CISCO-C2900-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2002-05-30

Category: Cisco Devices, Hardware and Environment

Description: Manages platform-specific hardware and software parameters on Cisco Catalyst 2900 switches.

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What Is CISCO-C2900-MIB?

CISCO-C2900-MIB is a Cisco enterprise MIB providing platform-specific management for the Catalyst 2900 series Ethernet switches. It exposes hardware inventory data (board revision, board identifier), buffer memory usage statistics, MAC address table capacity, and switch configuration options like broadcast storm alarms and address violation actions. It is explicitly useful for monitoring hardware health and software status: c2900InfoSelfTestFailed reports self-test/POST failures, c2900InfoRedunantPowerSupplyInfo reports redundant power supply presence/state, c2900InfoPeakBuffersUsed and c2900InfoTotalBufferDepth reveal buffer exhaustion pressure, and c2900InfoVisualIndicatorMode relates to front-panel LED/status indication. It is a Cisco-proprietary MIB with no strong dependency on other standard MIBs beyond standard SNMPv2 SMI conventions. It is typically deployed on legacy Catalyst 2900 series switches in wiring-closet or small campus network environments. Network administrators supporting older cisco c2900 series switches sometimes still reference this MIB when auditing legacy wiring-closet deployments.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-C2900-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

  • Cisco Catalyst 2900 series switch

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll c2900InfoSelfTestFailed to detect a failed hardware self-test and c2900InfoRedunantPowerSupplyInfo to confirm a redundant power supply is present and healthy on a Catalyst 2900 chassis. Watching c2900InfoPeakBuffersUsed relative to c2900InfoTotalBufferDepth over time reveals buffer congestion that could precede packet drops. c2900ConfigBroadcastStormAlarm configuration combined with alarm state can flag a broadcast storm event affecting the switch.

What Can Be Monitored

  • board self-test failure status
  • redundant power supply status
  • buffer utilization
  • MAC address table capacity
  • broadcast storm alarm state
  • board revision/identifier
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
sysName

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using c2900PortAddrSecureAddrViolations OID:

Select a Cisco Catalyst 2900 series switch (legacy) 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 c2900PortAddrSecureAddrViolations into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The number of times a source address seen on this port duplicates a secured address configured on another port, or doesn't match any address secured for this port. 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

Cisco Catalyst 2900 enterprise-specific MIB for switch management, configuration, and monitoring (vendor-private).

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