Network Management

Where to find the SolarWinds MIB and how to define the OIDs and traps

The definition for finding and updating the SolarWinds MIB, OIDs and Traps for Toolset and NPM products.

First published date

11/8/2018 7:33 PM

Last published date

4/15/2025 3:55 PM

Overview

Step by step instructions for finding the MIBs so that you can update the OIDs and traps for the NPM and Toolset products.

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

The SolarWinds MIB, named MIBs.cfg, is located in the default location C:\ProgramData\Solarwinds on your SolarWinds Platform server. Beginning in 2025.2, this file is named MIBs.db.

The following files in the default location C:\ProgramData\Solarwinds on your Orion NPM server define SolarWinds OIDs:

SolarWinds-Products.mib defines OIDs for SolarWinds products.
SolarWinds-Traps.mib provides a template, including OIDS, for defining traps.

Disclaimer: Please note, any content posted herein is provided as a suggestion or recommendation to you for your internal use. This is not part of the SolarWinds software or documentation that you purchased from SolarWinds, and the information set forth herein may come from third parties. Your organization should internally review and assess to what extent, if any, such custom scripts or recommendations will be incorporated into your environment. You elect to use third-party content at your own risk, and you will be solely responsible for the incorporation of the same if any.