F10-CHASSIS-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Dell Inc

Last Updated: 2013-01-09

Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: Dell/DNOS

Description: Dell Force10 MIB providing chassis-level hardware inventory and environmental monitoring for Force10 switching platforms.

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What Is F10-CHASSIS-MIB?

F10-CHASSIS-MIB is a Dell Force10 (Dell Networking OS/FTOS) MIB module providing chassis-level hardware inventory and environmental monitoring for Force10 switching and routing platforms. It exposes objects describing installed cards/modules, power supplies, fan trays, and temperature sensors, alongside overall chassis operational state. Its core purpose is hardware health monitoring: administrators use it to track power supply and fan status, temperature readings, and card presence/failure state, complementing general system uptime tracking. F10-CHASSIS-MIB SNMP monitoring is a core part of proactive hardware maintenance on Force10 chassis platforms, catching failing components before they cause an outage. It is typically used alongside the standard ENTITY-MIB for detailed physical inventory mapping. It is deployed on Dell/Force10 modular chassis switches and routers in data center core and aggregation layers.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in F10-CHASSIS-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 Force10 chassis switch/router

Monitoring Examples

A card/module inventory table combined with fan-tray and power-supply status objects lets an admin poll for a failed PSU or an over-temperature fan tray on a Force10 chassis, revealing early hardware degradation, such as a redundant power supply going offline, before it escalates into a card failure or thermal shutdown.

What Can Be Monitored

  • power supply status
  • fan tray status
  • temperature sensor readings
  • chassis/card inventory and presence
  • hardware fault/alarm state
Imported Objects

From FORCE10-SMI

f10MgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From FORCE10-TC

F10CardOperStatus
F10ChassisMode
F10ChassisType
F10HundredthdB
F10MfgDate
F10ProcessorModuleType
F10SlotState
F10SwDate
F10SystemCardType
F10SystemPortType

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using chRpmUptime OID:

Select a Dell Force10 chassis switch or router 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 chRpmUptime into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the SysUpTime of the control processor as of the last time this RPM (Route Processor Module) was reset. 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 a TimeTicks-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value resets to a low number unexpectedly, since that indicates the RPM was recently reset. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Manages physical chassis, modules, fans, and power supply components on Dell Force10 networking switches.

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