Problem solved. NANOG is awesome! Thanks much to all who assisted. It is actually quite easy to load the MIB definitions to you Ubuntu machine. I just downloaded the complete Cisco MIB tree to make life easier " ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/v2";. Downloaded the "v2.tar.gz file". Unpacked the MIB(s) into '$HOME/.snmp/mibs' directory and life is good. Note that when the tarball unpacks it creates a weird directory structure. Just find the .my files and move them to $HOME/.snmp/mibs.
Here is success: *jozo@crdtools:~/.snmp$ snmpget -v 1 -c 'ptasa2etb' 192.168.10.2 CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1* *CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1 = Gauge32: 0* Now that my servers understand the MIB I can get the numerical OID for Cacti: *jozo@crdtools:~/.snmp$ snmptranslate -On CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.1* *.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.1* Hope this helps someone down the road. Cheers, Joe On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Joe Renwick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Apologize for my lameness in advance. I have spent some serious time > researching this topic and have decided to reach out to the forums as the > two of the smartest people I know have hit the same wall in the past. > Bottom line is I do not understand how to add (?compile?) MIB(s) into my > SNMP management system. I use Cacti running on Ubuntu server and it works > great. My only frustrations have been in the area of finding the MIB OID(s) > to use for gathering specific data. In many cases with CIsco I manage to > find the OID name i.e. 'CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.9' but Cacti > needs the numeric value. So I try 'snmpget' and here is what I see: > > *jozo@crdtools:/var/www/cacti/rra$ snmpget -v 2c -c ptasa2etb 192.168.55.5 > CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB::ciscoMemoryPoolFree* > *MIB search path: > /home/jozo/.snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/site:/usr/share/snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/iana:/usr/share/mibs/ietf:/usr/share/mibs/netsnmp > * > *Cannot find module (CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB): At line 0 in (none)* > *CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB::ciscoMemoryPoolFree: Unknown Object Identifier* > > Did some research and using the following link I loaded the MIB(s)... which > basically consisted of a 'wget' of the MIB files into my /home/jozo/.snmp > directory. At least I think they are the MIB definition files with a '.my' > extension. > > > http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&step=2&mibName=CISCO-PROCESS-MIB > > But I still cannot get the numeric OID values: > > *jozo@crdtools:~$ snmptranslate -On CISCO-PROCESS-MIB::cpmCPUTotal5min.9* > *No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging* > *Unexpected index type: 7 cpmCPUTotalIndex 9* > *.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.5.9* > > Can anyone point me in the right direction. Any links or advice on how to > operate SNMP on a Unix type system would be greatly appreciated. Even a > response like "RTMF Buddy" would be awesome if a manual was recommended. > > Thanks to all who read this email. You deserve a beer. > > Cheers, > > -- > Joe Renwick > IP Network Consultant, CCIE #16465 > GO NETFORWARD! > Direct: 619-800-2055, Emergency Support: 800-719-0504 > Is your network moving you forward? > > > -- Joe Renwick IP Network Consultant, CCIE #16465 GO NETFORWARD! Direct: 619-800-2055, Emergency Support: 800-719-0504 Is your network moving you forward?
