All MIBs › Dell-VRTX-SMON-MIB
Organization: Dell
Last Updated: 2007-01-02
Category: Domain: Network Management, Vendor: Dell
Description:
Provides switch monitoring (SMON) statistics for the Dell VRTX chassis switch module.
Imported Objects
From BRIDGE-MIB
| dot1dBasePort | OBJECT-TYPE |
From Dell-VRTX-MIB
| rnd | MODULE-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TruthValue |
What Is Dell-VRTX-SMON-MIB?
This private MIB provides switch port monitoring/mirroring (SMON-style) configuration for the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis switch module, extending the RMON SMON concept within the RAD-derived embedded switch OS. It exposes port-copy (port mirroring) capability and mode configuration, including whether mirrored traffic includes VLAN tags and whether copy sessions are enabled, letting network staff capture traffic from one port to another for analysis. As status/monitoring data it mainly reports rlPortCopySupport (capability presence) and rlPortCopySessionsEnabled (whether a mirroring session is currently active) along with rlPortCopyMode, useful for confirming a diagnostic port-mirror session is correctly configured and running. It builds on IETF's RMON/SMON conceptual framework though implemented as a vendor-private module rather than the standard SMON-MIB. It is used in Dell VRTX chassis switch modules when administrators set up local traffic capture/mirroring for troubleshooting or intrusion-detection appliances, relying on Dell-VRTX-SMON-MIB SNMP monitoring to confirm mirror sessions are active and correctly configured.
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What Can Be Monitored
- port mirroring capability support
- port copy mode
- mirror session enabled state
- VLAN tagging behavior on mirrored ports
Supported Devices
- Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis switch module
Monitoring Examples
An engineer setting up a packet capture would check rlPortCopySupport to confirm the hardware/firmware supports mirroring, then verify rlPortCopyMode and rlPortCopySessionsEnabled to ensure a session is active, and inspect rlPortCopyVlanTaggingTable/rlPortCopyVlanTaggingEntry to see if VLAN tags are preserved in mirrored frames. If rlPortCopySessionsEnabled unexpectedly shows disabled, it would explain why a monitoring tool attached to the mirror destination port is receiving no traffic.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rlSmon | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84 | This private MIB module defines SMON private MIBs. | ||
| INT rlPortCopyMibVersion | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.1 | INTEGER | read-only | MIB's version, the current version is 1. |
| INT rlPortCopySupport | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.2 | INTEGER | read-only | supported - The standard portCopy is supported. notSupported - the standard portCopy is not supported. only basic portCopy operation is supported. |
| rlPortCopyVlanTaggingTable | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.3 | not-accessible | A supplementing table for portCopyTable. For every portCopyDest a vlan-tagging option is available. | |
| rlPortCopyVlanTaggingEntry | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.3.1 | not-accessible | Each entry specify how mirrored packets will transmit from the portCopyDest: Tagged or unTagged. The values in this entry will be valid only when the dot1dBasePort will be configured as a portCopyDest in the portCopyTable. | |
| T/F rlPortCopyVlanTagging | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.3.1.1 | TruthValue | read-write | TRUE - Mirrored packets will transmit from portCopyDest - Tagged FALSE - Mirrored packets will transmit from portCopyDest - unTagged |
| COP rlPortCopyMode | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.4 | CopyModeType | read-write | This scalar defines a mode of the copy destination port |
| T/F rlPortCopySessionsEnabled | 1.3.6.1.4.1.89.84.5 | TruthValue | read-write | This scalar enables globaly port monitoring sessions |
RFC description
Dell VRTX Switched Port Analyzer (SMON) MIB for port copying/mirroring configuration with VLAN tagging support.
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