Re: query regarding MIB development

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>]

>>>>> Gangadhar Sabat writes:

Gangadhar> We wants to go for SNMP management for our product. We are
Gangadhar> using some standard mib like Rfc 2558, MIB-ll etc. But we
Gangadhar> want to support more objects for our product.

Gangadhar> Is it possible to insert our own objects inside standard
Gangadhar> RFCs or do we have to make a seperate MIB (for extended
Gangadhar> part) under our OID ?

You have to create you own MIB module(s) for those objects which
extend the standardized MIB objects.

Gangadhar> Is it possible that we use the standards RFCs OID for our
Gangadhar> organisation's MIB or we need to get our own OID?

You use the standardized OIDs for the standardized MIB objects and
your own organisation's OIDs for your own MIB objects.

Gangadhar> Can we use both standard RFCs OID (when we have not
Gangadhar> modified the standard RFC) and our Enterprise OID at the
Gangadhar> same time?

Sure. And this is the preferred way of doing things since it increases
interoperability.

Gangadhar> Is there any link required between MIB-II objects and our
Gangadhar> own objects?

In you own MIB module(s), you will most likely formally IMPORT
standard definitions and you might make use of table augmentations
that refer back to standard objects. Relationships not covered by
these mechanisms should be documented in description clauses.

/js