On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Sameh Ahmed wrote: > > Hi there > sorry for such a dumb question. > I know that I use OIds to specify the value I want to monitor on a specific > system. > But why do I need the MIB files if I already have the OID? > Regards > Sameh >
Hi, If you use numeric OIDs then you don't need to load the MIBs. But, if you would like to specify the OID symbolically, you need the MIB. For example, if you want to find the amount of DRAM in your system you can specify the OID: .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3.1.6.101. Doing it this way, there is not need to load the HOST_RESOURCES-MIB. If you load the MIB, you could specify the variable symbolically: hrStorageUsed.101. hth mm -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
