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Understanding SNMP MIBs [Paperback]

David Perkins (Author), Evan McGinnis (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (3 Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0134377087
  • ISBN-13: 978-0134377087
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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A guide to developing and using MIB (Management Information Bases), database modules containing programs which allow you to monitor remote network files. CD will include working MIBS and MIBs compiler.

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MIBs demystified

In the past, understanding MIBs has mostly been a case of picking up the oral folklore or reading endless streams of E-mail on a lot of IETF mailing lists. In this book, David Perkins and Evan McGinnis part the swirling clouds of confusion to offer up the crucial concepts you need to read and interpret a MIB, and maybe even write one.

The authors offer a functional view of SNMP-based management, emphasizing the aspects that relate directly to MIBs. Without going into all the particulars of SNMP, Understanding SNMP MIBs provides a general introduction to such key concepts as:

  • Modeling and development
  • Relationships between objects
  • Textual conventions
  • Domains and control fields
  • Versions and migration

Interwoven with this material is a structural view of MIBs, starting with the basic syntax and specifications of MIB modules, and moving on to sophisticated discussions of advanced data structures and data types, including:

  • Nested tables and multi-table relationships
  • Linked lists
  • Multidimensional arrays
  • Floating point numbers

Network administrators will find this a handy guide to the manageable aspects of their network, while developers, engineers, and product managers will discover a simplified approach to creating MIBs with the end-user in mind, while adhering to the international MIB standards. For students, this book is a valuable complement to the study of SNMP and network management. Even if you never need to create a MIB of your own, Understanding SNMP MIBs will be an invaluable aid for interpreting and selecting them in your daily work.

The accompanying CD contains numerous sample MIBs with their RFC's, along with two great original applications: the MIB compiler SMICng and a translation program to generate HTML from MIBs. Supported platforms include Windows® 95, Windows NT, SunOS®, Solaris®, HP-UX™, Linux, IBM's AIX, and SGI.

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Format:Paperback
If you know how to write a mib then this book can help you take the next step in the mib design process. Whilst I would recommend this book beware it's dual nature. As with all books on SNMP there is pedantic coverage of the diffs between SMIv1 and SMIv2 where the statement ignore SMIv1 would benefit your health. Also it seems to be a written as a plea to the writers of the SNMP RFCs and developers to help improve practice. The big upside of the book for mib designers is that Perkins helps you mentally bridge the gap between data structures/algorithms and how to write your tables. SNMP management applications can be programmed much more efficiently with creative design of tables in the MIB. This book provides the impetus to improve your understanding and implementations.
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By Neil
Format:Paperback
My experience with SNMP was rather limited to implementing agent software. I had a need to design a MIB for a new product and didn't really know where to begin. After a couple of abortive attempts I discovered this book. All I can say is that without it I would have struggled. It is a very easy to read book if you ignore the differences between SMIv1 and v2. They may be useful to have at a later date but when you are learning they just get in the way. I spent 2 days going through the book and found it extremely helpful. The section on Tables and RowStatus especially so! I feel that this will be one book I will use on numerous occasions. It is just a shame it took so long to get to me.
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The definitive work 1 Mar 2002
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Format:Paperback
Simply put, if you are writing MIBs at all, you need this book at hand. I don't agree that it is only useful to semi-experienced MIB writers; in fact if anything I think it is likely to be more useful to the less experienced. The examples throughout demonstrate solutions to real-world problems and the chapter dealing with practical considerations is excellent -- it will stop you designing a MIB that is impossible to implement. Also the tools that come on the CD with the book are very useful (in particular sming, which is a strict MIB syntax checker with helpful diagnostics). This book is universally recognised throughout the SNMP community as the definitive work on the subject.
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