FASTPATH-INVENTORY-MIB

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Organization: Broadcom Corporation

Last Updated: 2007-05-23

Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: Dell/DNOS

Description: Broadcom FastPath MIB for hardware inventory including modules, power supplies, and fans on FastPath-based network equipment.

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What Is FASTPATH-INVENTORY-MIB?

FASTPATH-INVENTORY-MIB is a Broadcom FastPath MIB that reports hardware inventory for FastPath-based switch platforms, covering the physical unit, slot, and card-level composition of a device or stack. Per its module description it is used to configure and report information and status of units, slots, and the cards installed in them, which corresponds to hardware inventory and presence/status data such as installed card type and per-slot operational state. Its core monitoring value is hardware status awareness: knowing which slots are populated, what card type occupies each slot, and whether each unit in a stack is present and healthy, which is foundational for detecting a failed or removed hardware component. The sampled objects for this module were limited to its conformance and compliance statements rather than the underlying data objects, though the module description confirms real inventory/status objects exist elsewhere in the MIB. It is deployed on Broadcom FastPath-based stackable switches, a code base used by multiple network equipment vendors (including Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch and others). Engineers can download the FASTPATH-INVENTORY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in FASTPATH-INVENTORY-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

  • Broadcom FastPath-based stackable switches (used by multiple vendors)

Monitoring Examples

This module's sampled objects (fastPathInventoryConformance, fastPathInventoryCompliances, fastPathInventoryGroups) are conformance/compliance statements rather than runtime data objects, so no specific data-object names can be honestly cited from the sample. Based on the module description, an operator would be expected to poll per-unit, per-slot, and per-card inventory/status objects (not present in this sample) to detect a missing or failed card or unit in a FastPath stack, but the exact object names would need to be confirmed against the full MIB.

What Can Be Monitored

  • unit/slot/card presence
  • unit/slot/card operational status
Imported Objects

From BROADCOM-REF-MIB

fastPathOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using agentInventoryStackPortDataRate OID:

Select a Broadcom FastPath-based Ethernet switch (multi-vendor OEM) (unit/slot/card hardware inventory) 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 agentInventoryStackPortDataRate 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. It reports the approximate data rate on the stacking port. Measured in Gb/s. 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 Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB for NetGear/Broadcom FastPath switches managing hardware inventory, module information, and asset details.

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