I have recently loaded most of CISCO MIBS found at
ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs. Also I have created addtrap scripts using
mib2trap command to load trap definition. I have not converted all traps
defined in mib definition files ( some gave me compalation errors ), but
does have a vast majority of them. Later today I will tar these up and send
them to the list if no one objects.
Cisco has a script that adds all CISCO traps to NV versions 3 & 4. I ran
this script and it worked rather well ( my platform is AIX 4.3.3 & NV 5.1.1
). It can be foud at ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/contrib. One setback is
that it's rather out of date. We should press Cisco or Tivoli to provide an
updated version of something similar to this ( not an unreasonable request
due to resently formed partnership between IBM & CISCO ).
Future versions of NetView should have at least all the router and switch
Cisco MIBs in /usr/OV/snmp_mibs directory. Also trapd.conf should have trap
definitions for these as well. I do not see why it should not have all
Cisco MIBs loaded and traps defined ( available at time of release or in a
patch ); it is much easier to unload the mib and remove trap definitions
not needed, then to go out and search for them and troubleshoot errors
accompanied by these.
I manage quite a large number of Cisco switches and had to manually add
entries in oid_to_type file ( necessary if you want the symbol in NetView
to reflect that it is actually a switch ) for Cisco 55xx devices. This is
another thing that should be updated in future versions ( do not know if
version 6 already took care of it ). Not to be too picky but a new simbol
for switch should be created by Tivoli, one that would be different form
the Bridge and Hub/Multiport Hub symbols.
Thanks
Faruk Grozdanic
IBM GS SDC - West
(303) 924-3475 T/L 347-3475
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