CISCO-DM-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.

Last Updated: 2014-02-25

Category: Cisco Devices, Fibre Channel and Storage

Description: Manages Cisco MDS Domain Manager for Fibre Channel SAN fabrics, tracking domain IDs, principal switch election, and fabric topology.

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What Is CISCO-DM-MIB?

CISCO-DM-MIB is a Cisco Systems proprietary MIB managing the Domain Manager functionality defined by the Fibre Channel FC-SW2 standard, the software component (running on both principal and non-principal switches) that allocates and coordinates Fibre Channel domain IDs across a SAN fabric. Its domain table records configured/assigned domain ID and type, enable state, auto-reconfigure and contiguous-allocation flags, priority (configured and running), a restart action, fabric name, principal/local switch WWN, assigned area-ID list, granted/recovered/free/assigned/reserved FC-ID counts, domain state, principal-switch selection and fabric-reconfiguration counts. As a configuration/status MIB it lets a SAN administrator confirm which switch is the principal switch and watch FC-ID allocation headroom. It is deployed on Cisco MDS/Nexus Fibre Channel SAN switches. Engineers can download the CISCO-DM-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-DM-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 MDS/Nexus Fibre Channel SAN switches

Monitoring Examples

A SAN administrator checks dmFreeFcIds and dmState to confirm a Fibre Channel fabric has enough domain-ID headroom and stable domain state before adding more switches to the SAN.

What Can Be Monitored

  • Fibre Channel domain ID allocation and fabric domain state
Imported Objects

From CISCO-FC-FE-MIB

cffFcFeElementNameOBJECT-TYPE

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-ST-TC

DomainId
DomainIdOrZero
FcAddressId
FcNameId
FcNameIdOrZero

From CISCO-VSAN-MIB

notifyVsanIndexOBJECT-TYPE
vsanIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using dmFcIdsGranted OID:

Select a Cisco MDS/Nexus Fibre Channel SAN switch 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 dmFcIdsGranted 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 total number of FC IDs that are granted (for local use) by the Domain Manager on the local switch since the switch has been initialized. 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 vendor-specific MIB defining distributed management (DM) objects for Cisco device and network management infrastructure.

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