A Management Information Base (MIB) is a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) nonrelational database that describes devices being monitored. Network management platforms monitor nodes by reading the value of the managed resources in the MIB. Management platforms can affect changes in managed resources by altering MIB values (establishing thresholds beyond which alerts are created).
Each MIB is identified using an Object Identifier (OID), which is often a device’s setting or status. The OID uniquely identifies a managed object in the MIB hierarchy. Each managed object is made up of one or more variables called object instances. These, too, are identified by OIDs.
To remove ambiguous meanings and repair data defects, MIBs are updated, but these changes must be in conformance with Section 10, or RFC 2578, a specific standard for MIBs. The protocols SNMP and RMON1 both use MIB. SNMP gathers data from a single type of MIB, RMON 1 gathers data from nine additional types of MIBs that provide a richer set of data. But the objects (devices such as routers, switches, and hubs) must be designed to use the data.
SMBs should work with their IT professionals to set up an MIB if possible. MIBs can help your organization gain important information on your networks such as configuration changes, status information, and automatic alerts to some forms of malicious activity. Your IT staff should be able to help set this up.
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