Template:FAQ:MIBs 09
The command 'snmptranslate'
is used to translate
between numeric
and symbolic forms of OIDs. It uses the same MIB parsing routines
as the commands that actually communicate with a network management
agent, but can be used standalone. As such, it is a useful tool
for identifying problems with reading in MIB files.
In particular, the following options may be useful in identifying problems:
-Pw warns about conflicting symbols -PW prints more verbose warnings about other problems as well (in both cases, ignore the 'xmalloc' reports) -T provides sub-options for various views of these entries
There are other '-P'
options to control various aspects of MIB parsing.
See the 'snmptranslate(1)'
and 'snmpcmd(1)'
man pages for more details,
or the tutorial at http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial-5/commands/snmptranslate.html
For a more rigourous validation, use a tool such as 'smilint
', or the
on-line interface at http://wwwsnmp.cs.utwente.nl/ietf/mibs/validate/