BD-MIB

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Organization: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,

Last Updated: 2009-07-28

Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: Extreme Networks

Description: Manages Extreme Networks BlackDiamond modular chassis hardware, including line cards, fabric modules, and power supplies.

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What Is BD-MIB?

Although the short description on file suggests Extreme Networks BlackDiamond chassis hardware, the module's actual MODULE-IDENTITY text identifies BD-MIB as Brocade Communications' Bottleneck Detection feature MIB ("BD" stands for Bottleneck Detection, not BlackDiamond, in this source). It is designed to expose data related to detecting network bottlenecks - typically buffer/queue congestion points - on Brocade switching hardware. As a bottleneck-detection MIB its purpose is fault/performance monitoring: identifying congested ports or queues that are degrading throughput, a software/performance health indicator rather than a classic environmental sensor. No sample objects were available in this excerpt to confirm specific dependencies, but bottleneck-detection features of this kind commonly build on standard interface and queue/QoS MIB conventions. It would be deployed in Brocade switch fabric monitoring for congestion and performance troubleshooting. Engineers can download the BD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BD-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

Brocade switches

Monitoring Examples

No object names were present in the source excerpt for this module, so specific OIDs can't be cited; based on the module description, an admin would typically use a bottleneck-detection MIB like this to identify specific ports or queues experiencing sustained congestion, revealing a bottleneck degrading fabric throughput before it causes application-visible slowdowns.

What Can Be Monitored

congested port/queue identification
bottleneck detection alarm state

Imported Objects

From Brocade-REG-MIB

bcsiModules	OBJECT-IDENTITY
fcSwitch	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From Brocade-TC

SwPortIndex

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

From SW-MIB

swVfId

OBJECT-TYPE

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
bd	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51			The MIB module is for Brocade's Bottleneck detection feature.Copyright (c) 1996-2003 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
bdTraps	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.0			The OID represents the BD Traps.
NTF bdTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.0.1			trap to be send for bottleneck detection.
NTF bdClearTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.0.2			trap to be send for bottleneck clearance.
bdConfig	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1			The OID represents the BD config.
T/F bdStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.1	TruthValue	read-only	This object gives the status of bottleneck detection feature if enabled in the switch. The value of this OID if true(1) or false(2).
STR bdLThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	This object is the severity threshold for latency bottleneck. This threshold indicates the percentage of one-second intervals affected by latency conditions within a specified time window. The value of this OID is between 0 and 1.
STR bdCThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	This object is the severity threshold for congestion bottleneck. This threshold indicates the percentage of one-second intervals affected by congestion conditions within a specified time window. The value of this OID is between 0 and 1
INT bdQTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The minimum number of seconds between consecutive alerts. The value assigned to this parameter applies to both latency and congestion monitoring. In this duration, there will not be any traps sent.
INT bdWinAvgTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The time window in seconds over which the percentage of seconds affected by bottleneck conditions is computed and compared with the threshold.
STR bdThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.6	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	This is the severity threshold for latency or congestion bottleneck. This is accessible only for traps. This object is one of the variable binding in bdTrap and bdClearTrap.
BDT nBdType	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.1.7	BdType	accessible-for-notify	This is the type of bottleneck.This is accessible only for traps. This object is one of the variable binding in bdTrap and bdClearTrap. This can have a value of congestion(1) or latency(2).
bdStats	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2			This OID represents the BD stats.
I32 bdNumOfEntries	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.1	Integer32	read-only	Number of rows in the stats table.
bdStatsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2		not-accessible	The table of stats entries represents both types of bottleneck. Each sample in the stats is taken every 10 seconds.The maximum number of entries for each port, each type [congestion/latency] is 30.
bdStatsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1		not-accessible	An entry of BD stats information.
SWP userPortNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.1	SwPortIndex	read-only	This object represents the user port indices of bottleneck monitored ports like F-port, E-port, L-port, FCOE-port.
U32 bdSampleTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.2	Unsigned32	read-only	This object represents the sample time in Unix time format. Ex:1265259069 The above Unix time is equal to Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:51:09 GMT .
BDT bdType	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.3	BdType	read-only	This object represents the bottleneck type. The value of this object can be congestion(1) or latency(2).
STR bdStatsValue10SecsSample	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	This sample is average of 10 samples collected every second. If the sample has not been taken yet then bdStatsValue10SecsSample return -1.
STR bdStatsValue60SecsSample	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	This sample is average of 60 samples collected every second. If the sample has not been taken yet then bdStatsValue60SecsSample return -1.
STR bdStatsValue300SecsSample	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.2.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	This sample is average of 300 samples collected every second. If the sample has not been taken yet then bdStatsValue300SecsSample return -1.
STR bdAggrStats	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.3	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	This object represents the aggregrate stats value. This value is the sum of all the samples divided by average window and multiplied by 100.This is accessible only for traps. This obejct is one of the variable binding in bdTrap and bdClearTrap.
INT bdAbsoluteValue	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.4	INTEGER	accessible-for-notify	This object represents the absolute value of bdAggrStats. It is the number of affected seconds. This object is accessible only for traps and it is one of the variable binding in bdTrap and bdClearTrap.
U32 bdAvgFrameSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.51.2.5	Unsigned32	accessible-for-notify	This object represents the average size in bytes of all frames that were transmitted on the ports during the averaging window. This object is accessible only for traps and it is one of the variable binding in bdTrap and bdClearTrap.

RFC description

Brocade bottleneck detection feature monitoring congestion and latency on Fibre Channel switches.

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What Is BD-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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