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Category: Device Management
Description:
Supplies reusable, common management object definitions intended for reuse across multiple types of devices.
Imported Objects
What Is GENERICOBJECT-MIB?
GENERICOBJECT-MIB is a vendor-neutral utility module that defines a small set of reusable, generic object types (a generic line number, line type, and timestamp) intended to be imported by other, more specific device MIBs rather than used standalone. It does not represent any single technology area; instead it supplies common building-block data types such as an indexed line/record identifier, a classification tag, and a timestamp that other modules can reuse to model log or table entries consistently. Because its objects are generic wrappers, it is not itself used to monitor hardware or software health directly; rather it underpins other MIBs that track things like event logs, alarm entries, or table rows where a per-entry timestamp and type classification are needed. Any dependency is implicit: any MIB importing genericLineNum, genericLineType, or genericTimeStamp inherits this module's conventions. Consulting a GENERICOBJECT-MIB OID list mainly confirms how these three objects are numbered, since the module carries no monitoring semantics of its own until another MIB imports them. In practice it appears bundled with vendor MIB sets as a shared support module rather than being polled on its own.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in GENERICOBJECT-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.
What Can Be Monitored
- generic line/record index
- generic entry type classification
- generic entry timestamp
Supported Devices
- vendor-neutral, standards-agnostic support MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
- any device whose vendor MIB imports these generic objects
Monitoring Examples
An admin would not poll GENERICOBJECT-MIB directly for status; instead they would encounter its objects embedded inside a vendor table, e.g. a row indexed by genericLineNum with a genericLineType classifying the entry and a genericTimeStamp recording when it was created or last changed. Under genericObjects, a monitoring tool walking a dependent MIB's log table might see the timestamp go stale, indicating the underlying process stopped generating entries. Because the module itself has no device-specific semantics, its practical monitoring value comes entirely from the MIB(s) that import it.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| genericObjects | 1.3.6.1.4.1.351.110.2.8 | |||
| INT genericLineNum | 1.3.6.1.4.1.351.110.2.8.1 | INTEGER | read-only | This is the generic line number used in traps. This object cannot be set or read. This object may refer to a T1, T3 or X21 line. (It is a proxy for other objects lineNum, dsx3LineNum and x21LineNum). Currently, the ranges are T1/E1 1..56 T3/E3 1..3 X21 1..4 |
| INT genericLineType | 1.3.6.1.4.1.351.110.2.8.2 | INTEGER | read-only | This is the generic line type used in traps. This object cannot be set or read. Depending on the value, this object may refer to a T1, T3 or X21 line type. It is a proxy for other objects lineType, dsx3LineType and x21LineType. |
| STR genericTimeStamp | 1.3.6.1.4.1.351.110.2.8.3 | DisplayString | read-only | This is the generic time stamp used in traps. This object cannot be set or read. This object will be used by all new traps to tell the time that a given trap was originated. |
RFC description
Generic object MIB providing reusable common management object definitions across multiple device types.
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