Problems compiling Dell MIBs

[Gary Cooper_1]

I'v just recently installed SIM 4.1 on a Dell Optiplex PC. I have it connected to a Dell PowerEdge server via an HP ProCurve switch.
Whilst I can see a fair amount of information on the PowerEdge server, I have received a trap that is just a series of numbers.

Assuming that I need to obtain and compile the MIBs for the Dell box, that is what I have started to do, however, when I compile the first MIB, I get the following:

I:\MIBs\Dell\PowerEdge>mcompile 10892.mib
HP Systems Insight Manager Mib Compiler, Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett Packard Corporation
Compiling 10892.mib
Failed to open import file: rfc1155-smi.mib
could not compile module RFC1155-SMI
Failed to open import file: rfc-1212.mib
could not compile module RFC-1212
Failed to open import file: rfc-1215.mib
could not compile module RFC-1215
Failed to open import file: rfc1213-mib.mib
could not compile module RFC1213-MIB
Mib file compilation completed with warnings

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Gary

[Peter Stringer]

You need to compile all the listed import files first.

e.g Compile rfc1155-smi.mib then do the rest

Some 3rd party mibs need to compiled in certain order.

for example I tried to compile a Double Take mib and this failed as the Mib was looking for some RFC mibs which I hadn't compiled. when I compiled these mibs I then went back to do my DT.MIB and hey presto it worked. Don't forget to register them after compiling them, I think its a mxmib -a (mibname) command

[Gary Cooper_1]

Thanks for the reply Peter. I sort of guessed that was the case. Unfortunately, the MIBs supplied by Dell don't contatin the rfc-nnnn.mibs that it seems to want.

Cheers,

Gary

[Gary Cooper_1]

Managed to resolve this problem. Sometimes the answer's right under your nose, or C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\mibs to be precise - that's where I found the missing MIBS.

So, I just copied 10892.mib to that folder and it compiled just fine.

Registering it was a different matter though...

Error: File '10892.CFG' Error reading MIB: Filename incorrectly formatted Line 1
AN ERROR OCCURRED EXECUTING THE COMMAND

This seemed to be due to the actual filename (doesn't like a numeric character for the first position?). Any way, I renamed 10892.mib to dell10892.mib and all seemed OK.

I'm off in search of MIBs for my ProCurve 4000M/8000M switched now...

Regards,

Gary