EQLSTORAGEPOOL-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsEQLSTORAGEPOOL-MIB

Organization: EqualLogic Inc.

Last Updated: 2014-03-12

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

Description: Dell EqualLogic storage pool MIB providing objects for creating and managing pools of storage capacity within a group.

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What Is EQLSTORAGEPOOL-MIB?

EQLSTORAGEPOOL-MIB is a Dell EqualLogic MIB that manages storage pools—logical groupings of disk capacity within a PS Series SAN group—covering pool creation, naming, RAID configuration, and load-balancing state, with every object registered under the EQLSTORAGEPOOL-MIB OID branch of Dell's enterprise tree. It exposes configuration and status objects such as pool identity, default-pool flag, lead member array, and universally unique identifiers, alongside operational flags for RAID configuration waiting and rebalancing evaluation. Its monitoring value is centered on storage capacity and health management: administrators track eqlStoragePoolRAIDConfigWaitFlag to see if a pool is waiting on RAID reconfiguration, eqlStoragePoolLastBalance to confirm capacity rebalancing is occurring, and eqlStoragePoolLeadMemberId to identify which array is coordinating the pool—all indicative of underlying storage array health and capacity status rather than generic interface counters. It is used alongside other EqualLogic MIBs (e.g., member/array and volume MIBs) that reference the same pool identifiers for a complete SAN management picture. It is deployed in data centers running Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN groups.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in EQLSTORAGEPOOL-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 array

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll eqlStoragePoolTable/eqlStoragePoolEntry using eqlStoragePoolIndex and eqlStoragePoolName to enumerate storage pools in a group, then check eqlStoragePoolRAIDConfigWaitFlag to see if a pool is stalled awaiting RAID reconfiguration—a sign of a pending or stuck maintenance operation. eqlStoragePoolLastBalance indicates when capacity was last rebalanced across pool members, and a stale timestamp alongside a high eqlStoragePoolShouldEvalMask could reveal a pool that needs rebalancing but hasn't completed it. eqlStoragePoolLeadMemberId identifies the coordinating array member for the pool, useful when troubleshooting which physical array to check first for pool-level issues.

What Can Be Monitored

  • storage pool name and identity
  • default pool designation
  • RAID configuration wait status
  • capacity rebalance status/timestamp
  • lead member array for the pool
  • pool UUID
Imported Objects

From EQLGROUP-MIB

UTFString
eqlGroupIdOBJECT-TYPE
eqlLdapLoginAccessNameOBJECT-TYPE
eqlLdapLoginAccessTypeOBJECT-TYPE
eqlStorageGroupAdminAccountIndexOBJECT-TYPE
eqlStorageGroupAdminAccountNameOBJECT-TYPE

From EQUALLOGIC-SMI

equalLogicMODULE-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using eqlStoragePoolStatsMemberCount 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 eqlStoragePoolStatsMemberCount 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 current total number of array members in this storage pool. 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 the count drops below the number of members you expect in this pool, which would indicate a member left the pool or went offline. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

See also: eqlStoragePoolStatsMemberNumOnline, eqlStoragePoolStatsSnapshotCount

OIDs

RFC description

EqualLogic storage pool MIB; manages storage pool configuration, member status, and pool performance metrics.

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