NBS-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor

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Organization: NBS

Last Updated: 2013-09-17

Category: Hardware Inventory, Products/Registration

Description:

Defines NBS enterprise root OID structure and top-level registration objects.

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

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MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-IDENTITY
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enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

What Is NBS-MIB?

NBS-MIB defines textual conventions and top-level enterprise OID registration objects for a vendor's 'NBS' MIB family, along with a set of informal naming conventions (e.g. 'Persistent' versus 'Impulse' settings, 'Admin' object naming) used consistently across its dependent MIB modules. It does not itself expose device data; rather it establishes shared type definitions and documentation conventions (persistent/non-volatile configuration semantics versus one-shot 'impulse' actions) that other NBS-family MIBs follow. As a definitional/root module it has no hardware or software status objects of its own to poll for uptime, temperature, or load data. It is a structural and semantic dependency for the whole family of NBS-branded MIB modules, so keeping the NBS-MIB reference at hand is necessary since dependent modules assume its persistent/impulse naming conventions are already understood. It is deployed as a prerequisite compile-time MIB wherever NBS-family network equipment is managed via SNMP.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NBS-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • NBS-family network equipment (vendor-specific)

Monitoring Examples

NBS-MIB has no sample objects because it is a textual-conventions/root module; it defines shared enumerated types and naming conventions ('Persistent' vs. 'Impulse' settings) that dependent NBS-family MIBs apply to their own configuration objects. There is no standalone monitoring scenario for this module — it must be loaded first so that the semantics and types used by the functional NBS MIBs are understood by the polling tool.

OIDs
OID symbolicOID numericTypeAccessDescription
nbs1.3.6.1.4.1.629Root OID of NBS mibs
nbsMib1.3.6.1.4.1.629.250Textual conventions for NBS mibs. Some informal NBS conventions used include the following: A DESCRIPTION specifying 'Persistent' indicates a user- configured attribute that can be stored in the Agent's non-volatile file system as a configuration file such as 'startup-config'. A DESCRIPTION specifying 'Impulse' indicates a user setting that the Agent will immediately attempt but will not store persistently. An object name containing 'Admin' indicates a setting requested by the user which may be overridden by the system. Admin objects should be updated in the Agent immediately, so a GET request immediately after the SET is accepted will be answered with a GET-RESPONSE indicating the new value. An object name containing 'Oper' indicates an attribute's actual state. An object name containing 'Caps' is a bitmask which refers to the capabilities of an entity to support corresponding entries in a specified feature table.

RFC description

Network-based systems root MIB module serving as foundation for NBS device management extensions including trap control and monitoring objects.

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