FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB

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Organization: Force10 Networks, Inc.

Last Updated: 2005-10-05

Category: Alarm and Event Management, Vendor: Dell

Description: Dell Force10 Networks trap and event MIB defining SNMP notifications for system alerts, interface state changes, and hardware faults.

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What Is FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB?

FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB is a Dell (formerly Force10 Networks) proprietary MIB that provides a structured event/alarm log for SNMP traps generated by the switch, separating them into a history table of all logged trap events and an active table of unresolved, action-requiring events such as a card going down. It exposes per-event severity, type, free-text message, source OID, chassis slot/port, and timestamp, giving a centralized view of system alerts. This is directly a hardware/software fault-monitoring MIB: the active trap event table is specifically designed to surface conditions like a card-down state that persists until a corresponding clear event (e.g., card-up) is received, making it a primary tool for tracking outstanding hardware faults. It builds on the standard SNMP notification mechanism (SNMPv2-MIB/NOTIFICATION-TYPE) to generate the underlying traps that populate these tables. It is deployed on Dell Force10 chassis switches and routers to give operators a persistent, queryable alarm history beyond transient trap messages. Engineers can download the FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Dell Force10 (Dell Networking OS) chassis switch/router

Monitoring Examples

An operator investigating an outage would poll f10ActiveTrapEvent-derived tables to find unresolved events, then cross-reference f10HistoryTrapEventTable/f10HistoryTrapEventEntry entries by historyTrapEventSeqId to see historyTrapEventType and historyTrapEventSeverity for a 'card down' event, using historyTrapEventSlotPort to identify the affected chassis slot. historyTrapEventMsg gives a human-readable description and historyTrapEventTimeStamp establishes when the fault occurred, while f10MaxHistoryTableSize governs how much history is retained before older entries roll off. A card-down event lacking a matching card-up clear in the active table indicates the fault is still outstanding.

What Can Be Monitored

active unresolved fault/alarm events
historical trap event log
event severity and type
affected chassis slot/port
card up/down status

Imported Objects

From FORCE10-SMI

f10Mgmt

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
f10TrapEventMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6			Force10 Trap Alarm MIB. Force10 Trap Event MIB allows users to track or to view the trap events logged by the system. There are two types of trap event tables, hostory trap event table and active trap event table. All the traps sent by the system are logged to history trap event table. The trap that need action will logged to active trap event table; 'Card down' trap event will go to the active trap event table, and the trap will be cleared as soon as 'Card Up' event is issued.
f10TrapEventObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1
f10HistoryTrapEvent	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1
DAT f10ChassisTrapEventId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.1	DateAndTime	read-only	The f10ChassisTrapEventId used the timestamp as the ID to uniquely identify the current trap event table. Each time a NMS connect to F10 Chassis, it should verify its f10ChassisTrapEventId. If the ID is different, it should refresh its history and active tables. But, if the f10ChassisTrapEventId is the same, then it should query the f10LastTrapEventSeqId and update its history and active tables from its own f10LastTrapEventSeqId to the chassis f10LastTrapEventSeqId.
I32 f10LastTrapEventSeqId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.2	Integer32	read-only	f10LastTrapEventSeqId is a sequential ID indicated the number of traps sent by the syatem since chassis is loaded. The same id can also be used as the index to the history and active tables. Anytime, if an NMS dropped its connection with F10 Chassis, it should sync up its history tables from its own f10LastTrapEventSeqId to the chassis f10LastTrapEventSeqId.
I32 f10MaxHistoryTableSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.3	Integer32	read-only	f10MaxHistoryTableSize is the maximum rows in history table. This also limits the active/varbind tables. Whenever there is a chance of overflow, the oldest entry will be deleted form the history table. Respective entry from active table also will be deleted and the corresponding varbind entries will be deleted from varbind table.
f10HistoryTrapEventTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4		not-accessible	A table of history trap event table.
f10HistoryTrapEventEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1		not-accessible	A table of history trap event table.
I32 historyTrapEventSeqId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	historyTrapEventSeqId is a sequential ID and the index to history trap table.
I32 historyTrapEventSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.2	Integer32	read-only	The trap severity level.
I32 historyTrapEventType	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.3	Integer32	read-only	The trap category type.
STR historyTrapEventMsg	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The message or the description of the trap.
NUM historyTrapEventOid	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.5	RowPointer	read-only	The OID of this trap.
I32 historyTrapEventSlotPort	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.6	Integer32	read-only	The slot or port number that relate to this trap. for example if card is down, this field will have the card slot number.
TIK historyTrapEventTimeStamp	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.1.4.1.7	TimeTicks	read-only	The timestamp when the trap is sent.
f10ActiveTrapEvent	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2
f10ActiveTrapEventTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1		not-accessible	A table of active trap event table.
f10ActiveTrapEventEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	A table of active trap event table.
I32 activeTrapEventSeqId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	activeTrapEventSeqId is a sequential ID and the index to active trap table.
I32 activeTrapEventSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.2	Integer32	read-only	The trap severity level.
I32 activeTrapEventType	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.3	Integer32	read-only	The trap category type.
STR activeTrapEventMsg	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The message or the description of the trap.
NUM activeTrapEventOid	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.5	RowPointer	read-only	The OID of this trap.
I32 activeTrapEventSlotPort	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.6	Integer32	read-only	The numeric iof slot or port that relate to this trap. for example if card is down, this field will have the card slot number.
TIK activeTrapEventTimeStamp	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.2.1.1.7	TimeTicks	read-only	The timestamp when the trap is sent.
f10TrapVarbindEvent	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3
f10TrapEventVarbindTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1		not-accessible	A table of trap event varbind table.
f10TrapEventVarbindEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1		not-accessible	A table of trap event varbind table.
I32 trapEventVarbindSeqId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	trapEventVarbindSeqId is a sequential ID and the index to varbind trap table.
I32 trapEventVarbindId	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1.2	Integer32	not-accessible	trapEventVarbindId is the ID and the index to history trap table.
OID trapEventVarbindOid	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1.3	OBJECT IDENTIFIER	read-only	The OID of this trap.
I32 trapEventVarbindType	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1.4	Integer32	read-only	The trap category type.
STR trapEventVarbindValue	1.3.6.1.4.1.6027.3.6.1.3.1.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	This is the result or data in this trap.

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB for Force10 Networks (now Dell) defining trap definitions and event notifications for network device monitoring.

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What Is FORCE10-TRAP-EVENT-MIB?

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