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Chapter 3
Using MIBs
This chapter provides information on using MIBs.
 Downloading MIB Files
 Reporting WLAN Health
 Reading MIB Files
 SNMP File
 HP OpenView
Downloading MIB Files
The latest Aruba MIB files are available for registered customers at:
dell.com/support
For assistance to set up an account and access files, contact customer service. See “Contacting Support” on
page18.
Reporting WLAN Health
SNMP MIBs are frequently used for running health checks on Dell Networking W-Series Instant devices,
through a MIB browser application.
To retrieve information from a MIB, the following information is required:
 SNMP version
 SNMP community name—public or private
 The IP Address of the Virtual Controller and the slave W-IAPs
 The OID of the MIB value you want to monitor
MIB files can be placed in the appropriate disk location to assist the user in locating desired OID values for
monitoring. For most applications, the root of the MIB must be included in the OID—the OID begins with a
decimal point as shown in the following example:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.674.2.2.1.1.2.1
SNMP Operations on W-IAPs
Although the virtual controller address is configured on management station, the following MIBs are
specific to a particular W-IAP and therefore cannot be accessed from the Virtual Controller.
 ifTable
 ifXTable
 dot1qTpFdbTable
To enable the management station to access the IF-MIB and Q-BRIDGE-MIB tables and W-IAPs to send
traps, you must configure the IP address of each W-IAP on the management station. The management
station can automatically configure the W-IAP details, by obtaining the IP address of each W-IAP from the
AP MIB (aiAccessPointTable), which lists all the slave W-IAPs in a swarm and is implemented on a virtual
controller.