GSM7324-SWITCHING-MIB

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Organization: Netgear

Last Updated: 2003-05-06

Category: Technology: Switching/L2, Vendor: Netgear

Description: Netgear GSM7324 switch MIB for comprehensive Layer 2 switching management including VLANs, STP, and MAC tables.

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What Is GSM7324-SWITCHING-MIB?

GSM7324-SWITCHING-MIB is a Netgear vendor MIB for the GSM7324 managed switch, covering comprehensive Layer 2 switching management including VLAN configuration, Spanning Tree Protocol state, and MAC address table contents. Its conformance groups indicate the breadth of coverage: an agentSystemGroup for general switch/system information, an agentInfoGroup for switch identification and status, and an agentCableTesterGroup exposing results from the switch's built-in cable diagnostic test. This MIB is directly relevant to monitoring both software and hardware status of the switch: STP state reveals topology changes or blocked ports caused by a loop, the MAC address table shows learned host locations per port, and the cable tester group specifically exposes hardware-level cable fault diagnostics (such as an open or shorted pair) run on a given port. As a vendor private switching MIB it works alongside Netgear's standard IF-MIB and bridge MIB (RFC 4188) implementations for baseline interface and bridging data. It is deployed on Netgear GSM7324 managed switches in enterprise LAN environments needing VLAN, STP, and cable-health visibility. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the GSM7324-SWITCHING-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in GSM7324-SWITCHING-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

  • Netgear GSM7324 ProSafe managed Gigabit switch

Monitoring Examples

An administrator troubleshooting a suspected bad cable would run the switch's built-in cable test and read results from the agentCableTesterGroup objects to identify an open or shorted pair on a specific port, avoiding a truck roll to physically inspect the cable. Separately, polling STP port state and the MAC address table under this MIB would reveal a port stuck in blocking state or an unexpected MAC address flapping between ports, both signs of a switching loop or misconfigured VLAN trunk.

What Can Be Monitored

  • VLAN configuration
  • Spanning Tree Protocol port state
  • MAC address table entries
  • built-in cable diagnostic test results
  • switch system/agent identification
Imported Objects

From GSM7324-REF-MIB

AgentPortMask
gsm7324MODULE-IDENTITY

From IANAifType-MIB

IANAifType

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

VlanIndex
dot1qFdbIdOBJECT-TYPE
dot1qVlanIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

TimeTicks

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
PhysAddress

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
RowStatus

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using agentSwitchIGMPSnoopingMulticastControlFramesProcessed OID:

Select a Netgear ProSafe managed switch 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 agentSwitchIGMPSnoopingMulticastControlFramesProcessed into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the multicast Control Frames Processed by CPU. The number of multicast control frames that have been processed by the CPU. 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 Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Provides switching and network management information for Netgear GSM7324 switch devices.

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