DATAFABRIC-MANAGER-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: Network Management, Storage

Description: Manages NetApp DataFabric Manager storage resource monitoring, events, and policy enforcement.

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What Is DATAFABRIC-MANAGER-MIB?

DATAFABRIC-MANAGER-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB for NetApp's DataFabric Manager (DFM), a centralized management application that monitors and administers NetApp storage systems across an enterprise. It exposes data about managed storage resources, events, and policy enforcement rather than a single device's raw hardware counters. Its monitoring value lies in surfacing aggregated hardware/software status across a storage estate: DFM-generated events typically reflect disk failures, volume/aggregate space issues, controller health, and job/task status collected from many managed filers, letting an admin monitor fleet-wide storage health from one interface. It depends conceptually on the underlying NetApp ONTAP/filer MIBs and SNMP data DFM collects from each managed storage controller. It's typically deployed in enterprise data centers as the central SNMP-manageable point for a NetApp storage management server overseeing many filers. Engineers can download the DATAFABRIC-MANAGER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in DATAFABRIC-MANAGER-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

  • NetApp storage systems managed via DataFabric Manager server

Monitoring Examples

Because sample_objects for this MIB were not available, specific table/object names cannot be cited, but a realistic scenario given the description would involve polling an events or alarms table exposed by DFM to see aggregated storage events (e.g., disk failure, low free space) reported from managed filers. An admin would use this to get one central view of storage health rather than querying each NetApp controller individually. Without object definitions, precise column names for policy or resource state cannot be confirmed.

Imported Objects

From NETWORK-APPLIANCE-MIB

netappOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE
OIDs

RFC description

DataFabric Manager vendor-private MIB for defining SNMP traps generated by DataFabric Manager server events; enables trap-based notification but not query-based monitoring.

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