BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Organization: Hewlett Packard Company

Last Updated: 2003-12-05

Category: VLAN and Bridging, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: Manages switching fabric configuration and forwarding tables on HP BladeSystem Type 2 blade switches.

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What Is BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-MIB?

BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB for the embedded Ethernet switch module used in HP BladeSystem Type 2 c-Class blade enclosures, in the data-center blade-server networking technology area. It exposes both switching-fabric configuration (per-port operational state, forwarding, RMON hooks, and 802.1x authentication) and hardware inventory/health objects such as part number, hardware revision, power supply status, and an onboard temperature sensor. It plays a clear role in hardware status monitoring through hwPowerSupplyStatus and hwSensor1Temp, letting an operator detect a failing power supply or overheating switch blade, in addition to tracking per-port link/operational state. It implicitly relies on general RMON conventions (via portOperRmon) and standard 802.1x concepts for port-level authentication state. It is typically deployed as the internal switch/interconnect blade within an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure. Engineers can download the BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-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

  • HP BladeSystem c-Class Type 2 blade switch/interconnect module

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll hwPowerSupplyStatus and hwSensor1Temp to catch an early power-supply failure or thermal excursion inside the enclosure, and walk agPortOperTable (via agPortOperTableEntry/portOperIdx) to check portOperState for each internal blade-facing port. A port stuck down in portOperState combined with an abnormal hwSensor1Temp reading would point to a blade or switch-module hardware problem rather than a simple link issue.

What Can Be Monitored

  • power supply status
  • onboard temperature sensor reading
  • per-port operational/link state
  • hardware part number and revision
  • 802.1x port authentication state
Imported Objects

From BRIDGE-MIB

BridgeId

From HP-SWITCH-PL-MIB

hpSwitchBladeType2-Mgmt

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
PhysAddress

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using pktStatsAllocs OID:

Select an HP BladeSystem Type 2 embedded network switch module as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type pktStatsAllocs into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the total number of packet allocations from the packet buffer pool by the TCP/IP protocol stack. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor MIB for BladeType2 switching platform management.

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