EXTREME-FILETRANSFER-MIB

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Organization: Extreme Networks, Inc.

Last Updated: 1998-10-21

Category: Device Management, Vendor: Extreme Networks

Description: Extreme Networks MIB for controlling and monitoring file transfer operations (TFTP/FTP) for firmware and configuration files on Extreme devices.

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What Is EXTREME-FILETRANSFER-MIB?

EXTREME-FILETRANSFER-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Extreme Networks, nested under the EXTREME-BASE-MIB extremeAgent tree, that controls and monitors TFTP-based upload/download operations for firmware images and configuration files on Extreme switches. Its extremeFileTransferTable, indexed by extremeFileTransferIndex (allocated via the TestAndIncr object extremeFileTransferNextAvailableIndex), configures the TFTP server address and file name, the requested operation via extremeFileTransferOperation (immediate or scheduled image download to primary/secondary store, config upload/download, once or daily), and an optional extremeFileTransferScheduledTime for deferred operations, all gated by extremeFileTransferRowStatus for row lifecycle control. Operational feedback comes from extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus (idle/scheduled/inProgress) and extremeFileTransferLastExecutionStatus, which reports granular outcomes like tftpFileNotFound, checksumError, incompatibleImage, or fileTooLarge from the prior transfer attempt. This lets an operator remotely trigger and audit firmware/config pushes across a fleet of switches and immediately see why a particular transfer failed rather than just that it did. It depends on RMON-MIB for the OwnerString type used to record who configured each transfer entry, and it is deployed on Extreme Networks switches wherever TFTP-based image/config management is used. Administrators automating Extreme firmware rollouts can download the EXTREME-FILETRANSFER-MIB file for their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Extreme Networks switches

Monitoring Examples

An operator creates a row in extremeFileTransferTable pointing at a TFTP server and new image file, sets extremeFileTransferOperation to downloadImageToSecondaryImmediate, then polls extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus until it leaves inProgress; an extremeFileTransferLastExecutionStatus of tftpFileNotFound or checksumError indicates the image push failed and the secondary store was not updated.

What Can Be Monitored

file transfer operation type and scheduled time
transfer in-progress/idle/scheduled status
last execution result (success, checksum error, file not found, etc.)
next available transfer table index
row status/ownership of configured transfer entries

Imported Objects

From EXTREME-BASE-MIB

extremeAgent

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From RMON-MIB

OwnerString

From SNMPv2-SMI

IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TestAndIncr

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
extremeFileTransfer	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10			Extreme File transfer objects
extremeFileTransferGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1
TES extremeFileTransferNextAvailableIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.1	TestAndIncr	read-only	The index of the next free row in the extremeFileTransferTable.
extremeFileTransferTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2		not-accessible	A table of pending and completed file transfers.
extremeFileTransferEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1		not-accessible	A table entry containing information on a pending or completed file transfer.
INT extremeFileTransferIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.1	INTEGER	not-accessible	An index into the file transfer table.
IP extremeFileTransferServerAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.2	IpAddress	read-create	This is the address of the TFTP server from which to download the image or configuration or upload the configuration.
STR extremeFileTransferFileName	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-create	This is the name of the file to be downloaded or uploaded.
INT extremeFileTransferOperation	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-create	Indication of the file transfer operation. This object allows configuration of uploads and/or downloads either immediately or at a scheduled time. A value of downloadImageToPrimaryImmediate(1) or downloadImageToSecondaryImmediate(2) describes immediate download of a software image to either the primary or secondary permanent store. A value of downloadConfigImmediate(3) describes immediate download of a configuration file to non-volatile store. A value of uploadConfigImmediate(4) describes the immediate upload of the currently running configuration to the server. A value of scheduleConfigUploadOnce(6) describes a single upload of the current configuration to the server at the time extremeFileTransferScheduledTime. A value of scheduleConfigUploadPeriodic(5) describes daily uploads of the current configuration to the server at the time extremeFileTransferScheduledTime every day. A value of scheduleImageDownloadToPrimaryOnce(7) or scheduleImageDownloadToSecondaryOnce(8) describes a single download of a software image to either the primary or secondary permanent store at the time extremeFileTransferScheduledTime. This object can be modified only if extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus for this entry is idle(1). Note that any attempts to modify this object including row creation which would result in multiple downloads would cause the operation to fail. Managers are strongly recommened to examine the extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus object for the entries in the table to determine the status of downloads before attempting to modify this object.
OCT extremeFileTransferScheduledTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-create	The time of the day at which the file transfer operation should be initiated. This object is meaningful only for scheduled file transfers. field octets contents range ----- ------ -------- ----- 1 1-2 year 0..65536 2 3 month 1..12 3 4 day 1..31 4 5 hour 0..23 5 6 minutes 0..59 6 7 seconds 0..60 (use 60 for leap-second) 7 8 deci-seconds 0..9 8 9 direction from UTC '+' / '-' 9 10 hours from UTC 0..11 10 11 minutes from UTC 0..59 For example, Tuesday May 26, 1992 at 1:30:15 PM EDT would be displayed as: 1992-5-26,13:30:15.0,-4:0 Note that if only local time is known, then timezone information (fields 8-10) is not present, and if no time information is known, the null string is returned.
INT extremeFileTransferStartAdminStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-create	Writing to this object initiates the upload/download or schedules one. The extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus object should be checked before attempting to set this object. This object cannot be modified while the extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus is inProgress(3). This object can be set start(1) only if the extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus is idle(1). A scheduled upload/download will be cancelled by setting the value of this object to cancel(2).
INT extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The agent sets this value to reflect the current status of the file transfer operation. Reading this object is meaningful only if the extremeFileTransferRowStatus is active(1). The current status is determined by the agent by examining the values for extremeFileTransferOperation and extremeFileTransferStartAdminStatus.
INT extremeFileTransferLastExecutionStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	The status of the last file transfer operation. This value is returned as statusUnknown(1) until the extremeFileTransferRowStatus is set to active(1) or when the extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus is inProgress(3). After an upload/download, the agent will update this value with the result of the file transfer. Managers should read this object before modifying extremeFileTransferOperation because the agent would set this value to statusUnknown(2) in such cases.
STR extremeFileTransferOwner	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.9	OwnerString	read-create	Indicates the identity of the manager that configured this file transfer entry.
ROW extremeFileTransferRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.10.1.2.1.10	RowStatus	read-create	The status of this table entry. This object can not be modified while the extremeFileTransferStatus is inProgress(1). Setting this object to notInService(2) or destroy(6) will cancel any scheduled uploads if this entry was configured for one. Note that any attempts to create new rows which would result in multiple downloads would cause the row creation to fail. Similarly, attempting to delete a row while extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus is inProgress(3) would fail. Managers are strongly recommened to examine the extremeFileTransferStartOperStatus object for the entries in the table to determine the status of downloads before attempting row creation/deletion.

RFC description

Extreme Networks vendor-private MIB for file transfer operations and monitoring on Extreme network devices.

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What Can Be Monitored

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