CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2010-04-30

Category: Cisco Devices, Device Management

Description: Manages Cisco Smart Install zero-touch provisioning, image upgrade, and configuration deployment for switches.

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What Is CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-MIB?

CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-MIB manages Cisco Smart Install, a plug-and-play zero-touch provisioning feature that lets a designated "Director" switch or router automatically push images and configuration to newly installed Cisco network devices in a branch network. It belongs to the network-provisioning/zero-touch-deployment technology area and exposes configuration data such as operation mode, the Director's IP address, management VLAN assignments, backup host URL/enable state, and join-window scheduling for new devices joining the network. Its monitoring value is largely operational/software-state: confirming the Smart Install feature and backup mechanism are enabled as expected, and that join-window periods are configured so new client devices can actually be auto-provisioned during the intended maintenance windows. It is a self-contained Cisco feature MIB, though it interacts implicitly with the device's boot/config-file transfer mechanisms (TFTP/HTTP via csiBackupHostUrl). It is typically deployed on a Director switch/router at a central site managing zero-touch deployment of client switches at Cisco enterprise branch offices. Engineers can download the CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-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 Smart Install Director switch/router
  • Cisco branch-office client switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll csiOperationMode and csiDirectorIpAddress to confirm the Director role is active and reachable, and check csiBackupEnable/csiBackupHostUrl to verify configuration backups are actually being written. Checking csiJoinWindowPeriodTable and csiJoinWindowConfigOperationMode would reveal whether a scheduled join window for new client devices is currently open or has been misconfigured, which would explain why a newly racked branch switch failed to auto-provision.

What Can Be Monitored

  • operation mode (Director/client)
  • backup host URL and enable state
  • management VLAN assignment
  • join window schedule/status
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-TC

Cisco2KVlanList
CiscoURLStringOrEmpty
TimeIntervalMin

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
RowStatus
StorageType
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Cisco vendor-private MIB; manages Smart Install feature for zero-touch provisioning and configuration auto-distribution on Cisco network devices.

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