BLADE-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Category: Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: Provides base management objects for HP BladeSystem server blade chassis and blade modules.

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What Is BLADE-MIB?

BLADE-MIB is HP's foundational proprietary MIB for the BladeSystem architecture, covering the base management model shared across blade server chassis (enclosures) and the individual blade modules they hold. It defines the general object structure for chassis and blade identity, presence, and basic administrative/operational indicators, acting as a base layer beneath more detailed HP blade MIBs. It is used to monitor fundamental hardware presence and status — for example whether a given blade slot is occupied and in what basic operating state — serving as groundwork for hardware-health monitoring (power, thermal, fault) that HP implements in companion, more granular BladeSystem MIBs. It commonly underpins or is referenced by other HP BladeSystem management MIBs that build detailed power, thermal, and interconnect monitoring atop this base OID structure. It is deployed in HP BladeSystem c-Class and p-Class enclosures within enterprise data centers, typically managed through HP Systems Insight Manager or generic SNMP tooling.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BLADE-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

  • IBM BladeCenter Management Module (MM) chassis and blade hardware (legacy)

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were supplied for this module, so a concrete OID-level example cannot be honestly constructed. Conceptually, an administrator would use this MIB's base objects to enumerate populated blade slots and their basic status within a chassis, flagging a slot that reports missing or in a non-normal state as needing physical inspection. Detailed hardware telemetry (temperature, fan speed, power draw) would typically come from a companion HP blade MIB rather than this base module.

What Can Be Monitored

  • blade slot presence
  • chassis identity
  • basic blade/chassis administrative status
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
enterprises
OIDs

RFC description

IBM BladeCenter Management Module MIB for configuration and monitoring of blade servers.

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