CISCO-DNS-SERVER-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2005-03-01

Category: Cisco Devices, IP and Core Protocols

Description: Manages a Cisco IOS-based DNS server, monitoring zone data, query statistics, and recursive resolution performance.

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What Is CISCO-DNS-SERVER-MIB?

This MIB models a Cisco IOS-based DNS server implementation, covering both configuration and operational statistics for the Domain Name System server function running on a router or switch. It exposes server configuration (recursion setting, uptime, reset time/count, sampling interval) alongside query statistics such as authoritative answers, no-name and no-data responses, referrals, and non-authoritative answers. It is notably used for monitoring both software configuration state (recursion enabled, implementation identity) and operational uptime (cDnsServConfigUpTime, cDnsServConfigResetTime/Reset) of the DNS service, functioning as a service-health and performance-counter MIB for the embedded DNS server. It references RFC 1035 (Domain Name System) as the underlying protocol standard it manages, though the MIB itself is Cisco-specific rather than an IETF standard. It is deployed on Cisco IOS routers/switches configured to act as authoritative or caching DNS servers, typically in branch or enterprise network deployments, where CISCO-DNS-SERVER-MIB SNMP monitoring tracks embedded DNS service uptime and query health.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-DNS-SERVER-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 IOS router/switch running embedded DNS server

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll cDnsServConfigUpTime and cDnsServConfigResetTime to determine how long the DNS service has been running since its last reset, and check cDnsServConfigRecurs to confirm recursive resolution is enabled as expected. Watching cDnsQueryAuthNoNames and cDnsQueryAuthNoDataResps over the cDnsServConfigIntervalSample sampling window can reveal a rise in failed lookups indicating zone misconfiguration, while cDnsQueryReferrals and cDnsQueryNonAuthAnswers show how much traffic is being referred or served from cache versus authoritative zones.

What Can Be Monitored

  • DNS service uptime and reset count
  • recursion configuration
  • authoritative query answers/failures
  • non-authoritative (cached) answers
  • query referrals
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeInterval
TimeStamp

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cDnsQueryAuthAnswers OID:

Select a Cisco IOS router/switch running embedded DNS server 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 cDnsQueryAuthAnswers into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of queries which were authoritatively answered. 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

Manages DNS server implementations, including zone transfers, resource records, statistics, and DNS access control lists.

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