NET-SNMP-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor

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Organization: www.net-snmp.org

Last Updated: 2002-01-30

Category: Net-SNMP and Linux

Description:

Top-level enterprise MIB for the Net-SNMP project, defining the base OID tree and common object/notification identifiers used by all Net-SNMP sub-MIBs.

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
enterprises

What Is NET-SNMP-MIB?

NET-SNMP-MIB is the top-level enterprise MIB for the open-source Net-SNMP project, establishing the base OID tree under which all Net-SNMP agent extension sub-MIBs (covering things like agent extensions, disk, and process monitoring) register their objects, modules, and notifications. It is purely a registration/namespace MIB, and each NET-SNMP-MIB OID branch - covering objects, enumerations, module IDs, agent OIDs, transport domains, and experimental extensions - exists for namespace assignment rather than carrying any runtime sensor or performance data itself. It has no direct role in hardware/software status monitoring on its own; the actual monitoring sub-MIBs that depend on it (covering host resources, disk space, process status, load, etc.) are what expose pollable status data. Essentially all other Net-SNMP-specific MIB modules depend on this MIB for their base OID registration. It is present, implicitly, on any Linux/Unix server or network device running the Net-SNMP agent (snmpd).

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NET-SNMP-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-adjacent MIB (Net-SNMP project namespace); applies to any Linux/Unix host or device running the Net-SNMP agent (snmpd)

Monitoring Examples

netSnmpObjects, netSnmpEnumerations, and netSnmpModuleIDs are pure OID branch identifiers with no instantiable runtime values, so there's no concrete polling/anomaly scenario to describe for this module itself; actual monitorable data such as disk, memory, or load is exposed by other Net-SNMP sub-MIBs registered under netSnmpAgentOIDs and netSnmpExperimental.

OIDs
OID symbolicOID numericTypeAccessDescription
netSnmp1.3.6.1.4.1.8072Top-level infrastructure of the Net-SNMP project enterprise MIB tree
netSnmpObjects1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1
netSnmpEnumerations1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3
netSnmpModuleIDs1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.1
netSnmpAgentOIDs1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2
netSnmpDomains1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.3
netSnmpNotificationPrefix1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.4
netSnmpNotifications1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.4.0
netSnmpNotificationObjects1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.4.1
netSnmpConformance1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.5
netSnmpCompliances1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.5.1
netSnmpGroups1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.5.2
netSnmpExperimental1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999
netSnmpPlaypen1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999

RFC description

Net-SNMP project's enterprise MIB defining custom management objects and extensions.

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