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I have a question that annoys me about SNMP protocol and more especially the MIB database. Well, I will try to put you in the context of the work: I will develop an application that allows me to query a SNMP agent to retrieve information, but the question is: What type of OID should I send?

I will begin to query virtual machines to test the application. The OS of the VMs is ubuntu.

What bothers me is that I do not understand the MIB table.

  • Is the MIB table propitious to each constructor or operating system?
  • If it is linked to an SE where I can find the ubuntu MIB files?

Is it OK to start a test on VMs, and then I generalize the case for routers and switches?

Peter Mortensen
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A management information base (MIB) is a database used for managing the entities in a communication network. Most often associated with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the term is also used more generically in contexts such as in OSI/ISO Network management model. While intended to refer to the complete collection of management information available on an entity, it is often used to refer to a particular subset, more correctly referred to as MIB-module. There are a large number of MIBs defined by both standards organizations like the IETF, private enterprises and other entities.

It's ok to start your test on VMs.

ottis79
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  • You Can use [Unetlab](http://www.unetlab.com/), powerfull and feature rich network simulator. – ottis79 Jan 11 '17 at 11:27
  • Thank you for your answer. If I want to query a virtual machine under ubuntu what shall I do? What kind of information can I have? Where can I get the ubuntu MIB table? – TEAM PROJECT Jan 11 '17 at 16:25
  • I hope this [link](http://askubuntu.com/questions/222823/how-to-get-or-configure-ip-mib-in-ubuntu-12-04) can help you. – ottis79 Jan 12 '17 at 07:49