HPN-ICF-DHCP-SERVER-MIB

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Last Updated: 2009-05-06

Category: Protocol: DHCP, Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP Networking ICF SNMP MIB for DHCP server address pool configuration and lease statistics on HP networking devices.

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What Is HPN-ICF-DHCP-SERVER-MIB?

HPN-ICF-DHCP-SERVER-MIB is an HP Networking proprietary MIB within the ICF suite for configuring and monitoring the built-in DHCP server feature on HP networking devices. It exposes configuration objects for DHCP address pools/scopes and operational objects tracking lease statistics such as active leases and pool utilization. Its monitoring value is a software service-status check: confirming the DHCP server process is running and that address pools are not exhausted, which is important for detecting a service outage or pool-exhaustion fault that would prevent clients from obtaining IP addresses. It depends conceptually on the standard DHCP protocol (RFC 2131) for the service it configures and monitors. It is typically deployed in small-to-medium enterprise or branch office networks using an HP switch/router's onboard DHCP server instead of a dedicated DHCP appliance. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the HPN-ICF-DHCP-SERVER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HPN-ICF-DHCP-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

  • HP networking switch/router with onboard DHCP server

Monitoring Examples

No sample_objects were supplied, but a plausible implementation includes a DHCP pool table with scope range and lease-count objects. An administrator would poll such a table to check current lease utilization against the pool size, and a pool nearing exhaustion would reveal an impending inability to assign new IP addresses to clients.

What Can Be Monitored

  • DHCP pool/scope configuration
  • active lease count
  • pool utilization/exhaustion status
Imported Objects

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfCommonOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
RowStatus

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpnicfDHCPServerReqTimes OID:

Select an HP networking switch/router with onboard DHCP server 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 hpnicfDHCPServerReqTimes into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of requests received by the DHCP server. 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

Manages DHCP server configuration, pools, options, and statistics for HP ICF devices.

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