DPT-SCSI-MIB :: dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks

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dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks

Module: DPT-SCSI-MIB

OID (symbolic): DPT-SCSI-MIB::dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2.1.6

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter

Access: read-only

Description: The number of data writes to the device since power up in which the data was written from the cache to the disk at a time when the device would otherwise be idle.

What is dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks?

A running count of writes to this device since power-up where cached data was flushed from cache to disk during an otherwise idle period. Helps confirm the controller is opportunistically flushing dirty cache rather than letting it build up.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2.1.6
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> DPT-SCSI-MIB::dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2.1.6.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> DPT-SCSI-MIB::dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacks.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (6 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
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597dptDPT-SCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1dptScsiDPT-SCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6dptScsiStatsDPT-SCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2dptScsiStatsDevTableDPT-SCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2.1dptScsiStatsDevEntryDPT-SCSI-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1597.1.6.2.1.6dptScsiStatsDevWriteBacksDPT-SCSI-MIB