CISCO-DIST-DIRECTOR-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Category: Cisco Devices, Web and Application Servers

Description: Manages Cisco DistributedDirector intelligent DNS-based load balancing, monitoring request routing decisions and server availability.

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What Is CISCO-DIST-DIRECTOR-MIB?

CISCO-DIST-DIRECTOR-MIB is a Cisco proprietary MIB for Cisco DistributedDirector, an intelligent DNS-based global server load-balancing feature that routes client requests to the best available server based on weighted metrics such as round-trip time or server load. It exposes configuration data for metric profiles (priority and weight per metric) as well as performance counters for total DNS queries and replies and internal queue processing depth. Its monitoring value is centered on software service performance: query/reply counters reveal DNS-redirection throughput, while queue-depth counters reveal whether the director is falling behind processing requests. It relies on standard DNS as its underlying protocol and on conventional SNMP RowStatus semantics to manage metric profile table entries. It was deployed on Cisco DistributedDirector appliances or IOS devices with the DistributedDirector feature, providing multi-site server/content redundancy. Engineers can download the CISCO-DIST-DIRECTOR-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-DIST-DIRECTOR-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 DistributedDirector appliances
  • Cisco IOS devices with the DistributedDirector feature

Monitoring Examples

cddGeneralQueries and cddGeneralReplies let an admin track DNS-based redirection request volume and confirm the director is actively answering. A growing cddGeneralQueueProcess/cddGeneralQueueMetric depth alongside flat cddGeneralReplies would indicate the director is falling behind, and cddGeneralMetricProfTable/cddGeneralMetricProfEntry (with cddGeneralMetricProfPriority and cddGeneralMetricProfWeight) lets an admin audit which metrics drive routing decisions for a given cddGeneralMetricProfId.

What Can Be Monitored

  • DNS query/reply counts
  • queue processing depth
  • metric profile priority/weight configuration
  • number of configured metric profiles
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-TC

CiscoPort

From DNS-SERVER-MIB

DnsName
DnsNameAsIndex
DnsType

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
Gauge
TimeTicks

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-TC-v1

RowStatus
TimeInterval
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Cisco Distributed Director for load distribution and server selection based on availability and client proximity.

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