DEVICE-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Coriolis Networks

Last Updated: 2000-07-27

Category: Device Management

Description: Manages general device properties, operational status, and basic configuration for network equipment.

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What Is DEVICE-MIB?

DEVICE-MIB provides chassis-level management information for so-called coriolis boxes, a codename referencing a particular hardware platform, and belongs to that platform's device management MIB family. It exposes general device properties, operational status, and basic configuration objects at the chassis level, forming the hardware status foundation for the device. As a chassis MIB it would be used to monitor core hardware status such as overall device operational state and basic configuration/identity, complementing more detailed environmental or performance MIBs (temperature, power, fan) that may exist alongside it for the same platform. It likely depends on or complements standard MIB-II system-group conventions for basic identity and uptime reporting. It is deployed on the specific coriolis chassis-based network hardware platform, likely within a niche or OEM vendor's product line. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the DEVICE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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

  • "Coriolis" chassis-based network device (vendor/product-specific platform)

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll the chassis-level operational status object to confirm the device is reporting a healthy/operational state, and check basic configuration objects to verify the unit's settings match the expected baseline after a reboot or firmware update. Because this MIB covers general chassis-level info rather than granular sensors, an anomaly here would typically be a change in overall operational status (e.g., from normal to a fault state) prompting deeper investigation via companion hardware-specific MIBs. It forms the base identity layer that other feature-specific MIBs on the same platform build upon.

What Can Be Monitored

  • chassis operational status
  • basic device configuration
  • device identity/properties
Imported Objects

From CORIOLIS-MIB

coriolisMibsOBJECT-IDENTITY
deviceOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Coriolis Networks device chassis-level information and configuration management.

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