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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.
Last Updated: 2003-11-10
Category: Cisco Devices, Fibre Channel and Storage
Description: Manages iSNS (Internet Storage Name Service) client registration and server discovery for IP SANs.
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What Is CISCO-ISNS-CLIENT-MIB?
CISCO-ISNS-CLIENT-MIB manages and monitors Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) client functionality on Cisco storage-networking devices, part of Cisco's SAN/storage-networking technology area supporting IP-based storage (iSCSI) discovery. It exposes configuration data about iSNS server profiles used by the client, including server address, port, and profile status. It is used to monitor the software status of the iSNS client's connectivity to its configured discovery servers, verifying that cIsnsClntServerProfileStatus shows an active, correctly bound registration rather than a failed or pending connection to the iSNS server. It is closely tied to the broader iSNS/iSCSI storage-network standards and is often deployed alongside other Cisco storage MIBs covering Fibre Channel or FCIP functionality. It is typically deployed on Cisco MDS-series storage/SAN switches participating in IP-based storage networks, and administrators can download the CISCO-ISNS-CLIENT-MIB file to load it into a MIB browser for these switches.
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Supported Devices
- Cisco MDS-series SAN/storage switches
Monitoring Examples
An operator would poll cIsnsClntServerProfileTable/cIsnsClntServerProfileEntry, keyed by cIsnsClntServerProfileName and cIsnsClntServerIndex, checking cIsnsClntServerProfileAddr, cIsnsClntServerProfileAddrType, and cIsnsClntServerProfilePort to confirm the client is pointed at the correct iSNS server. cIsnsClntServerProfileStatus reveals whether that server profile's row is active, notInService, or otherwise not fully operational. A profile stuck in a non-active status would indicate the switch cannot register with or discover targets from its iSNS server.
What Can Be Monitored
- iSNS server profile address/port
- iSNS server profile status
- client registration state
Imported Objects
From CISCO-SMI
| ciscoMgmt | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From CISCO-TC
| CiscoPort |
From INET-ADDRESS-MIB
| InetAddress | |
| InetAddressType |
From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
| SnmpAdminString |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| MODULE-COMPLIANCE | |
| OBJECT-GROUP |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| Unsigned32 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| RowStatus |
OIDs
RFC description
Monitoring and configuration of Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) client and server profiles for SAN devices.
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