DMTF-DMI-MIB

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Organization: DMTF SNMP/DMI Mapping Working Committee

Last Updated: 1997-10-22

Category: Vendor: DMTF

Description: Implements the DMTF Desktop Management Interface (DMI) MIB for managing desktop and server hardware components.

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What Is DMTF-DMI-MIB?

DMTF-DMI-MIB implements the Desktop Management Task Force's Desktop Management Interface (DMI) as an SNMP-mapped MIB, providing a standardized way to access DMI-instrumented component information on desktop and server systems. It exposes class and attribute metadata for installed hardware and software components, including textual conventions and tables that mirror the DMI MI List Commands used to enumerate a system's manageable groups. Monitoring-wise, it is used to inventory and check the status of hardware components (via dmiClassTable/dmiAttributeTable entries) and software instrumentation registered with the DMI/SNMP mapping agent, effectively surfacing component presence, version, and identification data that would flag a missing or misconfigured hardware module. It serves as a bridging framework — the DMTF-DMI-MIB SNMP mapping lets conventional network management stations query DMI Service Provider data using standard SNMP requests, and MIBs generated via MIF-to-MIB mapping import its textual conventions, giving it a direct dependency relationship with vendor-specific DMI component MIBs built on top of it. It is typically deployed on desktop and server systems running a DMI Service Provider paired with an SNMP/DMI mapping agent for centralized hardware/software asset and health management.

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Supported Devices

desktop PCs and servers with DMI instrumentation
vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB (DMTF), not tied to one manufacturer

Monitoring Examples

An admin would walk dmiClassTable/dmiClassEntry to enumerate registered DMI component classes by dmiClassIndex, reading dmiClassName, dmiClassOID, and dmiClassVersion to confirm which hardware or software groups are instrumented on the system. Cross-referencing dmiAttributeTable entries against a known-good baseline reveals whether a component's version or key attributes have changed unexpectedly, which can indicate an unauthorized hardware swap or driver/firmware mismatch. The dmiClassDescrLength and dmiClassPragma fields support parsing vendor-specific extensions for deeper component diagnostics.

What Can Be Monitored

registered DMI component classes
component name/version/OID
installed hardware/software groups
attribute table entries per class
DMI mapping agent inventory

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
DMI dmiAttrAccess	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.3	DmiAccess	read-only	The value of the 'access' statement from the attribute definition. This value defines how the attribute may be accessed.
INT dmiAttrDescrLength	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The total length (in octets) of the 'description string' from the 'description' statement in the group definition. This string can be retrieved in segments from the dmiDescrTable
INT dmiAttrEnumListCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The number of name-value pairs in any associated enumeration list. Zero if not an enumerated integer.
dmiAttributeEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1		not-accessible	The meta-data defining a particular DMI attribute.
dmiAttributeTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2		not-accessible	A table listing all the meta-data for all attributes of each registered group class.
U32 dmiAttrId	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	The value of the 'id' statement from the attribute definition. This value uniquely identifies this attribute within the group.
INT dmiAttrMaxSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	For string types, this value specifies the maximum number of octets that may be contained in the string. Zero implies no limit specified (or a non-string datatype).
STR dmiAttrName	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.2	DmiString	read-only	The value of the 'name' statement from the attribute definition. This name is normally used for display to human users.
DMI dmiAttrType	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.2.1.4	DmiType	read-only	This is the value of the 'type' statement from the attribute definition. This value specifies the datatype of the attribute.
INT dmiClassDescrLength	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The total length (in octets) of the 'description string' from the 'description' statement in the group definition. This string can be retrieved in segments from the dmiDescrTable
dmiClassEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	The meta-data defining a particular group class. If multiple versions of a particular group class are registered with the Service Layer, the data in this entry shall pertain to the highest version.
dmiClasses	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1
dmiClassesGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.2.1			A collection of objects that describe all group classes registered with the Service Layer.
U32 dmiClassIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	A unique value for each group class known to the mapping agent for this managed node. The value for each class must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of the mapping agent to the next re-initialization. This value is NOT necessarily equal to the Group ID assigned within a given Component by the DMI Service Layer.
INT dmiClassKeyCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The number attributes that comprise a key for this group; zero if no 'key' statement appeared in the group definition. The ordered list of attribute Id's that comprise the key can be obtained from the dmiKeyTable
STR dmiClassName	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.4	DmiString	read-only	The 'group name' from the 'name' statement in the group definition.
OID dmiClassOID	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.5	OBJECT IDENTIFIER	read-only	The OBJECT IDENTIFIER of the conceptual table representing the group in an SNMP MIB. Attributes of the group may be accessed as columnar objects of this table, indexed according to the rules specified in RFC-nnnn.
STR dmiClassPragma	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.8	DmiString	read-only	The 'group name' from the 'name' statement in the group definition.
STR dmiClassString	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.2	DmiString	read-only	The 'class string' assigned to the group in the 'class' statement.
dmiClassTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	The MIF definitions for all group classes known to the Service Layer.
INT dmiClassVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The version number of the group definition providing it appeared as an integer in the 'class string'; zero otherwise.
dmiCompDescrEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.2.1		not-accessible	An entry in the description table contains one segment of a component description. The complete description string can be reconstituted by concatenating the ordered set of string segments. The length of the complete string is available through the dmiComponentTable.
INT dmiCompDescrIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	An ordinal that indicates this segment's relative position in the complete description string for this attribute or group.
INT dmiCompDescrLength	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The total length of the component description string in octets.
dmiCompDescrTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.2		not-accessible	A table of description string segments. This table allows long description strings to be retrieved in segments. A complete description string can be reconstituted by concatenating the ordered set of string segments. The length of the complete string is available through the dmiComponentTable.
STR dmiCompDescrText	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.2.1.2	DmiString	read-only	A segment of the description string for this attribute or group.
INT dmiCompGroupCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The number of group instances contained within this component.
U32 dmiCompId	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	The unique Id assigned to the component by the Service Layer at registration time. By convention, the Service Layer itself will have an Id of one.
STR dmiCompName	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1.2	DmiString	read-only	The value of the 'name' statement from the component definition block.
NTF dmiComponentAddedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.2			A new component has been installed into the DMI Service Layer.
NTF dmiComponentDeletedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.3			An installed component has been uninstalled from the DMI Service Layer.
dmiComponentEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	An entry in this table describes a particular component registered with the Service Layer
dmiComponents	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2
dmiComponentsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.2.2			A collection of objects that describe all components registered with the Service Layer.
dmiComponentTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1		not-accessible	A list of all components registered with the Service Layer.
STR dmiCompPragma	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.1.1.5	DmiString	read-only	The value of the 'pragama' statement from the component definition block.
dmiDescrEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.4.1		not-accessible	An entry in the description table contains one segment of an attribute or group description. The complete description string can be reconstituted by concatenating the ordered set of string segments. The length of the complete string is available through the dmiClassTable or dmiAttributeTable as appropriate. The description string for the group definition is accessed by specifying dmiAttrId==0
INT dmiDescrIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.4.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	An ordinal that indicates this segment's relative position in the complete description string for this attribute or group.
dmiDescrTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.4		not-accessible	A table of description string segments. This table allows long description strings to be retrieved in segments. A complete description string can be reconstituted by concatenating the ordered set of string segments. The length of the complete string is available through the dmiClassTable or dmiAttributeTable as appropriate.
STR dmiDescrText	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.4.1.2	DmiString	read-only	A segment of the description string for this attribute or group.
dmiEnumEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.5.1		not-accessible	An entry in this table defines the pairing of a string with an integer value as part of an 'Enum' definition.
U32 dmiEnumId	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.5.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	A unique value for each entry within a particular 'Enum' definition.
STR dmiEnumString	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.5.1.3	DmiString	read-only	The displayable string that is associated with the corresponding integer value (dmiEnumValue)
dmiEnumTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.5		not-accessible	A table defining all enumerated lists known to the Service Layer.
I32 dmiEnumValue	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.5.1.2	Integer32	read-only	The integer value that is associated with the corresponding string (dmiEnumString).
STR dmiEventAssociatedGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.5	DmiString	accessible-for-notify	The class string of the DMI group associated with this event.
STR dmiEventClassString	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.13	DmiString	accessible-for-notify	The Event Group class string used, along with the event type, to uniquely identify the DMI Event when translated into the general dmiEventIndication trap format.
DMI dmiEventDateTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.12	DmiDate	accessible-for-notify	The timestamp attached to an event indication by the DMI Service Layer.
NTF dmiEventIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.1			A DMI Event associated with a group within a DMI component has occurred. Normally, DMI Events are translated into event specific SNMP notifications instead of this generic notification. However, this generic notification is defined for cases when mapping the DMI event to a specific SNMP trap is not possible (e.g., the DMI Class to SNMP OID mapping is not defined).
INT dmiEventSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.2	INTEGER	accessible-for-notify	The severity of this event.
I32 dmiEventSolution	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.8	Integer32	accessible-for-notify	Event-specific information that describes the solution to the problem that caused the event. Typically, SNMP Traps mapped from a DMI Event contain an event-specific definition of this attribute. This object is not included in event specific traps. However, this object is defined for use within the generic dmiEventIndication trap, when mapping the DMI event to a specific SNMP trap is not possible (e.g., the DMI Class to SNMP OID mapping is not defined).
ADR dmiEventSource	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.14	DmiTDAddress	accessible-for-notify	The transport address that identifies the originator of the DMI Event or Indication. The event may be forwarded by other Service Layers acting as intermediaries for the originator of the event, or the event may have originated on a system other than the local mapping agent. This variable binding is only included in DMI Events and Indications if the original source is a system other than where the SNMP/DMI mapping agent is operating. If the transport selector (e.g., UDP port or IPX socket) of an SNMP mapping agent running on the specified system is not known, a zero (0) value is to indicate that only the network address portion is known. Otherwise, the transport selector value may be used by management applications to send SNMP requests directly to the specified system.
I32 dmiEventStateKey	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.4	Integer32	accessible-for-notify	The index into the Event State group for the component generating this event, provided the event is state-based. The value -1 indicates the event is not state-based.
I32 dmiEventSubSystem	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.7	Integer32	accessible-for-notify	Event-specific information that identifies the functional sub-system of the component that caused the event. Normally, SNMP Traps mapped from a DMI Event contain an event-specific definition of this attribute. This object is not included in event specific traps. However, this object is defined for use within the generic dmiEventIndication trap, when mapping the DMI event to a specific SNMP trap is not possible (e.g., the DMI Class to SNMP OID mapping is not defined).
I32 dmiEventSystem	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.6	Integer32	accessible-for-notify	Event-specific information that identifies the functional system of the component that caused the event. Normally, SNMP Traps mapped from a DMI Event contain an event-specific definition of this attribute. This object is not included in event specific traps. However, this object is defined for use within the generic dmiEventIndication trap, when mapping the DMI event to a specific SNMP trap is not possible (e.g., the DMI Class to SNMP OID mapping is not defined).
I32 dmiEventType	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.1	Integer32	accessible-for-notify	Event-specific information that identifies the type of event within the DMI Event Generation group. Normally, this information is conveyed in the resulting SNMP Notification OID derived from the DMI Event to SNMP Trap mapping procedure. This object is not included in event specific traps. However, this object is defined for use within the generic dmiEventIndication trap, when mapping the DMI event to a specific SNMP trap is not possible (e.g., the DMI Class to SNMP OID mapping is not defined).
dmiEventVars	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1
OCT dmiEventVendorData	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.11	OCTET STRING	accessible-for-notify	Vendor specific data related to the event. This data may contain any arbitrary string of octets.
STR dmiEventVendorMsg	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.1.10	DmiString	accessible-for-notify	Vendor specific message related to the event. This data may contain any displayable string (ISO 8859-1).
NTF dmiGroupAddedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.6			A new group has been added to a component in the DMI Service Layer.
U32 dmiGroupClassIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	The index of the corresponding group class definition in the dmiClassTable. This index is an artifact of the mapping agent and serves as a cross-reference into the dmiClassTable for the remainder of the group class definition.
STR dmiGroupClassString	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3.1.2	DmiString	read-only	The class string of the group (or table) instance as registered with the DMI Service Layer for the given component.
NTF dmiGroupDeletedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.7			An existing group has been removed from a component in the DMI Service Layer.
dmiGroupEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3.1		not-accessible	An entry in this table describes a particular group instance within a particular component.
U32 dmiGroupId	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	An identifier assigned by the DMI Service Layer that uniquely identifies this group instance within a particular component.
dmiGroupTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3		not-accessible	A list of all group instances contained within each component.
INT dmiGroupVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.3.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The version number of the group definition providing it appeared as an integer in the 'class string'; zero otherwise.
dmiIndications	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0
U32 dmiKeyAttrId	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.3.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	The Id of the attribute that forms this portion of the group key.
dmiKeyEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.3.1		not-accessible	An entry in this table specifies an attribute that is (part of) the 'key' for the corresponding group.
INT dmiKeyIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.3.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	An ordinal that indicates this attributes position in the key for this group.
dmiKeyTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.3		not-accessible	A table of key definitions for each group that has a 'key' statement.
DMI dmiKeyType	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.1.3.1.2	DmiType	read-only	The type of the attribute that forms this portion of the group key.
STR dmiLanguage	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.4.1.1	DmiString	read-only	The language string, defined by the DMI 2.0 Specification, that identifies a native language character set supported by the component. The format of the string is: 'language-code\|territory-code\|encoding' where language-code is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 639, territory-code is one of the two leteter codes defined in ISO 3166, and encoding is either 'iso8859-1' or 'unicode'.
NTF dmiLanguageAddedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.4			A new language binding has been added to a component in the DMI Service Layer.
NTF dmiLanguageDeletedIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2.0.5			An existing language binding has been removed from a component in the DMI Service Layer.
dmiLanguageEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.4.1		not-accessible	An entry in this table describes a particular language binding within a particular component.
dmiLanguageTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.2.4		not-accessible	A list of all language bindings registered for each component.
dmiMappingAgent	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.3
dmiMappingAgentGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.2.4			The general objects implemented by a mapping agent.
INT dmiMappingLevel	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1.3.1	INTEGER	read-only	The mapping level identifies the capabilities supported by the DMI-to-SNMP mapping agent. This object is defined as a bit-mask where each bit corresponds to a specific mapping capability. If the bit is '1', the capability is supported by the mapping agent. If the bit is '0', the capability is not supported. The mapping capabilities defined are: 0x01 Event Mapping Supported 0x02 Request/Response Mapping Supported 0x04 Row Addition/Deletion Supported 0x08 Remote Proxy Supported 0x10 Dynamic OID Generation Supported All other (unused) bits must be '0'. For example, a mapping agent that supports Event and Request/Response mapping, including Dynamic OID Generation, but does not support row addition/deletion nor remote proxy returns the value 0x13.
dmiMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1			The DMTF DMI MIB provides the framework for accessing DMI instrumented information and receiving DMI indications through an SNMP/DMI Mapping Agent. This MIB contains the following definitions: 1. A set of Textual Conventions used within this MIB and to be available for IMPORT by other MIBs created with the MIF-to-MIB mapping procedures. 2. A set of SNMP tables that model the DMI MI List Commands. These tables provide access to information about the DMI components and groups installed on the managed system; plus the MIF meta-data for the corresponding DMI classes. 3. A set of definitions that model the DMI Indications and standard Event Generation group.
dmiMIBCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.1.1			The compliance statement for SNMP entities that implement the DMI MIB.
dmiMIBCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.1
dmiMIBConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3
dmiMIBGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.2
dmiMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.1
dmiNotificationGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.3
dmiNotificationObjectGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.2.3			The subset of objects required only for DMI Indication to SNMP Notification mapping.
dmiNotifications	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.2
dmiNotificationsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.3.1			The notifications that an SNMP entity is required to implement.
dmiNotificationsOnlyCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.1.3.1.2			The compliance statement for SNMP entities that implement only the DMI Indications to SNMP Notifications mapping.
dmtf	1.3.6.1.4.1.412
dmtfDynOids	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.3
dmtfStdMifs	1.3.6.1.4.1.412.2

RFC description

Provides SNMP access to Desktop Management Interface (DMI) data for system hardware information and assets managed by DMTF standards.

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