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Downloading theSolarWindsMIBDatabase
SolarWindsmaintainsaMIBdatabasethatservesasarepositoryfortheOIDs
usedtomonitorawidevarietyofnetworkdevices.ThisMIBdatabaseisupdated
regularly,and,duetoitssize,itisnotincludedintheinitialNPMinstallation
package.IfyouareeitherupdatingyourexistingMIBdatabaseorusingthe
UniversalDevicePollerforthefirsttime,youwillneedtodownloadthe
SolarWindsMIBdatabaseasdetailedinthefollowingprocedure.
Note:YoumayneedtorestarttheUniversalDevicePollerafterinstallingthenew
MIBdatabase.
TodownloadandinstalltheSolarWindsMIBdatabase:
1. Ifyouarerespondingtoaprompttodownloadandinstallthe
SolarWindsMIBdatabase,clickYes.
Note:Thispromptistypicallyonlyencounteredbyfirst-timeusers.
2. IfyouaredownloadinganupdatetoyourexistingSolarWindsMIB
database,completethefollowingprocedure:
a. UseyourSolarWindsCustomerIDandPassword,tologintothe
CustomerPortal(http://www.solarwinds.com/customerportal/
).
b. Ontheleft,underHelpfulLinks,clickOrionMIBDatabase.
3. IfyouareusingInternetExploreranditpromptsyoutoaddthe
SolarWindsdownloadssitehttp://solarwinds.s3.amazonaws.com,
completethefollowingstepstostarttheMIBdatabasedownload:
a. ClickAddonthewarningwindow.
b. ClickAddontheTrustedSiteswindow.
c. ClickClose,andthenrefreshyourbrowser.
4. ClickSaveontheFileDownloadwindow.
5. Navigatetoanappropriatefilelocation,andthenclickSave.
6. Afterthedownloadcompletes,extractMIBs.ziptoatemporarylocation.
7. OpenthefoldertowhichyouextractedMIBs.zip,andthencopyMIBs.cfgto
theSolarWindsfolderineitherofthefollowinglocationsonyourdefault
installvolume,dependingonyourNPMserveroperatingsystem:
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