Dell-SYSMNG-MIB

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Organization: Dell

Last Updated: 2010-10-31

Category: Domain: Network Management, Vendor: Dell

Description: Provides system management objects for device identification, configuration, and control on Dell switches.

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What Is Dell-SYSMNG-MIB?

This Dell private MIB exposes internal system resource-pool usage, tracking how much of the switch's forwarding-table capacity (such as routes and next-hops) is currently consumed versus its software and hardware-imposed maximums. It organizes data by resource type, with separate software and hardware current-use and current-max values, plus temporary maximum overrides. This is fundamentally a hardware/software capacity-monitoring MIB: tracking current use against maximum for each route type and for next-hop entries lets an administrator detect an approaching table-full condition before new routes or next-hops start being rejected, which is a critical early-warning signal on high-scale L3 switches. It reflects underlying TCAM/hardware forwarding-table limits and complements standard IP-FORWARD-MIB route-count data. It is typically deployed on Dell Layer 3 switches or routers handling large routing tables where capacity planning and exhaustion alerting are important. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the Dell-SYSMNG-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Dell Networking switches (PowerConnect / N-Series / S-Series)

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls rlSysmngResourceTable/rlSysmngResourceEntry, keyed by rlSysmngResourceRouteType, comparing rlSysmngResourceCurrentUse and rlSysmngResourceCurrentUseHw against rlSysmngResourceCurrentMax and rlSysmngResourceCurrentMaxHw to see how close a given route type is to its limit. The corresponding rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopUse and rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopMax objects reveal next-hop table pressure separately from route-table pressure. A route type nearing rlSysmngResourceCurrentMaxHw would warn the admin of imminent hardware table exhaustion before new routes start failing to install.

What Can Be Monitored

route-table resource usage vs maximum (software/hardware)
next-hop resource usage vs maximum
temporary resource max overrides
per-route-type resource consumption

Imported Objects

From Dell-MIB

Percents
rnd	MODULE-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
rlSysmngMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204			The private MIB module definition for System Manager pool.
rlSysmngTcamAllocations	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1
rlSysmngTcamAllocationsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1		not-accessible	A table containing tcam allocations information. Each row represents objects for a defined profile.
rlSysmngTcamAllocationsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1		not-accessible	A Single entry containing tcam allocations information per predefined profile and specific pool.
STR rlSysmngTcamAllocProfileName	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.1	DisplayString	not-accessible	The profile name for tcam allocation. Must be unique per entry. This is an index into the table. 'tcam0' profile contains policy tcam counters 'tcam1' profile contains router tcam counters
SYS rlSysmngTcamAllocPoolType	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.2	SysmngPoolType	not-accessible	Pool type. Must be unique per entry. This is an index into the table.
U32 rlSysmngTcamAllocMinRequiredEntries	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of minimal hardware entries, required by pool to operate.
U32 rlSysmngTcamAllocStaticConfigEntries	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of hardware entries, in use by static configuration of the pool.
U32 rlSysmngTcamAllocInUseEntries	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	Total number of hardware entries, currently in use by the pool. This number includes minimum, static and dynamic entries.
U32 rlSysmngTcamAllocPoolSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.1.1.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	Total number of hardware entries reserved for the pool.
rlSysmngResource	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2
rlSysmngResourceTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1		not-accessible	A read-only table for displaying router resources configuration, properties, and usage per resource.
rlSysmngResourceEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1		not-accessible	A Single entry containing specific router resource information.
SYS rlSysmngResourceRouteType	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.1	SysmngResourceRouteType	not-accessible	Router resource type.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentUse	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.2	Unsigned32	read-only	Currently in used number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentUseHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	Currently in used number of HW FFT entries
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	The running maximum supported number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	The running maximum supported number of HW FFT entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourceTemporaryMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	The temporary maximum supported number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourceTemporaryMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.7	Unsigned32	read-only	The temporary maximum supported number of HW FFT entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.8	Unsigned32	read-only	The maximum supported number of nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	The maximum supported number of HW nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopUse	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.10	Unsigned32	read-only	The current number of nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourceCurrentNexthopUseHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.2.1.1.11	Unsigned32	read-only	The current number of HW nexthop entries.
INT rlSysmngRouterResourceAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.3	INTEGER	read-write	Router recource action.
rlSysmngResourceUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.4
rlSysmngResourceUsageTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.4.1		not-accessible	A read-only table for displaying router resources configuration, properties, and usage per resource.
rlSysmngResourceUsageEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.4.1.1		not-accessible	A Single entry containing specific router resource information.
SYS rlSysmngResourceUsageType	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.4.1.1.1	SysmngResourceRouteUsageType	not-accessible	Router resource type.
U32 rlSysmngResourceUsageNum	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.4.1.1.2	Unsigned32	read-only	Currently in used.
rlSysmngResourcePerUnit	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5
rlSysmngResourcePerUnitTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1		not-accessible	A read-only table for displaying router resources configuration, properties, and usage per resource.
rlSysmngResourcePerUnitEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1		not-accessible	A Single entry containing specific router resource information.
SYS rlSysmngResourcePerUnitRouteType	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.1	SysmngResourceRouteType	not-accessible	Router resource type.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitUnitId	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.2	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Unit id. Zero value means system totals.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentUse	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	Currently in used number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentUseHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	Currently in used number of HW FFT entries
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	The running maximum supported number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	The running maximum supported number of HW FFT entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitTemporaryMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.7	Unsigned32	read-only	The temporary maximum supported number of routes.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitTemporaryMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.8	Unsigned32	read-only	The temporary maximum supported number of HW FFT entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentNexthopMax	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	The maximum supported number of nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentNexthopMaxHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.10	Unsigned32	read-only	The maximum supported number of HW nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentNexthopUse	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.11	Unsigned32	read-only	The current number of nexthop entries.
U32 rlSysmngResourcePerUnitCurrentNexthopUseHw	1.3.6.1.4.1.89.204.5.1.1.12	Unsigned32	read-only	The current number of HW nexthop entries.

RFC description

Dell vendor-private MIB for system management, monitoring hardware sensors, fans, power supplies on Dell servers.

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What Is Dell-SYSMNG-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

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