MIBs for HP, H3C and 3Com products - Version 5.0 - Release Notes

HP, 3Com, H3C MIBs v4.0 Release Notes
Copyright © 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Table of Contents
1. Glossary ......................................................................................................................................2
2. Package Contents ......................................................................................................................3
3. Special Notes .............................................................................................................................4
4. sysObject ID change .................................................................................................................5
5. MIB Root OID ..............................................................................................................................5
6. Package Format and Usage ......................................................................................................7
7. Version Information ...................................................................................................................7
1. Glossary
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol, used by Network Management Systems to configure
and monitor network devices.
MIBs: Management Information Base, the specification of SNMP data (MIB objects) exchanged
between network management stations and devices.
MIB Browser: software used to read or write MIB objects
MIB object: a piece of SNMP data
MIB OID: a MIB object identifier, eg. the sysObjectID is the product identifier
MIB companion: the list of objects supported by a particular product/family
Public MIBs: published as standards by the IEEE and the IETF (as RFC’s)
Private MIBs: published by vendors for extended operation and configuration of special features
Import List: the list of MIBs that must be imported into a MIB browser before a MIB can be loaded
Quick Reference of names: the list of MIB OID names
Quick Reference of descriptions: the list of MIB OID descriptions
MIB Update history: the change history of MIB files.