CISCO-SCSI-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.

Last Updated: 2002-12-31

Category: Cisco Devices, Fibre Channel and Storage

Description: Monitors SCSI protocol operations and statistics on Cisco MDS SAN switches for storage area network management.

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What Is CISCO-SCSI-MIB?

CISCO-SCSI-MIB is Cisco's implementation of an IETF draft SCSI MIB, used on Cisco MDS storage-area-network (SAN) switches to monitor SCSI protocol operations and statistics for Fibre Channel/SAN environments. It belongs to the storage networking/SAN technology area. It exposes data on SCSI transport types, general SCSI protocol objects, and initiator-related configuration/statistics, alongside notification objects for SCSI-related events. CISCO-SCSI-MIB SNMP monitoring supports tracking of software/protocol status via SCSI initiator activity and transport-layer behavior, letting a SAN administrator detect abnormal SCSI command patterns, transport errors, or initiator connectivity problems on the switch fabric. It depends on and implements a draft IETF specification (draft-ietf-ips-scsi-mib-03.txt) adapted into Cisco's private enterprise MIB tree, deployed alongside Cisco's broader Fibre Channel/SAN MIB suite. It is used in enterprise/data-center SAN environments running Cisco MDS series storage switches.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-SCSI-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 9706 — modular multilayer SAN director, 64-Gbps Fibre Channel-ready, actively maintained under NX-OS releases through 2026
  • Cisco MDS 9000 Series 64-Gbps Fabric Switches — current fixed-configuration SAN fabric switches

Monitoring Examples

A SAN administrator would poll ciscoScsiGeneral for overall SCSI protocol statistics and ciscoScsiInitiator to check per-initiator activity, watching for a drop in successful command counts that would indicate a failing host bus adapter or cabling issue. ciscoScsiTransportTypes would be checked to confirm which transport, such as Fibre Channel, is in use for a given SCSI session. Subscribing to ciscoScsiNotification traps would alert the administrator to SCSI-layer faults in near real time, complementing the polled counters under ciscoScsiObjects.

What Can Be Monitored

  • SCSI initiator statistics
  • SCSI transport type in use
  • SCSI protocol error counts
  • SCSI fault notifications
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoExperimentOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

AutonomousType
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Manages SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) devices, targets, initiators, and ports on Cisco storage systems.

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