Loading MIB Definitions - Help me get out of SNMP Hell!

Thu Mar 10 20:40:14 UTC 2011

Problem solved.  NANOG is awesome!  Thanks much to all who assisted.

It is actually quite easy to load the MIB definitions to you Ubuntu machine.
 I just downloaded the complete Cisco MIB tree to make life easier "
ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2".  Downloaded the "v2.tar.gz file".
 Unpacked the MIB(s) into '$HOME/.snmp/mibs' directory and life is good.
 Note that when the tarball unpacks it creates a weird directory structure.
 Just find the .my files and move them to $HOME/.snmp/mibs.

Here is success:

*jozo at crdtools:~/.snmp$ snmpget -v 1 -c 'ptasa2etb' 192.168.10.2
CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1*
*CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1 = Gauge32: 0*

Now that my servers understand the MIB I can get the numerical OID for
Cacti:

*jozo at crdtools:~/.snmp$ snmptranslate -On
CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1*
*.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.1*

Hope this helps someone down the road.

Cheers,

Joe

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Joe Renwick <joe at gonetforward.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Apologize for my lameness in advance.  I have spent some serious time
> researching this topic and have decided to reach out to the forums as the
> two of the smartest people I know have hit the same wall in the past.
>  Bottom line is I do not understand how to add (?compile?) MIB(s) into my
> SNMP management system.  I use Cacti running on Ubuntu server and it works
> great.  My only frustrations have been in the area of finding the MIB OID(s)
> to use for gathering specific data.  In many cases with CIsco I manage to
> find the OID name i.e. 'CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.9' but Cacti
> needs the numeric value.  So I try 'snmpget' and here is what I see:
>
> *jozo at crdtools:/var/www/cacti/rra$ snmpget -v 2c -c ptasa2etb 192.168.55.5
> CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB::ciscoMemoryPoolFree*
> *MIB search path:
> /home/jozo/.snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/site:/usr/share/snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/iana:/usr/share/mibs/ietf:/usr/share/mibs/netsnmp
> *
> *Cannot find module (CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB): At line 0 in (none)*
> *CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB::ciscoMemoryPoolFree: Unknown Object Identifier*
>
> Did some research and using the following link I loaded the MIB(s)... which
> basically consisted of a 'wget' of the MIB files into my /home/jozo/.snmp
> directory.  At least I think they are the MIB definition files with a '.my'
> extension.
>
>
> http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&step=2&mibName=CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
>
> But I still cannot get the numeric OID values:
>
> *jozo at crdtools:~$ snmptranslate -On CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.9*
> *No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging*
> *Unexpected index type: 7 cpmCPUTotalIndex 9*
> *.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.9*
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction.  Any links or advice on how to
> operate SNMP on a Unix type system would be greatly appreciated.  Even a
> response like "RTMF Buddy" would be awesome if a manual was recommended.
>
> Thanks to all who read this email.  You deserve a beer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Joe Renwick
> IP Network Consultant, CCIE #16465
> GO NETFORWARD!
> Direct: 619-800-2055, Emergency Support: 800-719-0504
> Is your network moving you forward?
>
>
>

-- 
Joe Renwick
IP Network Consultant, CCIE #16465
GO NETFORWARD!
Direct: 619-800-2055, Emergency Support: 800-719-0504
Is your network moving you forward?