Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

Management Information Base

There are databases where objects are stored. MIB acts as a translator and allows an SNMP server to query an object using a textual OID instead of numeric. For example, to retrieve a device name through SNMP queries, we can use the OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 or the OID SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0. Both of them will give you the exact same result. But the textual OID is easier to understand than just a numeric OID. We can compare MIB to OID as being similar to a domain name to an IP address. Some manufacturers provide their own MIB since they do not exist in the standard MIB. It is important to know the MIBs when configuring unsupported devices for monitoring tools. There are a number of MIBs ready to be downloaded. Proxmox ...