EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-MIB

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Organization: Extreme Networks, Inc.

Last Updated: 2004-02-14

Category: Vendor: Extreme Networks

Description: Monitors CPU utilization and process-level resource usage on Extreme Networks switches, with configurable thresholds and notifications when CPU usage exceeds defined limits.

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What Is EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-MIB?

EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-MIB is an Extreme Networks vendor MIB dedicated to software-level resource monitoring on ExtremeXOS switches, specifically CPU utilization and process-level resource usage. It exposes CPU load statistics, per-process resource consumption, and configurable utilization thresholds with associated notification/trap generation. This is squarely a software/hardware status monitoring MIB: it directly reports CPU load and process resource usage, letting operators detect a runaway process or sustained high CPU utilization before it causes control-plane instability or slow management response. Threshold-based notifications imply integration with standard SNMP notification mechanisms (SNMPv2-MIB/NOTIFICATION-TYPE) for trap delivery. It's typically deployed on ExtremeXOS switches in production networks where operators rely on EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-MIB SNMP monitoring for proactive alerting on CPU exhaustion or abnormal process behavior rather than only reactive polling.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-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

Extreme Networks ExtremeXOS-based switch

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll the CPU utilization scalar/table on the switch and a per-process resource-usage table to identify which process is consuming excessive CPU; when utilization crosses the configured threshold object the switch generates a notification, so a sustained trap stream combined with one process dominating usage would point to a software fault or runaway task needing a restart.

What Can Be Monitored

CPU utilization
per-process resource usage
configurable utilization thresholds
threshold-crossing notifications

Imported Objects

From EXTREME-BASE-MIB

PortList
extremeAgent	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From EXTREME-SYSTEM-MIB

extremeImageDescription

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TruthValue

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
extremeSwMonitor	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32			Extreme Software Monitor objects: objects common to all platforms
extremeSwMonitorCpu	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1
INT extremeCpuMonitorInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Cpu monitoring interval in seconds. Can not be smaller then 5 seconds.
INT extremeCpuMonitorTotalUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Total CPU utlization (percentage) as of last sampling.
extremeCpuMonitorTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3		not-accessible	Table of CPU processes that are active.
extremeCpuMonitorEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1		not-accessible	An entry in table of describes a single process.
U32 extremeCpuMonitorSlotId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Slot Id of the process monitored.
STR extremeCpuMonitorProcessName	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.2	DisplayString	not-accessible	Name associated with the reported process id.
U32 extremeCpuMonitorProcessId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	Process identifier assigned by the operating system when this process is created.
STR extremeCpuMonitorProcessState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The current state of the process as reported by Extremeware XOS.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization5secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 5 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization10secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 10 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization30secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.7	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 30 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization1min	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.8	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 1 minute.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization5mins	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 5 minutes.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization30mins	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 30 minutes.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUtilization1hour	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.11	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 1 hour.
STR extremeCpuMonitorMaxUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.12	DisplayString	read-only	The maximum CPU utilization by this process since the time the start started executing.
STR extremeCpuMonitorUserTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.13	DisplayString	read-only	The amount of time process spend in application space from the time the process started executing.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.3.1.14	DisplayString	read-only	The amount of time process spend in kernel space from the time the process started executing.
extremeCpuMonitorSystemTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4		not-accessible	Table of CPU utilization for system processes.
extremeCpuMonitorSystemEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1		not-accessible	An entry in table of describes a single slot CPU utilization.
U32 extremeCpuMonitorSystemSlotId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Slot Id of the system monitored.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization5secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by set of system resources. This is the utilization of the process in the last 5 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization10secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by set of system resources This is the utilization of the system resources in the last 10 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization30secs	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.7	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by system resources process. This is the utilization of the system resources in the last 30 seconds.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization1min	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.8	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by system resources. This is the utilization of the system resources in the last 1 minute.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization5mins	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by system resources. This is the utilization of the system resourcesin the last 5 minutes.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization30mins	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by system resources. This is the utilization of the system resources in the last 30 minutes.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemUtilization1hour	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.11	DisplayString	read-only	The CPU utilization by this process. This is the utilization of the process in the last 1 hour.
STR extremeCpuMonitorSystemMaxUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.4.1.12	DisplayString	read-only	The maximum CPU utilization by this process since the time the start started executing.
INT extremeCpuMonitorThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	Threshold for CPU Aggregation utilization trap
STR extremeCpuMonitorCurrentUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.1.6	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	Cpu utilization value reported in extremeSwMonitorCpuUtilization trap.
extremeSwMonitorMemory	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2
extremeMemoryMonitorSystemTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2		not-accessible	Table of Memory consumption for processes that are active.
extremeMemoryMonitorSystemEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1		not-accessible	An entry in table of describes a single process.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorSystemSlotId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Slot Id of the MSM monitored.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorSystemTotal	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Total amount of DRAM in Kbytes in the system.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorSystemFree	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Total amount of free memory in Kbytes in the system.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorSystemUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Total amount of memory used by system services in Kbytes in the system.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorUserUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.2.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Total amount of memory used by applications in Kbytes in the system.
extremeMemoryMonitorTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3		not-accessible	Table of Memory consumption for processes that are active.
extremeMemoryMonitorEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1		not-accessible	An entry in table of describes a single process.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorSlotId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Slot Id of the process monitored.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorProcessName	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.2	DisplayString	not-accessible	Name associated with the reported process.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	Current memory consumption in Kbytes for the process.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorLimit	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	Maximum memory consumption in Kbytes for the process.
STR extremeMemoryMonitorZone	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Current process memory consumption zone. Zones are Green (up to 70% cosumption), Yellow (70-80%), Orange (80-90%), Red (90-95%) either total cpu consumption or memory consumption limit configured per process.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorGreenZoneCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of times process moved to green zone.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorYellowZoneCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.7	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of times process moved from green to yellow zone.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorOrangeZoneCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.8	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of times process moved from yellow zone to orange.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorRedZoneCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of times process moved from orange zone to red.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorGreenZoneThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.10	Unsigned32	read-only	Percentage of memory consumption that defines green zone.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorYellowZoneThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.11	Unsigned32	read-only	Percentage of memory consumption that defines yellow zone.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorOrangeZoneThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.12	Unsigned32	read-only	Percentage of memory consumption that defines orange zone.
U32 extremeMemoryMonitorRedZoneThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.2.3.1.13	Unsigned32	read-only	Percentage of memory consumption that defines red zone.
extremeSwMonitorNotifications	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.3
extremeSwMonitorNotificationsPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.3.0
NTF extremeSwMonitorCpuUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.3.0.1			Notification of process exceeding CPU utilization threshold. Notification is send every extremeCpuMonitorInterval value in seconds until utilization falls below threshold.
NTF extremeServiceLicenseExpiration	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.3.0.2			The service expiry notification is generated about 90 days service contract expiration, then 60,30,7 days and daily after that.
NTF extremeTrialLicenseExpiration	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.3.0.3			Trial license expiry notification is generated every day.
extremeServiceLicense	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.4
STR extremeServiceLicenseExpiryDate	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.4.1	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	This report the expiration date of the license.
STR extremeServiceLicenseType	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.4.2	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	This report the service license type.
STR imageDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.4.3	DisplayString	accessible-for-notify	This report the image version on which license was enabled.
INT noOfDaysLeft	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.4.4	INTEGER	accessible-for-notify	This report the number of days left to service license expire.
extremeTrialLicense	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.5
INT trialPeriod	1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.1.32.5.1	INTEGER	accessible-for-notify	This report the number of days left to service license expire.

RFC description

CPU and memory monitoring across Extreme Networks platforms with process-level detail and license tracking.

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What Is EXTREME-SOFTWARE-MONITOR-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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