CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB :: cvsSwitchCapability

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cvsSwitchCapability

Module: CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB

OID (symbolic): CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsSwitchCapability

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.1.3

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: VSSwitchCapability

Access: read-only

Description: The capability of the switch can be. A physical chassis can be a standalone switch in the normal environment or a switch which is part of the virtual switch architecture.

What is cvsSwitchCapability?

This reports what switching architectures a chassis's hardware and software are capable of supporting, whether standalone operation, virtual switch operation, or both. An admin cares because this tells you whether a given chassis is even eligible to be converted into a virtual switch member before attempting a mode change. For example, checking this value before attempting to convert a chassis into virtual switch mode confirms whether the hardware and software combination actually supports that architecture.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.1.3
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsSwitchCapability

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.1.3.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB::cvsSwitchCapability.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> cvsSwitchCapability.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9ciscoCAT2600-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9ciscoMgmtCISCO-SMI
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388ciscoVirtualSwitchMIBCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1ciscoVirtualSwitchMIBObjectsCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.1cvsGlobalObjectsCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.388.1.1.3cvsSwitchCapabilityCISCO-VIRTUAL-SWITCH-MIB