HH3C-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB

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Organization: Hangzhou H3C Tech. Co., Ltd.

Last Updated: 2013-12-25

Category: Domain: Storage, Fibre Channel and Storage, Vendor: H3C/HH3C

Description: Manages Fibre Channel zoning configurations, zone sets, and zone membership on H3C SAN fabric switches.

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What Is HH3C-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB?

HH3C-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB is a vendor-specific H3C MIB for managing Fibre Channel (FC) zoning on SAN fabric switches, covering both Basic Zoning and Enhanced Zoning management as used to control which FC-connected devices can communicate with each other. It exposes zone-server configuration such as zoning mode, hard-zone enforcement, distribution rules, default zone settings, merge-control settings, and the outcome of the last zoning operation, alongside zone-set tables identifying named zone sets by index. This MIB is used to monitor the configuration/software state of SAN fabric security policy, confirming which zoning mode and merge rules are in effect and whether the last zone-distribution or merge operation succeeded, which is critical since a failed zone merge can cause storage devices to become unreachable. It relies conceptually on the Fibre Channel zoning standards (FC-GS/FC-SW) though implemented as a private H3C MIB rather than a standards-track one. It is typically deployed on H3C FC/SAN fabric switches in storage-area network environments requiring device-level access segmentation. Engineers can download the HH3C-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HH3C-FC-ZONE-SERVER-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

  • H3C Fibre Channel SAN fabric switches

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would check hh3cFcZsServerTable/hh3cFcZsServerEntry for hh3cFcZsZoneModeCfg and hh3cFcZsHardZoneEnable to confirm the fabric's current zoning mode and whether hardware-enforced zoning is active. The hh3cFcZsServerLastResult object reveals whether the most recent zone distribution or merge attempt succeeded or failed, which is critical after adding a new switch to the fabric. hh3cFcZsZonesetTable/hh3cFcZsZonesetEntry, indexed by hh3cFcZsZonesetIndex, lets an operator enumerate active zone sets by hh3cFcZsZonesetName to confirm the expected zoning policy is applied fleet-wide. A hh3cFcZsServerLastResult indicating merge failure after a fabric topology change would signal a zoning conflict that could isolate storage targets from initiators.

What Can Be Monitored

  • zoning mode configuration
  • hard zone enforcement state
  • zone merge/distribution result
  • active zone set names
  • default zone settings
Imported Objects

From HH3C-FC-TC-MIB

Hh3cFcNameId

From HH3C-VSAN-MIB

hh3cSanMODULE-IDENTITY
hh3cVsanIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

ifDescrOBJECT-TYPE
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

From T11-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB

t11ZsActiveZoneIndexOBJECT-TYPE
t11ZsActiveZoneMemberIndexOBJECT-TYPE

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hh3cFcZsPktInMergeReqCount OID:

Select an H3C Fibre Channel SAN 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 hh3cFcZsPktInMergeReqCount 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. It reports the number of Merge Request Frames received by local Zone Server from other Zone Servers. 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 Counter64-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

Manages Fibre Channel zoning servers on H3C SAN devices, supporting both basic and enhanced zoning management for FC network zones.

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