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Category: Device Management, Vendor: Allied Telesis
Description: Allied Telesyn (AT) MIB module defining control objects for file management operations on Allied Telesyn router and switch platforms.
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What Is FA-CONTROL-FILE?
FA-CONTROL-FILE is a vendor-specific MIB from Allied Telesyn (AT), covering control objects for file management operations on Allied Telesyn's router and switch platforms, such as uploading/downloading configuration or firmware files. Without captured module description or sample objects, its scope per the short description centers on triggering and tracking file-transfer or file-control operations on the device. Such file-control MIBs typically expose objects for initiating a file operation (e.g., firmware upgrade, config backup/restore), specifying the source/destination and transfer protocol, and reporting the resulting status, giving visibility into the software-management side of the device rather than hardware sensors -- notably useful for confirming a firmware upgrade or config restore completed successfully. It is part of Allied Telesyn's proprietary device-management MIB family rather than an IETF standard. It is deployed on Allied Telesyn (Allied Telesis) routers and switches in enterprise networks where remote firmware/config management is performed via SNMP. Engineers can download the FA-CONTROL-FILE file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Fibre Channel SAN switch/storage device implementing the Fibre Alliance MIB (FA-MIB) — Enterprise OID 1139 resolves to EMC Corporation, and 'FA' in this module family stands for the Fibre Alliance MIB (FA-MIB) used for Fibre Channel SAN management — not Allied Telesyn as previously described, which appears to have been a mix-up based on the 'FA' prefix.
Monitoring Examples
No sample objects were captured for this MIB; based on its documented purpose, an administrator would typically trigger a file operation object to initiate a firmware upload or configuration backup and then poll a corresponding status object to confirm the transfer completed successfully, with a stalled or error status indicating a failed firmware upgrade or unreachable TFTP/FTP server.
Imported Objects
From RFC-1212
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From RFC1155-SMI
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OIDs
RFC description
EMC FA (Fibre Array) control file stub MIB with minimal SNMP framework definitions for storage device management.
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