Using SNMP

When the SNMP service is installed, a network administrator can:

The following table describes SNMP-related utilities and files provided on the Resource Kit compact disc.

Table 11.4 SNMP-related Utilities and Files on theWindows NT Server Resource Kit Compact Disc

File name

Description

Dhcp.mib

DHCP server objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Wins.mib

Microsoft WINS server managed-objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Inetsrv.mib

Internet Information Server managed-objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

FTP.mib

FTP server managed-objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Gopherd.mib

Gopher server managed-objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Http.mib

HTTP server managed-objects. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Lmmib2.mib

LAN Manager MIB-II. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Mib_ii.mib

MIB-II. See Appendix C, "MIB Object Types for Windows NT."

Smi.mib

Structure of Management Information MIB, as specified in RFC 1155. This file contains the global definitions used to define the objects in the other MIBs.

Mibcc.exe

SNMP MIB compiler used to produce a new Mib.bin that includes additional MIBs, for example, the Wins.mib.

Perf2mib.exe

MIB builder tool. See the section "Using Performance Monitor Counters with SNMP" later in this chapter.

Snmputil.exe

A simple SNMP browser manager application that implements Get, Get Next, Walk, and Trap network management operations to obtain information from Windows NT-based hosts. This application is also provided in the Windows 32-bit SDK.

Snmpmon.exe

SNMP Monitor is a utility that can monitor SNMP MIB objects on any number of remote hosts, and optionally log the results in an ODBC database. Snmpmon.exe uses an .ini file, for example Perfmib.ini.


For information on how to use any of the Windows NT-based Resource Kit utilities, see Resource Kit Tools Help.