Re: (ASCEND) SNMP questions

[Peter Lalor <plalor@infoasis.com>]

>TNT docs?  Our guys tell me this is high-end stuff, so we don't appear to
>have any documentation like you mention (admin/tntsnmp...).  We have
>Ascend Max servers.... anyone else got any ideas where I could find
>documentation?  The Ascend Max docs are pretty huge (3" thick, total), but
>don't list any OIDs and don't fully discuss SNMP either.

The RUBB is unwieldy and often out of date. You can download the current
docs for your hardware from Ascend's FTP site in HTML form.

I don't see the MIB hierarchy detailed in the Max 6000 docs, so get the TNT
docs.

>On Thu, 27 May 1999, Peter Lalor wrote:
>
>> >> Is there documentation that actually explains what the OIDs actually
>> >> return? Ascend's docs list them, but don't explain them?
>> >
>> >What "Ascend documentation?"  I can't find OIDs listed in a rational
>> >manner anywhere.  I found some OIDs that are useful from "maxstats" and
>> >other--similar--perl scripts.
>>
>> The TNT docs in admin/tntsnmp.htm#140055 describe the Ascend MIB hierarchy
>> quite clearly. I'd guess that the Max 6k docs do the same. They just don't
>> detail what, exactly, each object is.
>>
>> Note that there's a typo in advancedAgent. It's 1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4, not
>> 1.3.6.1.4.1.529.1 as given.
>>
>> >Peter... start with "mrtg" or at least "maxstats", "maxwho" and other perl
>> >scripts.  Once you get data back from your max's you'll see how it's done
>> >in the perl script.  Search in www.infoseek.com (for instance) for maxwho.
>> >
>> >You have any OIDs listed... let me know, since the OIDs I'm using right
>> >now are not the best.
>>
>> I found all the OIDs I'm tracking from the docs and past posts to this list.
>>
>> Peter Lalor           Infoasis
>> plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/

Peter Lalor           Infoasis
plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/
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