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Last Updated: 2014-03-03
Category: Fibre Channel and Storage, Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE
Description: Manages the Fibre Channel Name Server database for device registration and lookup on HP/Comware SAN switches.
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What Is HPN-ICF-FC-NAME-SERVER-MIB?
HPN-ICF-FC-NAME-SERVER-MIB manages the Fibre Channel Name Server on HP Networking (H3C Comware-based) Fibre Channel/SAN switches, the fabric service responsible for registering and resolving device World Wide Names (WWNs) so hosts and storage can discover each other on the fabric. It exposes notification-enable controls for port login/logout events (hpnicfFcNsPortLoginNotifyEnable, hpnicfFcNsPortLogoutNotifyEnable) and objects reporting the local switch's WWN and the WWN of devices performing fabric login (hpnicfFcNsLocalSwitchWWN, hpnicfFcNsFloginPortWWN). Its monitoring role centers on fabric membership/software status: tracking device login/logout events lets an admin detect unexpected device disconnects or new device registrations on the SAN fabric, critical for diagnosing storage connectivity problems. It operates within the broader Fibre Channel standard's Name Server concept (FC-GS) but is a vendor-specific implementation without a direct IETF MIB dependency. It is deployed on HP Networking Fibre Channel SAN switches in storage area network environments connecting servers to shared storage. Engineers can download the HPN-ICF-FC-NAME-SERVER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- HP Networking Fibre Channel SAN switch
Monitoring Examples
A SAN admin monitoring hpnicfFcNsPortLoginNotifyEnable-driven traps alongside hpnicfFcNsFloginPortWWN can detect when a storage array or HBA unexpectedly logs out of the fabric, which combined with hpnicfFcNsLocalSwitchWWN helps pinpoint which switch and port lost the device registration, speeding root-cause analysis of a storage outage.
What Can Be Monitored
- fabric port login/logout notifications
- device WWN registration
- local switch WWN
Imported Objects
From HPN-ICF-FC-TC-MIB
| HpnicfFcNameId |
From HPN-ICF-VSAN-MIB
| hpnicfSan | MODULE-IDENTITY |
| hpnicfVsanIndex | OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TruthValue |
OIDs
RFC description
HP/Arista proprietary MIB for Fibre Channel name server management. Allows SNMP monitoring of FC N_Port and NL_Port registration and discovery functions, extending RFC 4438 Fibre Channel Name Server capabilities.
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