Several XML files are required to create a SNMP Collector in order to make it run properly. These files may be classified in 3 categories:

1. Collector configuration file:

  • collecting.xml: specifies the file path for snmpcollector.xml

  • snmpcollector.xml: specifies the file paths

2. SNMP collecting configuration files:

  • slave-snmp-poller.xml: associates SNMP Agents to SnmpMasks in PollingGroups.

  • snmp-polling-distribution.xml: contains the SNMP Agents to be polled by the SNMP Collector.

  • snmp-masks.xml: defines the SNMP collecting.

  • translations.xml: defines numerical translations for polled text values.

3. MIB files:

  • Minimally, the RFC-1213 MIB file will be used by the SNMP Collector.

  • Other MIB files used for SNMP polling.

the collecting component architecture describe the collector’s behaviour. Figure below describes the relations between those files.

Figure 1. SNMP Collector Architechure 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<config> 
   <secondary-snmp-poller-file>conf/slave-snmp-poller.xml
   </secondary-snmp-poller-file> 
   <snmp-masks-file>conf/snmp-masks.xml</snmp-masks-file> 
   <snmp-polling-distribution-file>conf/snmp-polling-  
   distribution.xml</snmp-polling- distribution-file> 
   <translations-file>conf/translations.xml</translations-file> 
   <mib-files-directory>mibs</mib-files-directory> 
</config>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<secondary-snmp-poller name="secondary1" pollerPrefix="thisPollerOnThatNetwork" groupName=" group3600" oidsThreads="50" tablesThreads="50"> 
<local-communication-settings hostIpAddress="localhost"   
communicationPort="2008" communicationInterfaceIPAddress="10.128.1.28" maxConcurrentSessions="48"> 
   <out-interface-ip-addresses> 
      <out-interface-ip-address>10.128.9.29</out-interface-ip-address> 
   </out-interface-ip-addresses> 
   <accept-commands-from-list> 
      <accept-commands-from>10.128.1.25</accept-commands-from>
   <accept-commands-from-list> 
</local-communication-settings> 
<polling-group ...> ... </polling-group ...>

Note: It is strongly recommended to use an XML editor which supports DTD validation in order to edit any of the configuration files described in this document.