DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

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Organization: Dell Inc

Last Updated: 2014--0-8-

Category: Network Interfaces, Vendor: Dell

Description: Provides extended interface management objects beyond standard IF-MIB for Dell Networking equipment.

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What Is DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-MIB?

DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-MIB is a Dell Networking OS (Force10-heritage) enterprise MIB that supplements the standard IETF IF-MIB with additional interface attributes not covered by the base standard. Its general category is interface configuration and status extension, typically adding things like interface mode, additional operational flags, or Dell-specific port properties. It supports monitoring hardware/software interface status beyond basic ifOperStatus/ifAdminStatus, giving finer-grained visibility into port state and configuration on Dell switches/routers. It explicitly depends on and extends IF-MIB (RFC 2863), and is meaningless without the base interface index/table it augments. Typical deployment is a Dell Networking switch or router where an admin needs interface detail beyond what generic IF-MIB provides. Engineers can download the DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in DELL-NETWORKING-IF-EXTENSION-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

  • Dell Networking (Force10-based) switch/router

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided for this MIB, so specific table/object names cannot be cited; in general such extension MIBs add rows keyed to ifIndex, letting an admin cross-reference an ifIndex from IF-MIB with additional Dell-specific attributes to get a fuller picture of a given port's configuration or status.

Imported Objects

From DELL-NETWORKING-SMI

dellNetMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Extends IF-MIB with Dell Networking OS interface and statistics parameters.

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