FOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB :: snCamUsageL3Free

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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snCamUsageL3Free

Module: FOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB

OID (symbolic): FOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB::snCamUsageL3Free

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1.1.6

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Gauge32

Access: read-only

Description: The amount of CAM currently available for this layer 3 traffic entry. For ipv4 traffic, each unit is 4 bytes. For ipv4vpn, each unit is 8 bytes. For ipv6, each unit is 16 bytes.

What is snCamUsageL3Free?

This value reports how many CAM entries currently remain free for a specific layer 3 traffic type on a given linecard's network processor. Administrators watch this value to catch CAM exhaustion before it causes route or ACL installation failures, especially on linecards carrying large IPv4 or IPv6 routing tables. A snCamUsageL3Free value approaching zero on an ipv6 entry would warn that the device is nearly out of room for new IPv6 forwarding entries.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1.1.6
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> FOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB::snCamUsageL3Free

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1.1.6.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> FOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB::snCamUsageL3Free.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a Brocade/Foundry FastIron/BigIron switch/router (CAM forwarding-table usage) 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 snCamUsageL3Free 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. The amount of CAM currently available for this layer 3 traffic entry. 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 Gauge32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value drifts significantly from its normal baseline (in Entries), since an unexpected change often points to a real underlying issue. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (9 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991foundryFOUNDRY-SN-ROOT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1productsFOUNDRY-SN-ROOT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14platformFOUNDRY-SN-ROOT-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1snCamMIBFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1snCamObjectsFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2snCamUsageFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1snCamUsageL3TableFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1.1snCamUsageL3EntryFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.14.1.1.2.1.1.6snCamUsageL3FreeFOUNDRY-SN-CAM-MIB