FA-EXT-MIB

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Organization: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,

Last Updated: 2013-10-29

Category: Device Management, Vendor: Allied Telesis

Description: Allied Telesyn extended MIB providing vendor-specific management objects beyond standard MIBs for Allied Telesyn networking equipment.

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What Is FA-EXT-MIB?

FA-EXT-MIB is a legacy vendor extension MIB, originally from Allied Telesyn and later carried under Brocade Communications' copyright, that supplements the base FA-MIB with additional vendor-specific management objects for Allied Telesyn/related networking equipment. As an extension module its exact object set was not sampled here, but by its stated purpose it would follow the base FA-MIB's structure to add extra configuration and status objects not covered by that standard module. Its general use, like other switch vendor extension MIBs, would be to expose additional hardware/software status details (such as extra interface, module, or system parameters) beyond what the core MIB provides, supporting more complete device health monitoring. It explicitly depends on and extends the base FA-MIB, so it cannot be fully interpreted without that companion module. The FA-EXT-MIB MIB would be deployed on legacy Allied Telesyn switching equipment that also implements the base FA-MIB.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in FA-EXT-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

Fibre Channel SAN switch (Brocade and other Fibre Alliance members) — FA-MIB extension — The ORGANIZATION field ('Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.') and its FCMGMT-MIB/SW-MIB (Fibre Alliance) imports confirm this extends the Fibre Alliance FA-MIB for Fibre Channel SAN switches — not Allied Telesyn as previously described for the base FA-MIB it extends.

Monitoring Examples

No object or table names were available in the sampled data for this module, and the module description gives no further detail beyond it being an extension of FA-MIB. Rather than invent plausible object names, the honest assessment is that this MIB's specific monitorable data points cannot be characterized from the information available, and a device's FA-MIB implementation would need to be consulted alongside this extension to determine what it adds.

Imported Objects

From FCMGMT-MIB

connUnitPortEntry

OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

From SW-MIB

sw	OBJECT-IDENTITY

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using swSfpPoweronHrs OID:

Select a Fibre Channel SAN switch (Brocade and other Fibre Alliance members) — FA-MIB extension 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 swSfpPoweronHrs into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. This object identifies the power on hours of SFP. 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 an Integer32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value drifts significantly from its normal baseline, since an unexpected change often points to a real underlying issue. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
faExt	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28			The MIB module is Extension for FA-MIB. Copyright (c) 1996-2003 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
swSfpStatTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1		not-accessible	This represents the diagnostic stats of SFPs.
swSfpStatEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1		not-accessible	This represents the diagnostic stats of SFPs
OCT swSfpTemperature	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object identifies the temperature of SFP
OCT swSfpVoltage	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object identifies the voltage of SFP.
OCT swSfpCurrent	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object identifies the current of SFP.
OCT swSfpRxPower	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object identifies the Rx power consumption of SFP.
OCT swSfpTxPower	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object identifies the Tx power consumption of SFP.
I32 swSfpPoweronHrsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.6	Integer32	read-only	This object identifies the power on hours of SFP. This is applicable only to 16G SFPs.
I32 swSfpUnitId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.1.1.7	Integer32	read-only	This object identifies unit ID of SFP. This is applicable only to QSFP.
swFapwwnFeature	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2			The OID sub-tree for Fapwwn feature. Using this feature user can configure virtual port WWN for a port.
swPortFapwwnConfigTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2.1		not-accessible	This represents the configuration of ports.
swPortFapwwnConfigEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2.1.1		not-accessible	This represents the configuration of ports.
T/F swPortFapwwnConfigEnable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2.1.1.1	TruthValue	read-only	Represents the Fapwwn status. This is for per port.
STR swPortFapwwnConfigFapwwn	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Represents the Fapwwn. For AG it is range of WWNs. If Fapwwn feature is not enabled in a port this object value is NA(Not Applicable.
FAP swPortFapwwnConfigType	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.2.1.1.3	FapwwnType	read-only	Represents the Fapwwn type.
swPortConfigTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3		not-accessible	This represents the configuration of encryption / compression feature on a port
swPortConfigEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3.1		not-accessible	This represents the configuration of encryption / compression feature on a port
ENC swPortEncrypt	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3.1.1	EncryptCompressStatus	read-only	Represents the encryption status on a port.
ENC swPortCompression	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3.1.2	EncryptCompressStatus	read-only	Represents the compression status on port.
I32 swPortCipherKeySize	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3.1.3	Integer32	read-only	Represents the Cipher key size. FOS supports 256 bytes key
CIP swPortCipherMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.3.1.4	CiperMode	read-only	Represents the Cipher mode.
swConnUnitPortTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4		not-accessible	This represents the Conn unit Port entry
swConnUnitPortEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4.1		not-accessible	This represents the Conn unit Port Entry
OCT swConnUnitPortCapableSpeeds	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	This represents the available speeds, that a port is capable of configuring
INT swConnUnitPortSpeedMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	This represents the type of speed modes that can be configured for the particular port. The modes that can be configured are auto-negotiable and static speeds.
INT swConnUnitPortFECMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	This represents the port Forward Error Correction Mode. FEC feature is only applicable to 10G/16G platforms.
INT swConnUnitPortFECState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.28.4.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	This represents FEC state of a port.If in link both sfp connected are of brocade vendor type then state is active, else it will be inactive.

RFC description

Brocade Fibre Channel switch MIB extension for managing SFP diagnostics and port configuration.

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What Is FA-EXT-MIB?

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