mib2mof(1M)
NAME
mib2mof - 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 represents 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 infor-
mation for each scalar variable:
o syntax
o read/write access
o OID (Object IDentifier)
o description (optional)
o 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 defini-
tions), 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 sup-
plied 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 inaccessi-
ble 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 associ-
ation. The output file name (and CIM class) is of the for-
mat <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 defin-
itions 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 attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWwbcou |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
init.wbem(1M), mofcomp(1M), wbemadmin(1M), attributes(5)
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