HP proliant bl e-class Manual De Usuario

Management and statistics information is stored in the interconnect switch in the 
Management Information Base (MIB). The interconnect switch supports several standard 
MIBs. Values for MIB objects can be retrieved with any SNMP-based network management 
software.  

In addition to the standard MIBs, the switch also supports its own proprietary enterprise MIB 
as an extended Management Information Base. The proprietary MIB is retrieved by 
specifying the MIB Object-Identifier (OID) at the network manager station. 

MIB values can be either read-only or read/write variables. 

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Read-only MIB variables can be constants that are programmed into the switch or 
variables that change while the switch is in operation. Examples of read-only constants 
include the number and types of ports. Examples of read-only variables are the statistics 
counters, such as the number of errors that have occurred or how many kilobytes of data 
have been received and forwarded through a port. 

Read/write MIB variables are usually related to user-customized configurations. 
Examples include the IP address of the switch, Spanning Tree Algorithm parameters, and 
port status. 

If you use third-party vendor SNMP software to manage the switch, you can access 
proprietary enterprise MIBs for the switch. The MIBs can be found on the ProLiant BL e-
Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch Management System Utilities and User Documentation CD 
or with the interconnect switch utilities on the following website: 

www.compaq.com/support/servers 

If your software provides functions to browse or modify MIBs, you can also change the MIB 
values (if the MIB attributes permit the write operation). This process can be quite involved, 
however, because you must know the MIB OIDs and retrieve them one by one.