[mrtg] Re: OIDs ok but MIB files?

[Sameh Ahmed]

Thanks a lot:)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Mozur" <matt.mozur at sourwood.net>
To: "Sameh Ahmed" <sameh-ml at speedbridge.net>
Cc: <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [mrtg] OIDs ok but MIB files?


> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Sameh Ahmed wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi there
> > sorry for such a dumb question.
> > I know that I use OIds to specify the value I want to monitor on a
specific
> > system.
> > But why do I need the MIB files if I already have the OID?
> > Regards
> > Sameh
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> If you use numeric OIDs then you don't need to load the MIBs.  But, if you
> would like to specify the OID symbolically, you need the MIB.  For
> example, if you want to find the amount of DRAM in your system you can
> specify the OID: .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1.6.101. Doing it this way, there is
> not need to load the HOST_RESOURCES-MIB.
>
> If you load the MIB, you could specify the variable symbolically:
>   hrStorageUsed.101.
>
> hth
>
> mm
>

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