CPQEXTERNAL-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: Provides management objects for Compaq/HP external storage enclosures and attached peripherals.

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What Is CPQEXTERNAL-MIB?

CPQEXTERNAL-MIB is a Compaq (later HP) vendor MIB for managing external storage enclosures and other peripherals attached to Compaq/HP servers, part of the broader Compaq Insight Manager/HP Systems Insight Manager MIB family. Although no sample runtime objects were provided in this batch, MIBs of this name and purpose in the Compaq management suite typically expose enclosure identity, drive-bay/slot status, power and cooling status, and connectivity information for external disk arrays or tape/storage enclosures. This class of MIB is centrally about monitoring hardware health of attached peripherals: enclosure presence, drive bay occupancy/fault status, power supply and fan status within the enclosure, complementing the server's own internal health MIBs. It sits within the Compaq/HP enterprise MIB tree and typically depends on or parallels other CPQ* MIBs sharing the same management framework and health-status conventions. It is deployed on Compaq/HP ProLiant servers with attached external storage enclosures (e.g. StorageWorks arrays) in enterprise data-center environments, and this CPQEXTERNAL-MIB guide summarizes the objects typically expected in such a module.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CPQEXTERNAL-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

  • Compaq/HP ProLiant servers with external storage enclosures
  • Compaq StorageWorks-class peripherals

Monitoring Examples

Without concrete sample objects in this batch, specific object names can't be honestly cited; based on its stated purpose, an admin would typically expect this MIB to expose an enclosure/peripheral table reporting presence, drive-bay status, and power/cooling health, where a fault-status entry for a bay or enclosure power supply would indicate a failed external storage component needing replacement.

What Can Be Monitored

  • enclosure presence/identity
  • drive bay/slot status
  • power supply status
  • cooling/fan status
Imported Objects

From CPQHOST-MIB

compaqOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
OIDs

RFC description

Compaq private MIB (CPQ prefix) managing external devices and peripherals connected to enterprise servers.

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