IBM-Director-Server-MIB

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Organization: IBM Corp.

Last Updated: 2003-07-09

Category: Domain: Network Management, Domain: Server Hardware, Vendor: IBM

Description: IBM Director MIB for the central management server providing inventory aggregation and event management for the IBM Director platform.

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What Is IBM-Director-Server-MIB?

IBM-Director-Server-MIB covers the central management server portion of IBM Director, IBM's systems-management platform for aggregating hardware inventory and events from managed IBM and non-IBM servers across a network. It exposes componentidTable entries identifying discovered hardware components by manufacturer, product, version, and serial number, plus a remoteSystemsTable cataloguing each managed remote system by name and management protocol. Its monitoring value is centered on inventory and fleet-wide status aggregation rather than a single device's sensors: it lets an operator confirm which systems and hardware components IBM Director currently knows about, detect a system that has dropped off the remoteSystemsTable (indicating lost management connectivity), and audit component versions/serial numbers across the fleet for asset and firmware-version tracking. As the server-side counterpart to IBM Director's client/agent MIBs, it depends on data collected from managed-system agents (e.g., via DMI or CIM instrumentation) to populate its tables. It is deployed on the IBM Director management server itself, which sits atop a data center's server fleet to provide centralized inventory and event management. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the IBM-Director-Server-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in IBM-Director-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

IBM Director management server
IBM Director-managed servers (fleet-wide, mixed vendor)

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll componentidTable/componentidEntry, keyed by a1Index, to read a1Manufacturer, a1Product, a1Version, and a1SerialNumber for each discovered hardware component, useful for auditing firmware/version consistency across the fleet. Checking remoteSystemsTable/remoteSystemsEntry for a11SystemTag and a11SystemName reveals which managed systems are currently registered with the Director server; a system missing from this table that should be present indicates the server has lost contact with that managed node's Director agent. a11ProtocolName would show which management protocol (e.g., CIM, SNMP) is used to reach each remote system.

What Can Be Monitored

discovered hardware component inventory (manufacturer/product/version/serial)
list of managed remote systems
management protocol per remote system
remote system registration/connectivity status

Imported Objects

From IBM-REC-MIB

ibm	MODULE-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using a11SystemState OID:

Select an IBM Director management server (fleet-wide inventory/event aggregation) 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 a11SystemState 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. This reflects the on-line/off-line state of the given system. 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 an INTEGER-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value is anything other than 'online', since that indicates the condition this object reports has changed to one worth investigating. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
ibmProd	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6
director	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159
dmiMibs	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200
directorServerMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3			This module defines objects for the IBM Director Server portion of the MIB tree.
dmtfGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1
componentidTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1		not-accessible	This group defines attributes common to all components.This group is required.
componentidEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1		not-accessible	INDEX INTEGER value is DmiComponentIndex
STR a1Manufacturer	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1.1	DisplayString	read-only	The name of the manufacturer that produces this component.
STR a1Product	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	The name of the component.
STR a1Version	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The version for the component.
STR a1SerialNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The serial number for this instance of this component.
U32 a1Index	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	The name of the manufacturer that produces this component.
remoteSystemsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11		not-accessible	Table of remote systems defined for managing under the server.
remoteSystemsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1		not-accessible	INDEX INTEGER value is DmiComponentIndex
U32 a11SystemTag	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Unique ID number of this remote system on the server.
STR a11SystemName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Displayable name of the given system.
STR a11ProtocolName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	This is the type of network protocol used for communication with the given system.
STR a11NetworkAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	This is the network address of the given system.
INT a11SystemStateEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	This reflects the on-line/off-line state of the given system.
INT a11Server	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	This indicates if the system is some sort of server system.
INT a11DirectorServer	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	This indicates if the system is a IBM Director Server system.
INT a11OperatingSystemType	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	The primary operating system running on the given system.
U32 a11OsMajorVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	The major version of primary operating system running on the given system.
U32 a11OsMinorVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.10	Unsigned32	read-only	The minor version of primary operating system running on the given system.
STR a11SystemModelId	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.11	DisplayString	read-only	These are the model identifier values for the given system. Systems which are the same non-zero model identifier are the same type of system.
STR a11SystemModelName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.12	DisplayString	read-only	This is the model name for the given system, if known.
INT a11SystemOnlineNotify	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	Severity of alert generated when system becomes on-line, if enabled.
INT a11SystemOfflineNotify	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.14	INTEGER	read-only	Severity of alert generated when system becomes off-line, if enabled.
U32 a11PresenceCheckInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.15	Unsigned32	read-only	This is the time between attempts by the server to verify the presence of the remote system, in seconds.
MAC a11MacAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.11.1.16	MacAddress	read-only	Media Access Control (MAC) address of remote system, if known.
remoteSystemGroupsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12		not-accessible	Table of remote system groups defined for managing under the server.
remoteSystemGroupsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1		not-accessible	INDEX INTEGER value is DmiComponentIndex
U32 a12GroupTag	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Unique ID number of this system group on the server.
STR a12GroupName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Displayable name of the given group.
INT a12RequiredKeywordsCombination	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	This reflects whether all, any, or one of the keywords for the group must be matched during a discovery request in order for a remote system to be discovered.
STR a12Keywords	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	List of keywords which are used for finding remote systems during a discovery request.
INT a12SystemOnlineNotifyDefault	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	On-line notification default for systems in this group, if enabled.
INT a12SystemOfflineNotifyDefault	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	Off-line notification default for systems in this group, if enabled.
U32 a12DefaultPresenceCheckInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.7	Unsigned32	read-only	This is the default time between attempts by the server to verify the presence of the system in this group, in seconds. 0 = No group-specific default.
I32 a12DiscoveryStartFlag	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.12.1.8	Integer32	read-write	The value of this flag is not significant. To start a discovery request on the given System Group, write any value to this field.
remoteSystemGroupMapTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.13		not-accessible	Table mapping the membership of remote system in groups in the server.
remoteSystemGroupMapEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.13.1		not-accessible	INDEX INTEGER value is DmiComponentIndex
U32 a13SystemTag	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.13.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Unique ID number of remote system.
U32 a13GroupTag	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.1.13.1.2	Unsigned32	read-only	Unique ID number of group containing the remote system.
directorServerMIBConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.2
directorServerMIBGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.2.1
directorServerMIBGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.2.1.1			The objects group for objects defined in this module.
directorServerMIBCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.2.2
directorServerMIBCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.200.3.2.2.1			The compliance statement for this module.

RFC description

Management objects for IBM Director Server components including manufacturer, product, version, and serial number information.

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