All MIBs › Dell-BANNER-MIB
Organization: Dell
Last Updated: 2008-03-16
Category: Domain: System Management, Vendor: Dell
Description: Manages login banner and message-of-the-day (MOTD) configuration on Dell network devices.
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What Is Dell-BANNER-MIB?
Dell-BANNER-MIB is a Dell private enterprise MIB for configuring login banner and message-of-the-day (MOTD) displays on Dell networking switches. It exposes configuration objects controlling the content and formatting of banner messages, including support for dynamic tokens (like hostname or domain) and display attributes such as bold, inverse, or blink, along with per-connection-type visibility settings for Telnet, SSH, and console access. Its role is primarily software/configuration-state monitoring rather than hardware health: an admin can verify what banner text is configured and confirm whether it is enabled or suppressed on Telnet, SSH, or console sessions, which is a security/compliance-relevant configuration item rather than a fault indicator. No specific sample object names were available in the source, so exact object identifiers cannot be confirmed. It is deployed on Dell networking switches wherever standardized authentication banners (e.g., legal warning notices) must be enforced and audited across a fleet. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the Dell-BANNER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Dell networking switch
Monitoring Examples
No sample object names were provided in the source, so specific OIDs cannot be cited; based on the module description an admin would typically read back the configured banner text and per-connection-type (Telnet/SSH/console) enable flags to confirm the correct legal/warning banner is active on all access paths. A banner that is unexpectedly disabled on one connection type would be a compliance gap this MIB is designed to surface.
What Can Be Monitored
- configured banner/MOTD text
- banner display attributes (bold/inverse/blink)
- banner enabled state per connection type (Telnet/SSH/console)
Imported Objects
From Dell-MIB
| rnd | MODULE-IDENTITY |
From P-BRIDGE-MIB
| EnabledStatus |
From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
| SnmpAdminString |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| RowStatus | |
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
OIDs
RFC description
Banner message configuration and display for authentication events across Telnet, SSH, and console.
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