FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-MIB

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Organization: IETF IPFC Working Group

Last Updated: 2000-05-18

Category: Fibre Channel and Storage, Network Interfaces

Description: Defines managed objects for monitoring Fibre Channel interface information, including port status, errors, and performance counters.

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What Is FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-MIB?

FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-MIB is a vendor-neutral, standards-based IETF MIB module (RFC 2837) defining managed objects for a Fibre Channel Fabric Element, the building block of FC switches and fabric-attached devices. It exposes objects covering FC port configuration, operational status, and performance/error counters at the physical and link layers. Its monitoring emphasis is squarely on hardware/link health: port up/down state, frame error counts, and loss-of-signal or CRC error counters reveal degrading optics, cabling, or transceiver problems in a SAN fabric. Vendor-specific Fibre Channel switch MIBs commonly extend or complement this base standard rather than replacing it. As a FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-MIB reference, it applies broadly to Fibre Channel switches, directors, and host bus adapters used in storage area network (SAN) fabrics.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in FIBRE-CHANNEL-FE-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer — applies to Fibre Channel switches, directors, and HBAs in SAN fabrics

Monitoring Examples

A per-port table tracking link failure counts, invalid CRC counts, and loss-of-signal events lets a SAN administrator identify a degrading fiber transceiver or dirty connector before it causes a full path failure; a rising error counter on one port relative to its peers is a classic early sign of physical-layer trouble in the fabric.

What Can Be Monitored

  • Fibre Channel port operational status
  • link failure/error counters
  • frame and byte throughput counters
  • loss-of-signal and CRC error counts
Imported Objects

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Fibre Channel fabric element management including configuration, status, errors, and accounting statistics.

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