IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB :: ibmSystemProcessorFamily

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ibmSystemProcessorFamily

Module: IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB

OID (symbolic): IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB::ibmSystemProcessorFamily

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1.1.3

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Uint16

Access: read-only

Description: The processor family type. 1=Other,2=Unknown,3=8086,4=80286,5=80386,6=80486,7=8087,8=80287, 9=80387,10=80487,11=Pentium(R) brand,12=Pentium(R) Pro, 13=Pentium(R) II,14=Pentium(R) processor with MMX(TM) technology, 15=Celeron(TM),16=Pentium(R) II Xeon(TM),17=Pentium(R) III, 18=M1 Family,19=M2 Family,24=K5 Family,25=K6 Family,26=K6-2,27=K6-3, 28=AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Family,29=AMD(R) Duron(TM) Processor, 30=AMD29000 Family,31=K6-2+,32=Power PC Family,33=Power PC 601, 34=Power PC 603,35=Power PC 603+,36=Power PC 604,37=Power PC 620, 38=Power PC X704,39=Power PC 750,48=Alpha Family,49=Alpha 21064, 50=Alpha 21066,51=Alpha 21164,52=Alpha 21164PC,53=Alpha 21164a, 54=Alpha 21264,55=Alpha 21364,64=MIPS Family,65=MIPS R4000, 66=MIPS R4200,67=MIPS R4400,68=MIPS R4600,69=MIPS R10000, 80=SPARC Family,81=SuperSPARC,82=microSPARC II,83=microSPARC IIep, 84=UltraSPARC,85=UltraSPARC II,86=UltraSPARC IIi,87=UltraSPARC III, 88=UltraSPARC IIIi,96=68040,97=68xxx Family,98=68000,99=68010, 100=68020,101=68030,112=Hobbit Family,120=Crusoe(TM) TM5000 Family, 121=Crusoe(TM) TM3000 Family,122=Efficeon(TM) TM8000 Family, 128=Weitek,130=Itanium(TM) Processor, 131=AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor Family, 132=AMD Opteron(TM) Processor Family,144=PA-RISC Family, 145=PA-RISC 8500,146=PA-RISC 8000,147=PA-RISC 7300LC,148=PA-RISC 7200, 149=PA-RISC 7100LC,150=PA-RISC 7100,160=V30 Family, 176=Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM), 177=Pentium(R) III Processor with Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Technology, 178=Pentium(R) 4,179=Intel(R) Xeon(TM),180=AS400 Family, 181=Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor MP,182=AMD Athlon(TM) XP Family, 183=AMD Athlon(TM) MP Family,184=Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2, 185=Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor,190=K7,= ,S/390 and zSeries Family, 200=ESA/390 G4,201=ESA/390 G5, 202=ESA/390 G6,203=z/Architectur base,204=i860,250=i960,251=SH-3, 260=SH-4,261=ARM,280=StrongARM,281=6x86,300=MediaGX,301=MII, 302=WinChip,320=DSP,350=Video Processor

What is ibmSystemProcessorFamily?

This is a numeric code identifying the processor family and model installed, drawn from a large enumeration covering x86, PowerPC, SPARC, Itanium, and other CPU families. Admins decode this value to know the exact processor architecture and generation in use, which matters for compatibility checks, firmware or driver selection, and capacity planning. For example, a value of 178 indicates a Pentium(R) 4 processor, while 132 indicates an AMD Opteron(TM) processor family.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1.1.3
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB::ibmSystemProcessorFamily

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1.1.3.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> IBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB::ibmSystemProcessorFamily.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (12 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2ibmATM-ADAPTER-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6ibmProdATM-ADAPTER-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159directorIBM-Director-Agent-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1ibmSystemIBM-SYSTEM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1ibmSystemMIBIBM-SYSTEM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140ibmSystemProcessorIBM-SYSTEM-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1ibmSystemProcessorTableIBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1.1ibmSystemProcessorEntryIBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.159.1.1.140.1.1.3ibmSystemProcessorFamilyIBM-SYSTEM-PROCESSOR-MIB