CTATX-MIB :: hwFatalErr

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hwFatalErr

Module: CTATX-MIB

OID (symbolic): CTATX-MIB::hwFatalErr

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2.1.19

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: OCTET STRING

Access: read-only

Description: This is a 32 byte array which contains information about the cause of the module's last unexpected self-reset, since the ES/1 booted.For the Packet Processing Engine and Turbo, this will always be all zeroes, since failure of such a module will cause the ES/1 to reboot. For the other modules, this field either contains all zeroes (if the module has not self-reset), or it contains values according to the format of configFatalErr, with a first byte of either 'Watchdog Timeout' (1) or 'Fatal Error' (3).

What is hwFatalErr?

This read-only OCTET STRING of 32 bytes, always all zeroes for the Packet Processing Engine and Turbo boards since a failure of either instead reboots the whole ES/1, contains information about the cause of a module's last unexpected self-reset since the ES/1 booted. An admin reads this after noticing an IOM module reset unexpectedly, to get diagnostic detail on why. For example, a non-zero hwFatalErr value on an IOM module that silently reset overnight gives the admin a specific fault code to investigate, whereas the same class of failure on the PPE or Turbo would instead have caused a full chassis reboot.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2.1.19
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CTATX-MIB::hwFatalErr

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2.1.19.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CTATX-MIB::hwFatalErr.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (7 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
1.3.6.1.4.1.97sigmaCT-ELS10-27-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3ecs_1CTATX-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1hwCTATX-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2hwSlotTableCTATX-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2.1hwEntryCTATX-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.97.3.1.2.1.19hwFatalErrCTATX-MIB