mib2mof(1M) System Administration Commands mib2mof(1M)NAMEmib2mof - generate MOF file(s) from input SNMP MIB file(s)SYNOPSIS
/usr/sadm/bin/mib2mof [-n] [-d directory] [-q] [-c] [-a] [-h] files
DESCRIPTION
The mib2mof utility reads input Management Information Base (MIB) files
and produces one or more Managed Object Format (MOF) files. MOF files
contain a Common Information Model (CIM) class declaration that repre‐
sents the MIB for the Solaris Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
provider. The SNMP provider allows Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) applications to access SNMP device information.
SNMP scalar variables map to properties in the CIM class. Qualifiers on
each property convey the following MIB information for each scalar
variable:
· syntax
· read/write access
· OID (Object IDentifier)
· description (optional)
· index (if the variable is within a group [sequence] that defines a
row)
The syntax of an SNMP scalar variable is represented in a CIM class by
the property's CIM datatype. All properties are marked with write
access (true or false).
The following table shows how a Solaris SNMP datatype in a MIB maps to
a Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) CIM datatype and then to an
SNMP datatype used by the WBEM SNMP API:
SNMP SMI Datatype SNMP CIM SNMP API Object type
Ver. Datatype
INTEGER v1 sint32 SnmpInt
OCTET STRING v1 string SnmpString
OBJECT IDENTIFIER v1 string SnmpOid
IpAddress v1 string SnmpIpAddress
Counter v1 uint32 SnmpCounter
Gauge v1 uint32 SnmpGauge
TimeTicks v1 uint32 SnmpTimeticks
Opaque v1 sint8[] SnmpOpaque
DisplayString - see OCTET STRING v1
NetworkAddress - see IpAddress v1
Counter32 - see Counter v2
Counter64 v2 uint64 SnmpCounter64
Integer32 v2 sint32 SnmpInt
Gauge32 - see Gauge v2
Unsigned32 v2 uint32 SnmpGauge
TruthValue v2 sint32 SnmpInt
BITS - see OCTET STRING v2
The mib2mof utility includes its required Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt file
(containing core MIB definitions), installed in /usr/sadm/mof. The
mib2mof utility looks first for mib core file in local directory. If
this file is not found in the local directory, mib2mof looks in
/usr/sadm/mof.
A MOF file is generated for each SNMP group and table row sequence
(that is, the columns in one row) found in the supplied MIBs. (This
does not include the core MIB definitions contained in the
Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt file.)
There is no MOF file or property for an SNMP table - all table access
is through the rows and columns of the table, and the SNMP variable for
the table is marked as inaccessible in the MIB.
The MOF file created contains a CIM class that represents an SNMP group
or row and a CIM class to represent a CIM association. The output file
name (and CIM class) is of the format <SNMP_><MIB name><Group
name>.mof.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a Generate MOF files for all of the input MIB files. If
-a is not given, a MOF file is generated only for the
last file of the input list.
-c Do not use the default Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt defini‐
tions file shipped with the Solaris SNMP Provider for
WBEM. If this option is specified, you must specify
another MIB_CORE definitions file as one of the input
files.
-d directory Generate output MOF files in the specified directory.
-h Show how to invoke mib2mof and list its arguments.
-n Parse the input MIB files without generating any out‐
put.
-q Include the DESCRIPTION clause of SNMP OBJECT-TYPE as a
qualifier in the generated MOF file.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
files List of SNMP MIB files to be converted.
EXIT STATUS
The mib2mof utility terminates with exit status 0.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWwbcou │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOinit.wbem(1M), mofcomp(1M), wbemadmin(1M), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 5 Dec 2000 mib2mof(1M)
