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Monitor MIB Attributes

MIB attribute monitoring lets you select an SNMP MIB attribute to monitor. When you define a monitor group, you have a list of predefined attributes that you can monitor. For the following resources, you can additionally choose one or more MIB attributes to monitor:

• TCP/IP Stacks
• CIPs
• Routers
• IP nodes

Add MIB Attributes

To monitor a MIB attribute, you must add it to the list of monitoring attributes.

To add MIB attributes

1. Enter /MONATTR at the prompt.

   The Monitoring Attributes panel appears.

2. Press F4 (Add).

   The Attribute Application Controls panel appears.

3. Press F10 (MibAttr).

   The list of available MIBs appears.

4. Enter S next to the MIB that contains the attributes you want.

   The MIBinsight Structure Viewer appears. The attributes are in green.

5. Enter S next to the required attribute.

   The Attribute Definition panel appears with the fields populated with values associated with the selected attribute. For fields that are not populated, specify your own values.

   Note: The TOTAL type is not applicable to user-defined attributes.

   If the attribute you have added is not a table entry, you do not have to qualify it. Go to Step 8.

6. (Optional) Press F11 (MibQual) to select a qualifier.

   The MIBinsight Structure Viewer appears.

   This procedure identifies the index of the entry whose attribute you want to monitor. You can qualify attributes in a table. Attributes not in a table have an index of 0 and do not require a qualifier.

7. Enter S next to the required qualifier.

   The Attribute Definition panel appears with the Qualifier Name and Qualifier ID fields populated.

8. Review the values. You can change some of the values.

   Note: For more information about the fields, press F1 (Help).

9. Press F4 (Save).

   The definition is saved.

Assign Monitored MIB Attributes to Resource Classes

You can specify the classes of resources that can monitor a particular MIB attribute. When you specify the monitoring requirements for a resource definition, only the assigned MIB attributes are listed. After a MIB attribute is added to a resource class, you can monitor that attribute.

To assign monitored MIB attributes to resource classes

1. Enter /MONATTR at the prompt.

   The Monitoring Attributes panel appears.

2. Enter U beside the required attribute.

   The Attribute Definition panel appears.

3. Press F5 (Classes).

   The list of resource classes appears.

4. Enter I beside the required classes that you want to include. To remove an included class, enter E beside it.
5. Press F3 (Exit).

   The Attribute Definition panel appears.

6. Press F3 (Save).

   The details are saved.