Reference Guide

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• IDE Control Table
• Diskette Control Table
• Network Interface Control Table
3 Variables that make up each table in the group
This section documents the variables for the eight tables that comprise the BIOS group.
4 BIOS Variable Values
This section explains any Server Administrator-specific variables and data types that are used in this
section. In the BIOS group example, there are 17 unique, Server Administrator-specific variable
meanings. Information on each Server Administrator-specific variable is presented in a formatted table.
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide, you can find the following guides on
your documentation CD:
•The Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide lists the messages that you can receive on your
systems management console or on your operating system’s event viewer. This guide explains the text,
severity, and cause of each message that the server administrator issues.
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Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide documents the Common Information Model (CIM) provider,
an extension of the standard management object format (MOF) file. The Server-Administrator
provider documents supported classes of management objects.
Introduction to the Server Administrator SNMP Subagent
This guide provides formatted information drawn primarily from the MIB files written for the
Server Administrator services that support the SNMP protocol.
For each of the variables defined in the MIBs, the following fields are specified:
• Variable name
• OID or unique identifying number
•Description
• Data type of the variable (for example: integer, string, octet string)
• Whether the variable is accessible, not accessible, read-only, or read-write
• Index or indexes, if applicable
For each MIB group that has unique variable definitions, tables are included in the last section of the
section to explain the meaning of the terms.
Standards for writing MIBs are defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is a standard that specifies the rules for defining the structure and type
of managed objects and events in a MIB. SMIv1 is specified in Request For Comments (RFC) 1155.
The Server Administrator MIB conforms to the SMIv1 standard.