Documentation forSolarWinds

MIB Walk tool

The MIB Walk tool in ETS for the Desktop walks the SNMP tree for a target device and pulls the value of each OID in the supported MIBs (management information base). Use the MIB Walk tool to find out what MIBs and OIDs are supported on a particular device. MIB Walk uses the SolarWinds MIB database to determine the common, human-readable name for each OID and the MIB to which it belongs. SNMP communication must be enabled on the device. To walk the MIBs, you can use either the read-only or the read and write community string.

Open the MIB Walk tool

  • To launch the tool from the Toolset Launch Pad, locate the MIB Walk 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 Walk, click More, and click Run as administrator.

Walk the SNMP tree

  1. Specify the host name or IP address for the device.

  2. Specify the SNMP community string.

  3. Select the SNMP tree to walk:

    • Standard starts the SNMP walk from 1.3.6.1.2

    • Private starts the SNMP walk from 1.3.6.1.4

  4. Click Walk.

Export, print, and copy values

After retrieving MIB values, MIB Walk enables you to transfer that information to other tools through exporting and copy and paste capabilities. You can also print the discovered information.

To export results:

  1. Click File > Export, and then select the type of export.
  2. Select the information to export.
  3. Specify the name and path for the exported information.

To copy results, click Edit > Copy Selected, or Edit > Copy All.

To print results, click File > Print, and then select the information to print.