F10-OPENFLOW-MIB

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Organization: Dell Inc

Last Updated: 2012-03-27

Category: Protocol: OpenFlow, Technology: SDN/OpenFlow, Vendor: Dell/DNOS

Description: Dell Force10 MIB for OpenFlow SDN protocol management, enabling configuration and monitoring of OpenFlow on Force10 switches.

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What Is F10-OPENFLOW-MIB?

F10-OPENFLOW-MIB is a Dell Force10 (Dell Networking OS) MIB providing management objects for OpenFlow-enabled switches, exposing SDN controller and flow-table information from the switch's OpenFlow perspective. Per its module description, it covers configured OpenFlow instances, the controller(s) managing each instance, the ports assigned to an instance, VLANs participating in the instance, and the flows/flow-actions currently configured. Its monitoring relevance is software/configuration and operational-state oriented: an administrator can verify an OpenFlow instance is correctly associated with its controller, confirm expected ports/VLANs are bound to the instance, and inspect programmed flow entries to validate SDN forwarding behavior, an operational-status check for the SDN control plane rather than physical hardware sensors. It is explicitly built to represent the OpenFlow protocol model (as standardized by the Open Networking Foundation) on top of Dell's Force10 switch platform, making it dependent on OpenFlow protocol concepts for its object semantics. It is typically deployed in data-center or campus networks where Dell Force10 switches participate in an SDN fabric under centralized OpenFlow controller management, and administrators can download the F10-OPENFLOW-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in F10-OPENFLOW-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 (Dell Networking OS) Ethernet switch

Monitoring Examples

No specific object/table names were provided in the source extract beyond the module description, so specific tables cannot be cited without invention; based on that description, an administrator would poll an OpenFlow-instance table to see its associated controller, bound ports, and participating VLANs. They would also inspect flow and flow-action objects to confirm expected forwarding rules have been programmed by the controller. A missing or unexpected controller association, or an instance with no bound ports, would indicate an SDN configuration or connectivity problem.

What Can Be Monitored

  • OpenFlow instance configuration
  • controller association
  • bound ports per instance
  • VLAN membership per instance
  • programmed flows/flow-actions
Imported Objects

From FORCE10-SMI

f10MgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

VlanId

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Dell Force10 MIB for monitoring and managing OpenFlow protocol functionality on Dell networking switches, supporting Software Defined Networking (SDN) control plane separation.

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