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Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Last Updated: 2003-09-18
Category: Enterprise SMI and OID Registration
Description:
Defines Sun Microsystems enterprise OID tree root and top-level management object registration.
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| enterprises |
What Is SUN-MIB?
SUN-MIB is the foundational enterprise MIB from Sun Microsystems that defines the root OID branch (sun, products, management, sma) under which all of Sun's product-specific and management MIBs register their objects. Like other vendor enterprise-root MIBs, it contains no operational leaf objects of its own; it is purely a namespace/registration module, not a source of live hardware or software telemetry. Consequently it plays no direct role in monitoring uptime, temperature, CPU/memory, or software version; its function is entirely structural, letting the numerous Sun hardware (server, storage) and software (Solaris, management agent) MIBs organize their real monitoring objects consistently beneath a single vendor tree. It depends on the standard SNMPv2-SMI enterprise numbering convention and underlies dozens of downstream Sun-specific MIBs that do carry actual status objects. The SUN-MIB MIB would be present, unseen by most operators, wherever Sun/Oracle hardware or the Sun/Solaris management agent (SMA) is SNMP-managed.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SUN-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.
What Can Be Monitored
- Sun enterprise OID namespace
- product sub-tree registration
- management/SMA sub-tree registration
Supported Devices
- Sun Microsystems (Oracle) server or Solaris management agent host
Monitoring Examples
A management station never polls SUN-MIB objects directly for data; instead it uses the sun.products and sun.management.sma OID branches to correctly identify and namespace objects reported by Sun's actual hardware/software MIBs that register beneath this tree. Recognizing the sun enterprise OID prefix lets a monitoring tool automatically route Sun-originated traps and objects to the correct vendor-specific parsing logic.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sun | 1.3.6.1.4.1.42 | |||
| sunMIB | 1.3.6.1.4.1.42 | MIB that defines the Sun enterprise | ||
| products | 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2 | |||
| management | 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.2 | |||
| sma | 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.2.4 |
RFC description
Oracle Sun enterprise MIB defining the Sun Microsystems root OID and vendor structure.
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