EQLGROUP-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: EqualLogic Inc.

Last Updated: 2014-03-12

Category: Domain: Storage, Vendor: Dell/DNOS, Vendor: EqualLogic/Dell

Description: Dell EqualLogic storage group MIB defining top-level group configuration, access, and administrative account objects.

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What Is EQLGROUP-MIB?

EQLGROUP-MIB is a Dell EqualLogic proprietary MIB for managing an EqualLogic iSCSI storage array group, exposing top-level group configuration, membership, and administrative status objects. It provides data on the storage group's member arrays, storage pool space allocation, and time synchronization, alongside notification definitions for group-level events. It supports monitoring hardware/software status by exposing eqlStorageGroupStatusTotalMembersOnLine (how many array members are currently online), pool space usage and reserved space in use, and snapshot/volume counts, which together reveal capacity pressure or a member array that has dropped out of the group. Administrators often browse EQLGROUP-MIB in a MIB Browser to locate the eqlStorageGroupStatusTable before scripting automated polling. It is a Dell-proprietary MIB with no stated external standards dependency, focused specifically on the EqualLogic PS-series group architecture, and it is deployed in enterprise and SMB data centers running Dell EqualLogic PS-series iSCSI SAN arrays as clustered storage groups.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in EQLGROUP-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 EqualLogic PS-series iSCSI SAN storage arrays

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls eqlStorageGroupStatusTable/eqlStorageGroupStatusEntry to check eqlStorageGroupStatusTotalMembersOnLine against the expected member count, immediately revealing if an array member has gone offline. eqlStorageGroupStatusPoolSpace versus eqlStorageGroupStatusPoolSpaceReserved and eqlStorageGroupStatusReservedSpaceInUse shows how much of the storage pool's reserved capacity is consumed, warning of impending capacity exhaustion. eqlStorageGroupStatusSnapshotsInUse and eqlStorageGroupStatusVolumesInUse are tracked to ensure snapshot/volume counts stay within licensed or planned limits, with eqlgroupNotifications firing on group-level fault conditions.

What Can Be Monitored

  • online group member count
  • storage pool space usage
  • reserved space in use
  • snapshot count in use
  • volume count in use
  • group status timestamp
Imported Objects

From EQUALLOGIC-SMI

equalLogicMODULE-IDENTITY

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using eqlStorageGroupStatusPoolSpaceUsed OID:

Select a Dell EqualLogic PS-series iSCSI SAN storage array 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 eqlStorageGroupStatusPoolSpaceUsed 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. It reports the total space, in MB, currently reserved for volume data within this storage pool (not counting snapshots or replication). 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 an Integer32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if usage approaches the pool's total capacity (e.g. above 85-90%), since running out of pool space can block new volume writes or expansions. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

See also: eqlStorageGroupStatusSnapshotCount

OIDs

RFC description

Dell EqualLogic SNMP agent MIB for managing PS Series storage group configuration objects, CHAP/SMTP/Syslog settings, and trap notifications.

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