About the MIB

The set of objects that SNMP can access is known as a Management Information Base (MIB). Ethernet monitoring and management tools use standard SNMP to access configuration and management objects included in the device’s MIB, providing that:

  • objects that SNMP can access are defined and given unique names

  • manager and agent programs agree on the names and meanings of fetch and store operations

Transparent Ready products support the Standard MIB II SNMP network management level. This first level of network management can be accessed via this interface. It lets the manager identify the devices that create the architecture and retrieve general information on the configuration and operation of the Ethernet TCP/IP interface.

MIB Versions

The module uses the SNMP agent to support MIB II, which provides diagnostics information that is specified in the MIB files.

The standard MIB II provides diagnostic information to manage the TCP/IP stack:

  • TCP/IP diagnostics

  • bridge MIB

Only write operations are possible for the supported MIB objects because no corresponding authorization models are defined for the SNMPv3 agent:

  • MIB II

  • SNMP-MPD-MIB (RFC 3412) (SNMPv3)

  • SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB (RFC 3414) (SNMPv3)