Compaq AAR04BCTE manual Contents

		Contents
Preface . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . vii
1 Overview
1.1	SNMP Architecture	. . . . . . . 1–1
1.2	Request Handling	. . . . . . . 1–2
1.3	TCP/IP Services Components for SNMP	. . . . . . . 1–4
1.4	Writing an eSNMP Subagent	. . . . . . . 1–5
1.5	The eSNMP API	. . . . . . . 1–6
1.5.1	The SNMP Utilities	. . . . . . . 1–7
1.6	The MIB Compiler	. . . . . . . 1–7
1.7	SNMP Versions	. . . . . . . 1–8
1.7.1	Using Existing (SNMP Version 1) MIB Modules	. . . . . . . 1–8
1.8	For More Information	. . . . . . . 1–9
2 MIBs Provided with TCP/IP Services
2.1	Overview of the Host Resources MIB	. . . . . . . 2–1
2.1.1	Defining Host Resources MIB Implemented Objects	. . . . . . . 2–1
2.1.2	Restrictions to Host Resources MIB	. . . . . . . 2–3
2.2	Overview of MIB II	. . . . . . . 2–5
2.2.1	MIB II Implemented Groups	. . . . . . . 2–6
2.2.2	Restrictions to MIB II Implementation	. . . . . . . 2–6
3 Creating a Subagent Using the eSNMP API
3.1	Creating a MIB Specification	. . . . . . . 3–1
3.2	The Structure of Management Information	. . . . . . . 3–1
3.2.1	Assigning Object Identification Codes	. . . . . . . 3–2
3.2.2	MIB Subtrees	. . . . . . . 3–2
3.3	Creating a MIB Source File	. . . . . . . 3–5
3.3.1	Writing the ASN.1 Input File	. . . . . . . 3–5
3.3.2	Processing the Input File with the MIB Compiler	. . . . . . . 3–5
3.3.2.1	UNIX Utilities Supplied with TCP/IP Services	. . . . . . . 3–7
3.3.2.2	Object Tables	. . . . . . . 3–7
3.3.2.3	The subtree_TBL.H Output File	. . . . . . . 3–7
3.3.2.4	The subtree_TBL.C Output Files	. . . . . . . 3–9
3.4	Including the Routines and Building the Subagent	. . . . . . . 3–11

3.5Including Extension Subagents in the Startup and Shutdown

Procedures 3–12

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