Dell-Physicaldescription-MIB

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Organization: Dell

Last Updated: 2006-02-12

Category: Domain: Server Hardware, Vendor: Dell

Description: Describes physical hardware components, slots, and modules inventory on Dell network devices.

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What Is Dell-Physicaldescription-MIB?

This Dell private enterprise MIB inventories the physical hardware layout of Dell managed switches, describing installed modules, line cards, and stacking units in a slot/chassis model. It exposes configuration and inventory data - module type, physical position (row/column), starting port and port count, and the module's functional role within a stack - rather than traffic counters. Its monitoring value lies in hardware presence/identity verification: confirming which physical modules are installed, in what stack unit and physical slot, and their role (e.g., master/member), which helps detect missing, misplaced, or newly-inserted hardware. It has no strong dependency on external standard MIBs, being a self-contained private enterprise structure. It is used in Dell PowerConnect/N-series stackable switch deployments where administrators need to audit chassis/stack hardware composition remotely via SNMP, typically after a Dell-Physicaldescription-MIB download to load the module into their monitoring tools.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in Dell-Physicaldescription-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/N-Series stackable switch

Monitoring Examples

Polling rlPhdModuleTable/rlPhdModuleEntry lets an admin enumerate each rlPhdModuleStackUnit and its rlPhdModuleIndex, reading rlPhdModuleType, rlPhdModuleStartingPort, and rlPhdModuleNumberOfPorts to confirm the expected module inventory across a switch stack. A change in rlPhdModuleRole or an unexpected new entry in the table can reveal that a module was swapped, added, or removed from a stack unit.

What Can Be Monitored

  • installed module type per slot
  • stack unit and module index
  • module starting port and port count
  • physical row/column position
  • module role in stack
Imported Objects

From Dell-DEVICEPARAMS-MIB

rndErrorDescOBJECT-TYPE
rndErrorSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From Dell-HWENVIROMENT

RlEnvMonState

From Dell-MIB

rndMODULE-IDENTITY
rndNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

EntitySensorStatus
EntitySensorValue

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From MAU-MIB

JackType

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
PhysAddress
RowStatus
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Dell MIB module for managing physical hardware component descriptions and inventory information on Dell PowerConnect switches and other Dell network devices.

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