIB module complies with the SMI rules
for writing MIB modules. If inconsistencies are detected, MIB Compiler prints
out meaningful error and warning messages. Doubleclicking a message will open
the MIB file in the built-in MIB Editor and locate the inconsistent section,
so that the user can fix it.
In GUI front-end, once a MIB module is compiled it can be displayed in the MIB
tree view, where you can see all nodes, symbols and traps defined in the MIB
module. In the tree view you can see MIB node properties, print the tree and
search the tree by specifying node's name or its OID (Object Identifier). You
can build a MIB tree from many MIB modules by simply dragging the MIB module
icons to a Database window.
When compiled MIB module is saved to a database file, any WinMIB-based application
(like MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition) can access and utilize the compiled
MIB file.
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