All MIBs › TUBS-IBR-TEST-MIB
Organization: TU Braunschweig
Last Updated: 2000-02-09
Category: TU Braunschweig Research MIBs
Description:
Provides TU Braunschweig IBR test objects for SNMP agent development and protocol verification.
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-SMI
| Integer32 | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
From TUBS-SMI
| ibr | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
What Is TUBS-IBR-TEST-MIB?
TUBS-IBR-TEST-MIB is a MIB module authored by the Institute of Operating Systems and Computer Networks (IBR) at TU Braunschweig, explicitly built "only for testing purposes" rather than for managing any real network element. It defines a handful of TEXTUAL-CONVENTION types (OctalValue, HexValue, BinaryValue, Dot3Value, NumValue) that each exercise a different SNMP DISPLAY-HINT format — octal "o", hex "x", binary "b", dotted "d-3", and the composite "1d-1x-1o-1b" — used to validate that SNMP tools and MIB compilers correctly render integer and octet-string values according to their DISPLAY-HINT. It contains no OBJECT-TYPE instances tied to actual device state, so it exposes no monitorable counters, tables, or traps in the usual sense. Because of this it has essentially no operational monitoring value; its purpose is validating SNMP agent/tool DISPLAY-HINT handling rather than device management. It sits under the TUBS-SMI enterprise tree used by other IBR research MIBs, and administrators occasionally reference the TUBS-IBR-TEST-MIB MIB when validating a new SNMP toolchain's DISPLAY-HINT support.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TUBS-IBR-TEST-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
- DISPLAY-HINT format validation for octal/hex/binary/dotted encodings
- textual-convention rendering correctness
- no device counters or traps exposed (test-only module)
Supported Devices
- vendor-neutral test/research MIB (TU Braunschweig IBR), not tied to any manufacturer's hardware
Monitoring Examples
A MIB browser developer loads TUBS-IBR-TEST-MIB and feeds test values through NumValue (DISPLAY-HINT "1d-1x-1o-1b") to confirm each byte renders correctly in decimal, hex, octal, and binary; a garbled or truncated rendering would flag a bug in the tool's DISPLAY-HINT parser rather than any real device fault.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| testMIB | 1.3.6.1.4.1.1575.1.7 | A MIB module which is only used for testing purposes. |
RFC description
Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS) Institute for Operating Systems and Computer Networks (IBR) test MIB. Provides SNMP management information base objects for testing and monitoring system functionality and network services.
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