MIBs- where are they stored?

[ohalnet53]

Hi mates :)

Are Cisco's MIB files are stored in the switch by default? or should we load them in to switch?

I ve read Cisco pdf about MIBs which says: "cisco's public MIBs are organized in to 2 subdirectories: v1/ and v2/"

But I couldnt find those subdirectories with dir all-filesystems command on my 4506 switch (IOS 12.2).

I need to learn how to get MIBs. I'll appreciate your help

tx for your help in advance

[rmushtaq · Accepted solution]

MIBs are already present in the device IOS. You can use the CLI command show snmp mib to see the listing on the device. If you need to download v1/v2 MIBs for your external applications like HPOV etc, you can get them from: http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml

[Marvin Rhoads]

The subdirectories referred to are on Cisco public ftp server. See ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/

If you use the tool rmushtag referenced, it will steer you to the MIBs your device(s) use and allow you download via http. The ftp site is for "power users".

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