HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X MIB Reference Guide (AA-RVHEC-TE, September 2005)

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Figure 5 HP MIB tree location
Use a MIB browser to access the MIB variables; all MIB browsers perform queries and load MIBs. The
standard is FibreAlliance (FA) MIB. See “Loading HP MIBs” next, for more information.
Once loaded, the MAX-ACCESS variable in the MIB represents a concept of access levels between the
agent and management station. This allows for the following states:
Loading HP MIBs
The HP MIB is a set of variables that are private extensions to the Internet standard MIB-II. The MIB-II
standard is documented in Request for Comment (RFC) 1213, Management Information Base for Network
Management of TCP/IP-based Internets: MIB-II. To find specific MIB information, examine the HP
proprietary FA MIB structure and the standard RFC MIBs supported by HP.
MIB loading order
Many MIBs use definitions that are defined in other MIBs. These definitions are listed in the IMPORTS
sections near the top of the MIB. When loading the HP MIBs, see Figure 6 to ensure any MIB
dependencies are loading in the correct order.
• not-accessible You cannot read or write to this variable
• read-create Specifies a tabular object that can be read, modified, or created as a new row in a
table.
• read-only The community is public and the variable is used only to monitor information.
• read-write The community is private and you can read or modify this variable.
iso (1)
org (3)
HP SW MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1588
dod (6)
internet (1)
experimental (3)
fibreChannel (42)
fcFe (1)
fcFabric (2)
enterprise (1)
private (4)
bcsi (1588)
mgmt (2)
mib-2 (1)
interface (2)
sysDescr (1)
system (1)
sysObjectID (2)
directory (1)