Dell-POLICY-MIB

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Organization: Dell

Last Updated: 2006-06-26

Category: Technology: QoS, Vendor: Dell

Description: Defines policy-based network management objects for traffic classification on Dell devices.

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What Is Dell-POLICY-MIB?

Dell-POLICY-MIB is a Dell proprietary MIB defining policy-based network management objects for traffic classification (QoS/ACL-style) on Dell switches, describing the platform's classifier capabilities and configured classification rules. It exposes capability/limit objects (maximum offsets, permitted operators, supported criteria) alongside classifier and rule configuration objects used to match traffic for policy actions. Its monitoring relevance is on the software/configuration side, letting an operator confirm which classification capabilities the hardware supports and audit the currently configured classifier rules, important for verifying that QoS or security ACL policies are within the platform's supported limits. It is a self-contained vendor MIB, though it parallels concepts from the standard DIFFSERV-MIB used for policy-based traffic classification. It is deployed on Dell PowerConnect/Networking switches wherever traffic classification-based QoS or filtering policies are configured. Engineers can download the Dell-POLICY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in Dell-POLICY-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 PowerConnect/Networking switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator would check rlPolicyClassifierAdditionalCriteriaSupported and rlPolicyClassifierPermittedOffsetTypes to confirm which match criteria the switch hardware supports before deploying a classification policy, and inspect rlPolicyClassifier/rlPolicyClassifierPlatDependParams and rlPolicyRules to audit the currently configured classifiers and rules. Capability objects like rlPolicyOmpcMaximumOffset and rlPolicyMaxOMPCLengthForBiggerSmallerOperation help a management system validate a proposed ACL/QoS rule won't exceed the hardware's offset-matching limits before pushing it.

What Can Be Monitored

  • classifier capability limits
  • permitted match operators/offset types
  • configured classifiers
  • configured policy rules
  • platform-dependent classifier parameters
Imported Objects

From Dell-BRIDGEMIBOBJECTS-MIB

VlanList1
VlanList2
VlanList3
VlanList4

From Dell-MIB

Percents
VlanPriority
rndMODULE-IDENTITY

From DIFF-SERV-MIB

diffServClassifierEntryOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

PortList
VlanId

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
zeroDotZero

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets OID:

Select a Dell PowerConnect/Networking managed switch (policy-based QoS/ACL classification) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The number of packets blocked by this filtering rule. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Policy-based QoS, traffic classification, and access control management for Dell switches.

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