FILE-SYSTEM-MIB

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Organization: D-Link Corp.

Last Updated: 2009-05-25

Category: Device Management

Description: MIB for managing and monitoring file system resources including disk partitions, capacity, and usage on network devices.

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What Is FILE-SYSTEM-MIB?

FILE-SYSTEM-MIB is a vendor-neutral MIB module for managing and monitoring file system resources on network devices, covering disk partitions, storage capacity, and usage; the source captured no explicit object names, but its purpose per the module description is clearly file-system management. It exposes general categories of data such as disk/partition inventory and total versus used/free capacity. In monitoring terms it is directly a hardware/software status MIB for disk health — an admin would use it to track available disk space and partition usage to catch a device running low on storage before logs, configuration, or firmware operations fail. It likely parallels or complements the IETF HOST-RESOURCES-MIB (hrStorageTable), which covers similar storage/file-system utilization data in a standard way. It is deployed on network devices with local file systems (routers, switches, appliances with flash/disk storage, or embedded servers) where administrators need to track storage capacity to avoid outages from full disks. Engineers can download the FILE-SYSTEM-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in FILE-SYSTEM-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

D-Link managed switch/appliance (file system/storage capacity monitoring) — Identified via the ORGANIZATION field ('D-Link Corp.') and the shared DLINK-ID-REC-MIB import (same as sibling FILTER-MIB), not a vendor-neutral standard MIB as previously described.

Monitoring Examples

No table or object names were captured in the source for this module, so specific identifiers cannot be cited. A realistic monitoring scenario, consistent with the module's stated file-system management purpose, would involve polling a per-partition storage table for total and used capacity, alerting when a device's local flash or disk partition crosses a high-utilization threshold, similar in spirit to HOST-RESOURCES-MIB's hrStorageTable, though this cannot be confirmed against real object names from the available data.

What Can Be Monitored

disk partition capacity
used/free disk space
file system usage percentage
file system type/mount status

Imported Objects

From DLINK-ID-REC-MIB

dlink-common-mgmt

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using swFSBasicInfoCtrlProcess OID:

Select a D-Link managed switch/appliance (file system/storage capacity monitoring) 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 swFSBasicInfoCtrlProcess into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the current user operation process, as a percentage. 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 INTEGER-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value stays elevated for longer than a normal operation should take, since that can indicate a stuck or hung process. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
swFileSystemMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14			The MIB module for managing file system.
swFSBasicInfo	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.1
INT swFSBasicInfoCtrlStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	This object describes users operations regarding the file status, such as media format, file copying, deleting files, making directories, deleting directories and renaming files. This object will return current status values.
INT swFSBasicInfoCtrlProcessEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	This object indicates the current user operation process as a percentage.
swFSDriveCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2
swFSDriveInfoTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1		not-accessible	This table will display information regarding the drive.
swFSDriveInfoEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1		not-accessible	.
INT swFSDriveInfoIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.1	INTEGER	not-accessible	This object will index drive entries.
INT swFSDriveInfoDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates the drive ID.
STR swFSDriveInfoType	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the drive type.
I32 swFSDriveInfoSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.4	Integer32	read-only	Indicates the drive size.
STR swFSDriveInfoPartition	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the drive partition.
STR swFSDriveInfoFStype	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.1.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the FS type.
swFSDriveFormatCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2
INT swFSDriveFormatDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2.1	INTEGER	read-write	Used to assign a format type to the drive ID. If none (1) is specified, the switch will default to the current drive.
INT swFSDriveFormatFat	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2.2	INTEGER	read-write	Use to assign FS type.
STR swFSDriveFormatLabelName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2.3	DisplayString	read-write	Use to label a name for this drive.
INT swFSDriveFormatType	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2.4	INTEGER	read-write	Use to select format type: fast: clear the file and directory information in the partion header. full: clear the file and directory information in the partion header and the all data sectors in the partion. full-with-mbr: clear all data sectors in the disk ( or on the storage drive) and rebuild the partion information.
INT swFSDriveFormatActivity	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.2.5	INTEGER	read-write	When this object is set to start(2),the device will begin to format the designated drive.
swFSDriveChangeCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.3
INT swFSDriveChangeUnitID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.3.1	INTEGER	read-write	Use to assign the current unit ID. If it is not specified, it refers to the master unit.
INT swFSDriveChangeDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.3.2	INTEGER	read-write	Specifies the drive ID. To set this object will change the current drive.
STR swFSDriveCurrentDirectory	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.3.3	DisplayString	read-write	Change the current directory to this directory. The path name can be specified either as a full path name or partial name. Entering a partial path name denotes that the directory is to be a part of the current directory.
swFSDriveInfoStackTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4		not-accessible	This table indicates information about the drives of devices stacked with the current device.
swFSDriveInfoStackEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1		not-accessible	A list of information about each drive of devices stacked with this device.
INT swFSDriveInfoStackUnitID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The Unit ID of each device stacked with the current device.
INT swFSDriveInfoStackIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.2	INTEGER	not-accessible	The drive index of each device stacked with the current device.
INT swFSDriveInfoStackDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates the drive ID.
STR swFSDriveInfoStackType	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the drive type.
I32 swFSDriveInfoStackSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.5	Integer32	read-only	Indicates the drive size.
STR swFSDriveInfoStackPartition	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the drive partition.
STR swFSDriveInfoStackFStype	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.2.4.1.7	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the FS type.
swFSDirectoryCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3
STR swFSDirectoryMake	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.1	DisplayString	read-write	make directory (md/mkdir). Used to create a directory on a drive.
STR swFSDirectoryDel	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.2	DisplayString	read-write	delete directory (rd/rmdir). Used to delete a directory on a drive.
swFSctrlDirectoryDir	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3
STR swFSDirectoryPath	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.1	DisplayString	read-write	Used to control the path directory.
swFSDirectoryTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2		not-accessible	This table lists file and directory information.
swFSDirectoryEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2.1		not-accessible	.
STR swFSDirectoryName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2.1.1	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates a file name or directory in this directory.
INT swFSDirectoryAttr	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Displays the attributes of this entry. dir(1) - it's a directory. file(2) - it's a file.
STR swFSDirectoryTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Indicates the time of creation or modification of this file.
INT swFSDirectorySize	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.3.3.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates the file size.
swFSFileCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4
swFSFileRename	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.1
STR swFSFileSourceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.1.1	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the source file to copy. Please input path and filename to rename.
STR swFSFileTargetName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.1.2	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the destination file to copy. Please input path and filename to rename.
INT swFSFileRenameActivity	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	When this object is set to start(2), the device will begin renaming the file.
swFSFileDel	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.2
STR swFSFileDelName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.2.1	DisplayString	read-write	Use to delete a file. Please input path and filename to delete.
INT swFSFileDelOption	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.2.2	INTEGER	read-write	When this object is set to none(1), the file will be deleted. When this object is set to recursive(2), the directory will be deleted despite of whether there is any file in it.
INT swFSFileDelActivity	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.4.2.3	INTEGER	read-write	When this object is set to start(2), the device will begin deleting the file.
swFSCopyCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5
STR swFSCopySourceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.1	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the source file to copy. Please input path and filename.
STR swFSCopyDestinationName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.2	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the destination file to copy. Please input path and filename.
INT swFSCopyActivity	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.3	INTEGER	read-write	This command is used to copy a file to another file in the file system. A file located in a drive of a unit can be copied to another file located in another drive of another unit. For any project that does not support the file system on the flash, the system file such as runtime image/configuration / prom /log can still be copied to media or from media that supports the file system via this command using the reserved keyword. The keyword here refers to image-id, config-id, prom, or log.
INT swFSCopyDestinationUnitID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.4	INTEGER	read-write	Use to assign the destination unit ID to copy. If it is specified, swFSCopyDestinationDriveID should be specified also. If it is not specified, it refers to the current unit specified by swFSDriveChangeUnitID. If the current unit is not specified also, it refers to the master unit.
INT swFSCopyDestinationDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.5	INTEGER	read-write	Specifies the destination drive ID to copy. If swFSCopyDestinationUnitID is specified, this object should be specified also. If it is not specified, it refers to the current drive specified by swFSDriveChangeDriveID.
INT swFSCopyConfigID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.6	INTEGER	read-write	Specifies the specific configuration to copied.
INT swFSCopyImageID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.5.7	INTEGER	read-write	Specifies the specific firmware image to copied.
swFSMoveCtrl	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6
STR swFSMoveSourceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6.1	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the source file to move. Please input path and filename.
INT swFSMoveDestinationUnitID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6.2	INTEGER	read-write	Use to assign the destination unit ID to move. If it is specified, swFSMoveDestinationDriveID should be specified also. If it is not specified, it refers to the current unit specified by swFSDriveChangeUnitID. If the current unit is not specified also, it refers to the master unit.
INT swFSMoveDestinationDriveID	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6.3	INTEGER	read-write	Specifies the destination drive ID to move. If swFSMoveDestinationUnitID is specified, this object should be specified also. If it is not specified, it refers to the current drive specified by swFSDriveChangeDriveID.
STR swFSMoveDestinationName	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6.4	DisplayString	read-write	Use to assign the destination file to move. Please input path and filename.
INT swFSMoveActivity	1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.14.6.5	INTEGER	read-write	When this object is set to start(2), the device will begin moving the file.

RFC description

Manages file system operations including file copy, deletion, and directory operations on network devices.

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