Using MIBs in Applications

• Loading MIBs

• Unloading MIBs

• Parsing MIBs

• Accessing Node Information

• Retrieving MIB Information

• Exceptions and Error Messages

• Database Schema

• Macro Type Constructs

Management applications and applets need to perform MIB-related operations, such as loading and parsing of MIBs, accessing the nodes in a MIB tree, getting information from leaf nodes, and so on. The MIB support API (mibs package) in AdventNet SNMP API provides the necessary support to perform these kinds of MIB-related operations.