MG-SOFT MIB Compiler (screen shots)
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.
MG-SOFT MIB Compiler is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems.
MG-SOFT MIB Compiler consists of two main components, a command line MIB Compiler
engine and a MIB Compiler GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-end.
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.
MG-SOFT MIB Compiler provide a user friendly environment for compiling MIB definition files.
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.
Developers of MIB module definitions may wish to check the information about MG-SOFT Visual MIB Builder, an application for visual
designing and editing of MIB module definition files.
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and ordering options.
The MG-SOFT MIB Compiler is bundled with various MG-SOFT products:
Evaluation version of these packages is available for downloading from the download page.
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About MIB files distributed with MG-SOFT MIB Compiler
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MIB files distributed with the MIB Compiler have been kindly
provided by David
Perkins. From his web site at http://www.snmpinfo.com/ you
can download other standard MIB files.
David Perkins is the world's leading MIB and SNMP expert, the co-author
(with Evan McGinnis) of an excellent book Understanding SNMP
MIBs, Published in December 1996 by Prentice Hall Professional Technical
Reference, ISBN 0-13-437708-7. The following is a short summary:
The first complete, practical insider's guide to writing SNMP MIBs. With this
book, network professionals can learn how to design, define, write and update
useful SNMP Management Information Bases (MIBs) that support standards-based
network management. The book introduces SNMP MIBs -- documents that contain
definitions of management information which allow systems to be remotely
monitored, configured and controlled. Next, it presents a model of an
SNMP-based management network and defines the SNMP management framework.
Readers will walk through the construction of MIBs, including name space
organization, MIB naming, maintenance, object semantics and object style,
and other topics. Advanced techniques are presented, including tables within
tables, multi-table relationships and linked lists. Readers learn how to
analyze standard MIBs. The book also includes a guide to MIB developer's resources.
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