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MIB Scanner tool

The MIB Scanner tool in ETS for the Desktop scans within a range of device IP addresses for specific OIDs. This tool:

  • Scans multiple devices.
  • Scans for multiple MIBs.
  • Shows which devices support MIBs and their values.

See the following topics:

Open the MIB Scanner tool

  • To launch the tool from the Toolset Launch Pad, locate the MIB Scanner tool and click Launch.

  • You can add the tool to a tab in the Workspace Studio, and access it from there.

  • To launch the tool from the Windows Start menu:

    1. Click Start > All > SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset.

    2. Right-click MIB Scanner, click More, and click Run as administrator.

Perform a scan

  1. Enter a comma-delimited list of IP addresses to scan.

    You can enter a range using dashes, you can use wildcards (* and ?), and you can use subnet identifiers.

    Examples: 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.2552002::?1192.168.1.1/2410.1.1.1,10.2.2.2/30,1.10.21.*1,1.1.1.1-1.1.1.10

  2. To use a file, click Load from file.

  3. Browse to the file you want to import, and then click Open.

  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the import process.

  5. Enter the comma-delimited OIDs.

  6. Select the Discovery Options.

  7. Click Discover.

Examples

You must scan your corporate network for a set of Windows machines. If you use the sysDescription OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1, and then perform a Discover using MIB Scanner, all the devices on the network that match that OID value are listed in the result pane. You can then sort the results by value and search for matching sysDescription OIDs.

You are going to use the Neighbor Map tool to get a map of your network, but you need to find out which devices support CDP protocol first. You know that the CDP MIB is 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.23, and so you enter this in the OIDs field and perform a Discover. The results include several green rows, which represent devices that contain CDP information and might support CDP protocol. The white rows are SNMP devices that did not match the requested OID. Selecting the Devices matching the requested OIDs tab displays a filtered list of only those devices that matched the CDP MIB.