newbie question: how to get model info from cisco via snmp?

[henrybb]

I want to judge which type cisco device is . Whether it is IOS or CATOS ? Is it version early 12.0 or later ?

Which OID can I use ?

thanks very much!

[rmushtaq]

Try using .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 (sysDescr)

[minie]

sysDescr or system will give you the info you need.

[henrybb]

thanks for your reply.And I have another question,How can I know which mib the cisco device support? Like this ,some IOS device support CISCO-CONFIG-COPY,and another support OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB. When I code snmp program to copy cisco running-config to my tftp server,how did I know which OID I can use ? If I can get the device support CISCO-CONFIG-COPY,I can use 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.96.1.1.1.1,else I can use 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.1.55. .

thanks !

[minie]

For devices MIB support, use mib toolkit and MIB locator.

http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

For copying config to tftp server, see this.

http://cisco.com/en/US/customer/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094aa6.shtml

You also wanna bookmark following url

http://cisco.com/en/US/customer/tech/tk648/tk362/tk605/tech_protocol_home.html

[henrybb]

thanks for your reply!

Are there any automatic methods to know devices MIB support ?I mean I want to code program to get devices MIB support infomation. I can't use mib toolkit and MIB locator.

So How can ?

thanks!

[#7]

check if you receive a not empty snmp reply