CISCO-VDC-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2016-11-03

Category: Cisco Devices, Device Management

Description: Manages Virtual Device Context (VDC) creation, resource allocation, and operational state on Cisco Nexus switches.

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What Is CISCO-VDC-MIB?

CISCO-VDC-MIB is a Cisco enterprise MIB for managing Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs), a Nexus-series feature that partitions a single physical switch into multiple logical virtual switches for management separation without additional hardware. It exposes configuration and operational-state data for each VDC, including VDC identity, name, MAC address, FCoE capability, and state, as well as system-wide limits like the maximum number of VDCs allowed. Its monitoring role covers both configuration and operational hardware status: ciscoVdcState reveals whether a given virtual device context is up, down, or in a transitional/failed state, which is critical for detecting a VDC that has failed to boot or has lost high-availability synchronization. It is closely tied to Cisco Nexus platform concepts and typically used alongside standard entity/chassis MIBs describing the underlying physical hardware. It is deployed on Cisco Nexus switches configured with multiple virtual device contexts for multi-tenant or departmental separation, and administrators typically perform a CISCO-VDC-MIB download from Cisco to compile it alongside standard entity/chassis MIBs.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-VDC-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 Nexus switches

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll ciscoVdcTable/ciscoVdcEntry, reading ciscoVdcState for each ciscoVdcId/ciscoVdcName to confirm all configured VDCs are operationally up. A VDC unexpectedly reporting a non-active ciscoVdcState would indicate a failed VDC boot, a resource allocation problem, or an HA switchover issue affecting that logical switch. Checking ciscoVdcMaxNumberVdcAllowed against the count of rows in ciscoVdcTable helps confirm the switch has capacity for additional VDCs before provisioning new ones, and ciscoVdcFcoeCapable indicates whether a given VDC supports FCoE storage traffic.

What Can Be Monitored

VDC operational state
VDC identity, name, and MAC address
FCoE capability per VDC
maximum VDCs allowed vs. configured

Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmt

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-TC

Cisco2KVlanList

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
RowStatus
StorageType
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using ciscoVdcReloadCount OID:

Select a Cisco Nexus switch (Virtual Device Contexts) 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 ciscoVdcReloadCount into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. This object indicates the number of times a particular VDC has been reloaded. 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 Gauge32-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

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
INT ciscoVdcAdminStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.10	INTEGER	read-write	This object indicates the administrative status of the VDC. active -- the VDC will be put into active state. suspended -- the VDC will be put into paused state. When the suspended VDC is bening resumed, it will come up with its startup configuration.
U32 ciscoVdcBootOrder	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-write	This object specifies the boot order value for this particular VDC. The VDCs with the lowest boot order will boot first.
T/F ciscoVdcCombinedHostnameEnabled	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.2.2	TruthValue	read-write	This object specifies whether the combined hostname functionality is enabled or not. When the combined hostname functionality is enabled, the hostname of non-default VDCs will be -.
I32 ciscoVdcCpuPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.15	Integer32	read-write	This object specifies the CPU priority/share for a particular VDC. A value of -1 means this information is not available.
CIS ciscoVdcCpuSharePercent	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.16	CiscoVdcPercentOrMinusOne	read-only	This object indicates the CPU share percentage for a particular VDC.
CIS ciscoVdcDualSupHaPolicy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.2	CiscoVdcHaPolicy	read-write	This object specifies the High Availability policy of a particular VDC when both the active supervisor and standby supervisor are present on the device.
ciscoVdcEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1		not-accessible	An entry representing the information pertaining to a virtual device instance. A peer SNMP entity may create a virtual device instance by setting an instance of ciscoVdcRowStatus to 'createAndWait' or 'createAndGo'. Observe that an implementation that does not support these options must specify these limitations in an agent capabilities statement. Other management entities (e.g., the local console) may perform actions resulting in the creation of a virtual device instance. In these cases, the system must automatically create a row in the ciscoVdcTable. A peer SNMP entity may destroy a virtual device instance by setting the corresponding instance of ciscoVdcRowStatus to 'destroy'. Observe that an implementation that does not support this option must specify this limitation in an agent capabilities statement. Other management entities may perform actions resulting in the destruction of a virtual device instance. In these cases, the system must automatically destroy the corresponding row in the ciscoVdcTable.
ciscoVdcExt	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3
ciscoVdcExtEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1		not-accessible	Each row contains additional information of a VDC instance.
ciscoVdcExtGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.2			This group contains the additional objects describing virtual device instances.
ciscoVdcExtTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1		not-accessible	This table contains additional information of a VDC instance. There will be an entry for each VDC instance created in the system.
INT ciscoVdcFcoeCapable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	This object indicates the FCoE capabilities of the virtual device.
ciscoVdcFCoEVlansEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.2.1		not-accessible	A conceptual row containing information regarding allocation of VLANs that can be used for FCoE.
CIS ciscoVdcFCoEVlansFirst2K	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.2.1.1	Cisco2KVlanList	read-write	A string of octets containing one bit per VLAN for VLANs 0 to 2047 that are reserved for FCoE. If the bit corresponding to a VLAN is set to '1', then the VLAN is reserved for FCoE. If the bit is set to '0', then the VLAN is not reserved for FCoE
U32 ciscoVdcFCoEVlansFromVdc	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.2.1.3	Unsigned32	read-write	This object specifies which VDCs are going to share ports with the storage VDC.
ciscoVdcFCoEVlansGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.8			This group contains the objects regarding allocation of VLANs that can be used for FCoE.
CIS ciscoVdcFCoEVlansSecond2K	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.2.1.2	Cisco2KVlanList	read-write	A string of octets containing one bit per VLAN for VLANs 2048 to 4095 that are reserved for FCoE. If the bit corresponding to a VLAN is set to '1', then the VLAN is reserved for FCoE. If the bit is set to '0', then the VLAN is not reserved for FCoE
ciscoVdcFCoEVlansTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.2		not-accessible	This table contains information regarding allocation of VLANs that can be used for FCoE.
BIT ciscoVdcFeatureSetList	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.12	Bits	read-write	This object specifies whether a specified feature set is enabled for a VDC. If a bit corresponding to a feature set is set to 1, then the specified feature set is enabled. fcoe -- fiber channel over ethernet feature set. fabricPath -- fabric path feature set. fex -- fabric extender feature set. mpls -- multiprotocol label switching feature set. ethernet -- ethernet feature set. virtualization -- virtual machine feature set. fabric -- fabric feature set. fcoeNpv -- fcoe Edge N-Port virtualizer feature set.
INT ciscoVdcFromUnallocatedIntf	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.11	INTEGER	read-write	This object specifies the way that interfaces are allocated from the unallocated interface pool. When the value of this object is set to 'allocate', interfaces in the unallocated interface pool will be allocated to a particular VDC on a best-efforts basis. This object always has the value 'noOp' when read.
ciscoVdcGlobal	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.2
ciscoVdcGlobalGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.6			This group contains the objets regarding global information for VDC.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResAvail	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are available to be allocated.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResFree	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that still remain to be used.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResID	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	A unique value, greater than zero, that uniquely identifies a type of resource.
STR ciscoVdcGlobalResName	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.2	SnmpAdminString	read-only	This object indicates the name of the resource on the device.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResTotal	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.7	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the total number of a particular resource.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResUnused	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are reserved, and currently not in use.
ciscoVdcGlobalResUsageEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1		not-accessible	Each row contains information regarding global usage and utilization for a particular resource.
ciscoVdcGlobalResUsageGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.3			This group contains the objects regarding global resource usage and utilization on the device.
ciscoVdcGlobalResUsageTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1		not-accessible	This table contains information regarding global resource usage and utilization on the device.
U32 ciscoVdcGlobalResUsed	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are currently in use.
ciscoVdcGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.1			This group contains the objects describing virtual device instances.
U32 ciscoVdcId	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	This object indicates an arbitrary integer-value that uniquely identifies a virtual device instance.
ciscoVdcIfMembershipEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.1.1		not-accessible	A conceptual row containing information about VDC interface membership.
ciscoVdcIfMembershipGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.7			This group contains the object about VDC interface membership.
NUM ciscoVdcIfMembershipifIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	not-accessible	ifIndex of the interface membership of this VDC.
ROW ciscoVdcIfMembershipStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.1.1.3	RowStatus	read-create	This object specifies the row status of a conceptual row in this table.
STO ciscoVdcIfMembershipStorageType	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.1.1.2	StorageType	read-create	This object specifies the storage type of a conceptual row in this table.
ciscoVdcIfMembershipTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.1		not-accessible	This table contains information about VDC interface membership.
ciscoVdcInterface	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5
MAC ciscoVdcMac	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.5	MacAddress	read-only	This object indicates the router MAC address of the virtual device.
I32 ciscoVdcMaxNumberVdcAllowed	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.2.1	Integer32	read-only	This object indicates the maximum number of VDC instances that can be created in the device.
ciscoVdcMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774			This MIB module defines the objects that describes virtual devices. VDCs are a feature of Nexus series switches from Cisco Systems that allow users to create virtual switches and partition the physical hardware across said virtual switches. This is commonly used to provide management separation without the extra overhead of additional physical hardware. Glossary of the terms used in this MIB: VDC - Virtual Device Context HA - High Availability
ciscoVdcMIBCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.1.1			This compliance statement specifies the minimal requirements an implementation must meet in order to claim full compliance with the definition of the CISCO-VDC-MIB.
ciscoVdcMIBCompliance1	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.1.2			This compliance statement specifies the minimal requirements an implementation must meet in order to claim full compliance with the definition of the CISCO-VDC-MIB.
ciscoVdcMIBCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.1
ciscoVdcMIBConform	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2
ciscoVdcMIBGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2
ciscoVdcMIBNotifs	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.0
ciscoVdcMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1
BIT ciscoVdcModuleCapList	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.14	Bits	read-write	This object specifies type of modules which are allowed in this VDC. If a bit corresponding to a module type is set to 1, then the specified module type is allowed in the VDC. m1 -- M1 series modules. f1 -- F1 series modules. m1xl -- M1XL series modules. f2 -- F2 series modules. m2xl -- M2XL series modules fc -- Fiber Channel modules f2e -- F2E series modules f3 -- F3 series modules. m3 -- M3 series modules.
STR ciscoVdcName	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.2	SnmpAdminString	read-write	The human-readable name of the VDC instance. This name uniquely identifies the VDC instance in the system.
G32 ciscoVdcReloadCountEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.5	Gauge32	read-only	This object indicates the number of times a particular VDC has been reloaded.
U32 ciscoVdcResAvail	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are available to be allocated for a particular VDC.
U32 ciscoVdcResID	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	A unique value, greater than zero, that uniquely identifies a type of resource.
U32 ciscoVdcResMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.3	Unsigned32	read-write	This object specifies the maximum number of instances of a particular resource that allow to be allocated to a particular VDC.
U32 ciscoVdcResMin	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.2	Unsigned32	read-write	This object specifies the minimum number of instances of a particular resource that needs to be allocated to a particular VDC.
ciscoVdcResource	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4
STR ciscoVdcResourceTemplate	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.13	SnmpAdminString	read-write	This object specifies the name of the resource template of the VDC.
G32 ciscoVdcRestartCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.6	Gauge32	read-only	This object indicates the number of times a VDC identified by ciscoVdcId has been restarted.
STR ciscoVdcRestartReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.8	SnmpAdminString	read-only	This object indicates the reason of the most recent restart of the VDC.
DAT ciscoVdcRestartTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.7	DateAndTime	read-only	This object indicates the most recent restart time of the VDC instance. This object contains value 0x0000010100000000 when the corresponding instance value of ciscoVdcRestartCount is '0'.
ciscoVdcResTemplateEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1		not-accessible	Each row contains information regarding the allocation of a particluar resource for a particular VDC resource template.
ciscoVdcResTemplateGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.5			This group contains the objects regarding the resource allocation information for VDC resource template.
U32 ciscoVdcResTemplateMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.4	Unsigned32	read-create	This object specifies the maximum number of instances of a particular resource that are allocated to this VDC template.
U32 ciscoVdcResTemplateMin	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.3	Unsigned32	read-create	This object specified the minimum number of instances of a particular resource that are allocated to this VDC template.
STR ciscoVdcResTemplateName	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.1	SnmpAdminString	not-accessible	This object indicates the name of the resource template.
U32 ciscoVdcResTemplateResID	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.2	Unsigned32	not-accessible	A unique value, greater than zero, that can identify a type of resource.
ROW ciscoVdcResTemplateStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.6	RowStatus	read-create	This object specifies the status of a conceptual row in this table.All writable objects in this row may be modified at any time.
STO ciscoVdcResTemplateStorageType	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3.1.5	StorageType	read-create	This object specifies the storage type of a conceptual row in this table.
ciscoVdcResTemplateTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.3		not-accessible	This table contains information regarding the resource allocation for VDC resource template.
U32 ciscoVdcResUnused	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are reserved, and currently not in use for a particular VDC.
ciscoVdcResUsageEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1		not-accessible	Each row contains information regarding the usage and utilization of a particular resource for a particular VDC.
ciscoVdcResUsageGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.4			This group contains the objects regarding resource usage and utilization for a particular VDC.
ciscoVdcResUsageTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2		not-accessible	This table contains information regarding resource usage and utilization for a particular VDC.
U32 ciscoVdcResUsed	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.4.2.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	This object indicates the number of instances of a particular resource that are currently in use for a particular VDC.
ROW ciscoVdcRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.7	RowStatus	read-write	This object is used to create, modify, and/or delete a row in this table. In particular, a newly created row cannot be made active until the ciscoVdcName value is set. ciscoVdcName may not be modified while the value of this object is active(1). An attempt to set ciscoVdcName while the value of RowStatus is active(1) will result in an inconsistentValue error. Agent may delete any virtual device which has ciscoVdcState of active(1) and ciscoVdcRowStatus of Active.
ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.3.1		not-accessible	A conceptual row containing information about VDC shared interface membership.
ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.2.2.9			This group contains object about VDC interface shared membership.
NUM ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceifIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.3.1.1	InterfaceIndex	not-accessible	A unique value, greater than zero, for each interface.
ROW ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.3.1.3	RowStatus	read-create	This object specifies the row status of a conceptual row in this table.
STO ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceStorageType	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.3.1.2	StorageType	read-create	This object specifies the storage type of a conceptual row in this table
ciscoVdcSharedInterfaceTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.5.3		not-accessible	This table contains information about VDC shared interface membership.
CIS ciscoVdcSingleSupHaPolicy	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.1	CiscoVdcHaPolicy	read-write	This object specifies the High Availability policy of a particular VDC when there is only one supervisor on the device.
INT ciscoVdcState	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	This object indicates the current operational state of the virtual device.
STO ciscoVdcStorageType	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.8	StorageType	read-only	This object specifies the storage type for this conceptual row. The following columnar objects are allowed to be writable when the storageType of this conceptual row is permanent(4): none
MAC ciscoVdcSwitchId	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1.1.6	MacAddress	read-only	This object indicates the MAC address of the device where the virtual device instance is created.
ciscoVdcTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.1		not-accessible	This table contains entries representing a VDC instance. There will be an entry for each VDC instance created in the system.
DAT ciscoVdcTimeCreated	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.4	DateAndTime	read-only	This object indicates the time at which a particular VDC was created.
INT ciscoVdcType	1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.774.1.3.1.1.9	INTEGER	read-write	This object specifies the type of the VDC.

RFC description

Manages Cisco Nexus Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs) which partition physical hardware into virtual switches.

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