Re: Numeric OIDs for MIB objects

Thank u very much Joao and Dave.
I will try out these...

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:17:56 +0100, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 23:33 +0630, Treesa Fairy Joseph wrote:
> >  I guess my MIB will become one
> > enterprise specific MIB.
> 
> This is about private MIB registration, taken from a book:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) currently manages all 
> the private enterprise number assignments for individuals, 
> institutions, organizations, companies, etc.[10] A list of all the 
> current private enterprise numbers can be obtained 
> fromftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/enterprise-numbers. 
> As an example, Cisco Systems's private enterprise number is 9, so 
> the base OID for its private object space is defined as 
> iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.cisco, or 1.3.6.1.4.1.9. Cisco
> is free to do as it wishes with this private branch. It's typical for
> companies such as Cisco that manufacture networking equipment to define
> their own private enterprise objects. This allows for a richer set of
> management information than can be gathered from the standard set of
> managed objects defined under the mgmt branch.
> 
>         [10]The term "private enterprise" will be used throughout 
> this        book to refer to the enterprises branch.
> 
> Companies aren't the only ones who can register their own private
> enterprise numbers. Anyone can do so, and it's free. The web-based form
> for registering private enterprise numbers can be found at
> http://www.isi.edu/cgi-bin/iana/enterprise.pl. After you fill in the
> form, which asks for information such as your organization's name and
> contact information, your request should be approved in about a week.
> Why would you want to register your own number? When you become more
> conversant in SNMP, you'll find things you want to monitor that 
> aren't covered by any MIB, public or private. With your own 
> enterprise number, you can create your own private MIB that allows 
> you to monitor exactly what you want. You'll need to be somewhat 
> clever in extending your agents so that they can look up the 
> information you want, but it's very doable.--------------------------
> ----------------------
> 
> Cheers
> jmf
> 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Treesa
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