mib2mof(1M)															       mib2mof(1M)

NAME

       mib2mof - generate MOF file(s) from input SNMP MIB file(s)

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sadm/bin/mib2mof [-n] [-d directory] [-q] [-c] [-a] [-h] files

       The  mib2mof  utility  reads  input Management Information Base (MIB) files and produces one or more Managed Object Format (MOF) files. MOF
       files contain a Common Information Model (CIM) class declaration that represents the MIB for the Solaris Simple Network Management Protocol
       (SNMP) provider. The SNMP provider allows Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) applications to access SNMP device information.

       SNMP  scalar variables map to properties in the CIM class. Qualifiers on each property convey the following MIB information for each scalar
       variable:

	 o  syntax

	 o  read/write access

	 o  OID (Object IDentifier)

	 o  description (optional)

	 o  index (if the variable is within a group [sequence] that defines a row)

       The syntax of an SNMP scalar variable is represented in a CIM class by the property's CIM datatype. All properties are  marked  with  write
       access (true or false).

       The following table shows how a Solaris SNMP datatype in a MIB maps to a Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) CIM datatype and then to an
       SNMP datatype used by the WBEM SNMP API:

       SNMP SMI Datatype		    SNMP  CIM	    SNMP API Object type
					    Ver.  Datatype
       INTEGER				    v1	  sint32    SnmpInt
       OCTET STRING			    v1	  string    SnmpString
       OBJECT IDENTIFIER		    v1	  string    SnmpOid
       IpAddress			    v1	  string    SnmpIpAddress
       Counter				    v1	  uint32    SnmpCounter
       Gauge				    v1	  uint32    SnmpGauge
       TimeTicks			    v1	  uint32    SnmpTimeticks
       Opaque				    v1	  sint8[]   SnmpOpaque
       DisplayString  -  see OCTET STRING   v1
       NetworkAddress - see IpAddress	    v1
       Counter32  -  see Counter	    v2
       Counter64			    v2	  uint64    SnmpCounter64
       Integer32			    v2	  sint32    SnmpInt
       Gauge32	-  see Gauge		    v2
       Unsigned32			    v2	  uint32    SnmpGauge
       TruthValue			    v2	  sint32    SnmpInt
       BITS  - see OCTET STRING 	    v2

       The mib2mof utility includes its required Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt file (containing core MIB definitions), installed in /usr/sadm/mof.  The
       mib2mof	utility  looks	first  for  mib  core  file in local directory. If this file is not found in the local directory, mib2mof looks in
       /usr/sadm/mof.

       A MOF file is generated for each SNMP group and table row sequence (that is, the columns in one row) found in the supplied MIBs. (This does
       not include the core MIB definitions contained in the Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt file.)

       There  is  no MOF file or property for an SNMP table - all table access is through the rows and columns of the table, and the SNMP variable
       for the table is marked as inaccessible in the MIB.

       The MOF file created contains a CIM class that represents an SNMP group or row and a CIM class to represent a CIM association.  The  output
       file name (and CIM class) is of the format <SNMP_><MIB name><Group name>.mof.

       The following options are supported:

       -a	       Generate  MOF  files  for all of the input MIB files. If -a is not given, a MOF file is generated only for the last file of
		       the input list.

       -c	       Do not use the default Solaris_SNMPmib_core.txt definitions file shipped with the Solaris SNMP Provider for WBEM.  If  this
		       option is specified, you must specify another MIB_CORE definitions file as one of the input files.

       -d directory    Generate output MOF files in the specified directory.

       -h	       Show how to invoke mib2mof and list its arguments.

       -n	       Parse the input MIB files without generating any output.

       -q	       Include the  clause of SNMP OBJECT-TYPE as a qualifier in the generated MOF file.

       The following operands are supported:

       files	       List of	SNMP MIB files to be converted.

       The mib2mof utility terminates with exit status 0.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWwbcou 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       init.wbem(1M), mofcomp(1M), wbemadmin(1M), attributes(5)

								    5 Dec 2000							       mib2mof(1M)