ipMonitor provides the ability to test SNMP-enabled devices or applications and infrastructure equipment such as bridges, hubs, switches, routers, network servers, etc.

• The SNMP Monitor tests a device's ability to respond to an information request, as well as its level of responsiveness.
• The SNMP Monitor Wizard allows you to add new SNMP - QA Monitors by browsing the contents of your SNMP-enabled network devices and applications.
• The QA Trap Monitor listens for incoming SNMP Traps, which are matched against Regular Expressions used to filter Variable Bindings data. Each incoming Trap that matches a filter will trigger an Information Alert.
• The SNMP Trap Alert sends an SNMP message on behalf of a failing Monitor. It is often used to integrate ipMonitor with other SNMP management software.

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The SNMP Tree Tool is a database of common MIBs that have been precompiled into ipMonitor.

To access the SNMP Tree Tool, click the Tools menu option, then select SNMP Tree.

The SNMP Tree is included to facilitate the configuration of the SNMP - QA and SNMP Trap Monitors as well as the SNMP Trap Alert. The MIB database is arranged in a tree structure, with logical groupings represented by expandable branches.

Use the plus and minus signs to expand and contract branches while you navigate through the SNMP Tree. Clicking on a specific OID name allows you to view its details.

Name
The textual label that uniquely identifies the Object Identifier.

MIB
The Management Information Base to which the OID branch belongs.

OID
The sequence of numeric labels representing the nodes along a path from the root to the object.

Path
The same path from the root to the object, represented by a text string.

Base-Type
The type of the data represented by the OID.

Value-Ranges
The range of values an object instance may display.

Access
The level of access rights granted to the client to manipulate an object. i.e. read-only, read-write, not-accessible, etc.

Status
The implementation state of the object. i.e. mandatory, standard, deprecated, obsolete, unknown, etc.

Description
An optional textual description of the object. This field is provided to aid human understanding of the object's purpose.

SNMP Wizard
Clicking the SNMP Wizard button allows you to quickly and easily configure a SNMP - QA Monitor using the specific OID information accessed.

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The SNMP Search Tool is a convenient way to quickly retrieve a specific OID. The SNMP Search Tool performs a search against the database of MIBs compiled into ipMonitor.

To access the SNMP Search tool, click the Tools menu option, then select SNMP Search.

Search through the compiled SNMP MIBs
The SNMP Search is articulated through a case-insensitive Regular Expression. This feature allows you to search for characters or strings that form part or all of the OID's named notation identifier.

Search Results
The SNMP Search Tool will retrieve any matches found based on the RegEx pattern entered above. Click on a match to bring up the corresponding detailed information box.

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In addition to the SNMP Tree and SNMP Search tools, ipMonitor provides other features to assist you when working with SNMP OIDs:

• Within the SNMP - QA Monitor, SNMP Trap Monitor and SNMP Trap Alert interfaces, a Get Info button is provided to pop up details for the specified OID.
• SNMP Monitors and Alerts support the ability to convert object identifiers (OIDs) between named and full numerical format. They also support a combination of both numeric and textual symbols, for example: 1.3.6.1.2.mib-2.system.sysDescr.
• To expand the default MIB database, use the Custom Database Builder available on the ipMonitor Support Portal to select MIBs from ipMonitor's MIB Repository and perform automated MIB compilations. You can then add the newly-created Custom MIB Database to your ipMonitor installation.

Note: The Custom Database Builder is only available to Licensed ipMonitor customers. For detailed instructions on compiling and importing a MIB database, refer to the tutorial entitled Add a Custom MIB Database to your ipMonitor Installation, located on the Support Portal.

• Use ipMonitor's SNMP Assistant, available from the ipMonitor Support Portal, to scan and collect information from your SNMP-enabled network devices and applications. This "scan" process allows you to discover whether a specific device supports an object defined by a particular MIB, as well as the type of information it will return.

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