CISCO-SMI

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2009-02-03

Category: Cisco Devices

Description: Defines the top-level Structure of Management Information (SMI) for Cisco enterprise MIBs, providing the root OID hierarchy from which other Cisco MIBs branch.

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What Is CISCO-SMI?

CISCO-SMI is Cisco's enterprise root Structure of Management Information module, defining the top-level OID hierarchy (the cisco enterprises arc) from which all other Cisco-specific MIB modules branch, including legacy party- and context-based proxy definitions dating from early SNMPv2 party-based security experiments. It does not itself instrument interface counters, environment sensors, performance data, or configuration state; it is purely a namespace and structural definitions module. Consequently it has no direct role in monitoring hardware or software status on a device — its objects like ciscoPartyProxy, ciscoContextProxy, and ciscoTDomains are largely historical/structural remnants rather than live operational data most modern devices populate. Nearly every Cisco-specific MIB module (covering environment, process, and memory monitoring, among hundreds of others) depends on the OID tree this module establishes to register its own objects underneath. It is present as a foundational, always-loaded dependency on any Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR, or NX-OS device that exposes Cisco enterprise MIBs, and administrators researching the cisco smi mib structure should understand it is loaded for namespace purposes rather than being polled directly for meaningful data.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-SMI. 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 Catalyst 9300X (2024) — access-layer campus switch, current flagship in the Catalyst 9000X family
Cisco Catalyst 9500X (2024) — high-capacity core/aggregation switch

Monitoring Examples

This module is primarily a structural/definitions module — its listed objects (ciscoPartyProxy, ciscoContextProxy, ciscoTDomains) relate to legacy SNMPv2p party-based proxy configuration rather than current operational telemetry, so there is little realistic live-monitoring value in polling them on a modern device. The practical value of CISCO-SMI is that it defines the cisco OID root under which real hardware/software monitoring MIBs register their tables. An admin would not poll CISCO-SMI objects themselves but would rely on its OID tree being loaded correctly so those dependent MIBs resolve.

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-IDENTITY
enterprises

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Description
cisco	1.3.6.1.4.1.9	The Structure of Management Information for the Cisco enterprise.
cisco2505RptrGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2.2	The authoritative identity of the Cisco 2505 repeater port group.
cisco2507RptrGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2.3	The authoritative identity of the Cisco 2507 repeater port group.
cisco2516RptrGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2.4	The authoritative identity of the Cisco 2516 repeater port group.
ciscoAdmin	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11	ciscoAdmin is reserved for administratively assigned OBJECT IDENTIFIERS, i.e. those not associated with MIB objects
ciscoAgentCapability	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.7	ciscoAgentCapability provides a root object identifier from which AGENT-CAPABILITIES values may be assigned.
ciscoChipSets	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.3	Numerous media-specific MIBS have an object, defined as an OBJECT IDENTIFIER, which is the identity of the chipset realizing the interface. Cisco-specific chipsets have their OBJECT IDENTIFIERS assigned under this subtree.
ciscoChipSetSaint1	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.3.1	The identity of the Rev 1 SAINT ethernet chipset manufactured for cisco by LSI Logic.
ciscoChipSetSaint2	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.3.2	The identity of the Rev 2 SAINT ethernet chipset manufactured for cisco by LSI Logic.
ciscoChipSetSaint3	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.3.3	The identity of the Rev 3 SAINT ethernet chipset manufactured for cisco by Plessey.
ciscoChipSetSaint4	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.3.4	The identity of the Rev 4 SAINT ethernet chipset manufactured for cisco by Mitsubishi.
ciscoCIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.20	ciscoCIB is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for assignment to MIB modules describing managed objects that part of the CPE automatic configuration framework.
ciscoCibMmiGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.20.1	ciscoCibMmiGroup is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for assignment to MIB modules describing managed objects supporting the Modem Management Interface (MMI), the interface that facilitates CPE automatic configuration.
ciscoCibProvGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.20.2	ciscoCibStoreGroup is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for assignment to MIB modules describing managed objects contributing to the Configuration Information Base (CIB).
ciscoConfig	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.8	ciscoConfig is the main subtree for configuration mibs.
ciscoContextProxy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.1.2
ciscoDomains	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19	ciscoDomains provides a root object identifier from which different transport mapping values may be assigned.
ciscoExperiment	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10	ciscoExperiment provides a root object identifier from which experimental mibs may be temporarily based. mibs are typicially based here if they fall in one of two categories 1) are IETF work-in-process mibs which have not been assigned a permanent object identifier by the IANA. 2) are cisco work-in-process which has not been assigned a permanent object identifier by the cisco assigned number authority, typicially because the mib is not ready for deployment. NOTE WELL: support for mibs in the ciscoExperiment subtree will be deleted when a permanent object identifier assignment is made.
ciscoMgmt	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9	ciscoMgmt is the main subtree for new mib development.
ciscoModules	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12	ciscoModules provides a root object identifier from which MODULE-IDENTITY values may be assigned.
ciscoPartnerProducts	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.16	ciscoPartnerProducts is the root OBJECT IDENTIFIER from which partner sysObjectID values may be assigned. Such sysObjectID values are composed of the ciscoPartnerProducts prefix, followed by a single identifier that is unique for each partner, followed by the value of sysObjectID of the Cisco product from which partner product is derived. Note that the chassisPartner MIB object defines the value of the identifier assigned to each partner.
ciscoPartyProxy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.1.1
ciscoPIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.17.2	ciscoPIB is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for assignment to PIB (Policy Information Base) modules.
ciscoPibToMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.18.2	ciscoPibToMib is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for MIBs which are algorithmically generated/translated from Cisco PIBs with OIDs assigned under the ciscoPIB subtree. These generated MIBs allow management entities (other the current Policy Server) to read the downloaded policy. By convention, for PIB 'ciscoPIB.x', the generated MIB shall have the name 'ciscoPibToMib.x'.
ciscoPKI	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.21	ciscoPKI is the root of cisco-assigned OID subtree for PKI Certificate Policies and Certificate Extensions.
ciscoPolicy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.17	ciscoPolicy is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for use with Policy Management.
ciscoPolicyAuto	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.18	ciscoPolicyAuto is the root of the Cisco-assigned OID subtree for OIDs which are automatically assigned for use in Policy Management.
ciscoProducts	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1	ciscoProducts is the root OBJECT IDENTIFIER from which sysObjectID values are assigned. Actual values are defined in CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB.
ciscoProxy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.1	ciscoProxy OBJECT IDENTIFIERS are used to uniquely name party mib records created to proxy for SNMPv1.
ciscoRptrGroupObjectID	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2	ciscoRptrGroupObjectID OBJECT IDENTIFIERS are used to uniquely identify groups of repeater ports for use by the SNMP-REPEATER-MIB (RFC 1516) rptrGroupObjectID object.
ciscoSB	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1	ciscoSB provides root Object Identifier for Management Information Base for products of Cisco Small Business. This includes products rebranded from linksys aquisition. MIB numbers under this root are managed and controlled by ciscosb_mib@cisco.com.
ciscoTDomainClns	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.6	The CLNS transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressOSI.
ciscoTDomainCons	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.7	The CONS transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressOSI.
ciscoTDomainDdp	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.8	The DDP transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressNBP.
ciscoTDomainIpx	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.9	The IPX transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPX.
ciscoTDomainLocal	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.5	The Posix Local IPC transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressLocal. The Posix Local IPC transport domain incorporates the well known UNIX domain sockets.
ciscoTDomains	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999
ciscoTDomainSctpIpv4	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.10	The SCTP over IPv4 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv4.
ciscoTDomainSctpIpv6	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.11	The SCTP over IPv6 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv6 for global IPv6 addresses and CiscoTAddressIPv6s for scoped IPv6 addresses.
ciscoTDomainTcpIpv4	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.3	The TCP over IPv4 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv4.
ciscoTDomainTcpIpv6	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.4	The TCP over IPv6 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv6 for global IPv6 addresses and CiscoTAddressIPv6s for scoped IPv6 addresses.
ciscoTDomainUdpIpv4	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.1	The UDP over IPv4 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv4.
ciscoTDomainUdpIpv6	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.19.99999.2	The UDP over IPv6 transport domain. The corresponding transport address is of type CiscoTAddressIPv6 for global IPv6 addresses and CiscoTAddressIPv6s for scoped IPv6 addresses.
ciscoUnknownRptrGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2.1	The identity of an unknown repeater port group.
ciscoworks	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.14	ciscoworks provides a root object identifier beneath which mibs applicable to the CiscoWorks family of network management products are defined.
ciscoWsx5020RptrGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.11.2.5	The authoritative identity of the wsx5020 repeater port group.
lightstream	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.13	subtree reserved for use by Lightstream
local	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2	Subtree beneath which pre-10.2 MIBS were built.
newport	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.15	subtree reserved for use by the former Newport Systems Solutions, now a portion of the Access Business Unit.
otherEnterprises	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6	otherEnterprises provides a root object identifier from which mibs produced by other companies may be placed. mibs produced by other enterprises are typicially implemented with the object identifiers as defined in the mib, but if the mib is deemed to be uncontrolled, we may reroot the mib at this subtree in order to have a controlled version.
pakmon	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.4	reserved for pakmon
temporary	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.3	Subtree beneath which pre-10.2 experiments were placed.
workgroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5	subtree reserved for use by the Workgroup Business Unit

RFC description

Defines the Cisco enterprise OID root (1.3.6.1.4.1.9) and provides the vendor-specific structure for all Cisco MIB modules.

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