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246 Observer General Options
Observer General Options – SNMP Tab
This tab will not be active unless you have purchased a licensed copy of Observer Suite.
After installation, the SNMP Management Console will generally require little, if any,
configuration before it can be used.
• “Compiled MIB folder” textbox—allows you to define the path to the directory where
SNMP Management Console should look for compiled MIB files.
The default is “C:\Observer Files\SNMP.” We do not recommend changing this
unless you have a specific reason to do so. When you change the MIBs or requests
directory, any currently installed MIBs (or requests) will become inaccessible to the
SNMP Management Console and its supporting utilities. If you change these
directories, you will need to move the files in the existing directories to the new
location. All executable files in the SNMP Management Console package use these
definitions to find installed MIBs and requests.
• “SNMP Requests folder” textbox—allows you to define the path to the directory
where SNMP Management Console should look for compiled request files.
The default is “C:\Observer Files\SNMP.” It is recommended that you do not change
this unless you have a specific reason to do so.
• “Stop MIB compilation upon error in MIB source file” checkbox—allows you to stop
MIB compilation when an error is encountered in the MIB source file.
• “Use as MIB source editor” textbox—allows you to enter the program you wish to
use to edit MIB source files.
The default is Microsoft Windows Notepad, although any editor capable of saving a
plain text file will do.
• “Default SNMP version” dropdown—allows you to select the default version of
SNMP to use for new agents. You may also override this in the Agent Properties
dialog.