IFCP-MIB

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Organization: IETF IPS Working Group

Last Updated: 2001-07-20

Description: IFCP-MIB module

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What Is IFCP-MIB?

This is an IETF standards MIB for managing internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP), a protocol for transporting Fibre Channel storage traffic over IP networks via gateway-to-gateway SAN-over-IP tunneling. No sample objects were available for this module, so its specific tables cannot be enumerated with confidence, but an iFCP MIB of this kind would typically expose gateway/session status, N_Port-to-IP address mapping, and session-level counters. Where such objects exist, they would be used to monitor the operational status of iFCP gateway sessions carrying storage traffic across an IP WAN, i.e. whether a session is up, degraded, or has faulted. As an IP-based Fibre Channel transport it necessarily depends on and interoperates with standard Fibre Channel management MIBs and IP-layer MIBs. It would typically be deployed on storage-area-network (SAN) gateway devices bridging Fibre Channel fabrics over an IP backbone for remote replication or disaster recovery links. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the IFCP-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in IFCP-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

vendor-neutral, IETF standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
Fibre Channel-over-IP (iFCP) SAN gateway

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided for this MIB, so specific object names cannot be grounded from the input; in general, an iFCP MIB of this kind would be polled to check gateway session status, and any session flapping between up and down would indicate an IP-network connectivity problem affecting the Fibre-Channel-over-IP link between two SAN sites.

Imported Objects

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
experimental

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
RowStatus

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
ifcpModule	1.3.6.1.3.4370			The MIB for internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) management.
ifcpGatewayObj	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1
ifcpGatewayObjInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1
OCT ifcpGatewayVendorID	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-write	The vendor identification of this ifcp gateway instance.
OCT ifcpGatewayVendorVersion	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-write	The vendor version of this ifcp gateway instance.
IPt ifcpGatewayMgtAddrType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.3	InetAddressType	read-only	The type of Inet address in the next object.
IP ifcpGatewayMgtAddr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.4	InetAddress	read-only	The Inet management address of the ifcp instance. This is the in-band Inet Address that is used for SNMP.
IPt ifcpGatewayIsnsPrimaryAddrType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.5	InetAddressType	read-only	The type of Inet address in the next object.
IP ifcpGatewayIsnsPrimaryAddr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.6	InetAddress	read-only	The in-band Inet address of the primary ifcp instance in the network. This is the in-band Inet Address that is used for ifcpP messages.
INT ifcpGatewayIsnsPort	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates the UDP/TCP port that the ifcp gateway is currently using for iSNS communication.
IP ifcpGatewayIsnsMcastGrp	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.8	IpAddress	read-only	The multicast group being used for iSNS communication. This group is only valid if multicast communication has been set.
TFT ifcpGatewayIsnsMcastEnabled	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.9	TFtype	read-only	If this is true the gateway is enabled to communicate with the iSNS using multicast.
ENT ifcpNumEntities	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.10	EntIdx	read-only	The current total number of Entities in the gateway.
POR ifcpNumPortals	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.11	PortalIdx	read-only	The current total number of Portals in the gatway.
NOD ifcpNumNodes	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.12	NodeIdx	read-only	The current total number of iFCP nodes in the gateway.
NOD ifcpNumFcNodes	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.1.13	NodeIdx	read-only	The current total number of FC nodes in the gateway.
ifcpGatewayEntityInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2
ifcpGatewayEntityTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2.1		not-accessible	A table containing the entities in the Gateway .
ifcpGatewayEntityEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	Information on Gateway entities in the ifcp.
ENT ifcpGatewayEntityEIdx	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2.1.1.1	EntIdx	read-only	The Entity Index for this entity. The index is derived for mapping between objects.
EID ifcpGatewayEntityEID	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2.1.1.2	EidType	read-only	The Entity Identifier for this entity as defined in the ifcp Specification.
VER ifcpGatewayEntityVersionRange	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.2.1.1.3	VersionType	read-only	The Protocol Version minimum and maximum as defined in the ifcp Specification.
ifcpGatewayPortalInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3
ifcpGatewayPortalTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1		not-accessible	A table containing the Gateway portals in the ifcp.
ifcpGatewayPortalEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1		not-accessible	Information on Gateway entity portals in the ifcp.
POR ifcpGatewayPortalPrtlIdx	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.1	PortalIdx	read-only	The Portal Index for this node. The index is derived for mapping between objects.
ENT ifcpGatewayPortalEIdx	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.2	EntIdx	read-only	The Entity Index of the entity associated with this portal. The index is derived for mapping between objects.
IPt ifcpGatewayPortalAddrType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.3	InetAddressType	read-only	The type of Inet address in the next object.
IP ifcpGatewayPortalAddr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.4	InetAddress	read-only	The Inet Address for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
POR ifcpGatewayPortalPort	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.5	PortType	read-only	The TCP/UDP port for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayPortalSymName	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-only	The Symbolic Name for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
NUM ifcpGatewayPortalEsiInterval	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.7	EsiIntType	read-only	The ESI Interval for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
POR ifcpGatewayPortalEsiScnUdpPort	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.8	PortType	read-only	The ESI/SCN UDP port for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
POR ifcpGatewayPortalGroup	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.9	PortGrpType	read-only	The Portal Group for this portal as defined in the ifcp Specification.
CLO ifcpGatewayPortalUptime	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.3.1.1.10	ClockType	read-only	The uptime, in seconds, for this portal.
ifcpGatewayNodeInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4
ifcpGatewayNodeTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1		not-accessible	Information on iFCP Nodes in the Gateway.
ifcpGatewayNodeEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1		not-accessible	Information on iFCP Node Entries in the Gateway .
WWN ifcpGatewayNodeWwpn	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.1	WWNtype	read-only	The iFCP Node World Wide Port Name as defined in the ifcp Specification.
ENT ifcpGatewayNodeEidx	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.2	EntIdx	read-only	The Entity Index of the Entity associated with this node. The index is derived for mapping between objects.
FCI ifcpGatewayNodePortID	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.3	FCIDtype	read-only	The iFCP Node Port ID as defined in the ifcp Specification.
INT ifcpGatewayNodePortType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The iFCP Node Port Type as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayNodeSymName	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The iFCP Node Port Symbolic Name as defined in the ifcp Specification.
WWN ifcpGatewayNodeFcNodeWwn	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.6	WWNtype	read-only	The FC Node WWN associated with this iFCP Node as defined in the ifcp Specification.
WWN ifcpGatewayNodeFabricPortWwn	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.7	WWNtype	read-only	The Fabric Port WWN associated with this Port as defined in the ifcp Specification.
FCI ifcpGatewayNodeHA	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.8	FCIDtype	read-only	The FC Hard Address as defined in the ifcp Specification.
IPt ifcpGatewayNodePortAddrType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.9	InetAddressType	read-only	The type of Inet address in the next object.
IP ifcpGatewayNodePortAddr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.10	InetAddress	read-only	The iFCP Node Port Inet Address as defined in the ifcp Specification.
INT ifcpGatewayNodeFcCos	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	The iFCP Node Class of Service as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayNodeFc4Types	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.12	OCTET STRING	read-only	The iFCP Node FC-4 Types as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayNodeFc4Descr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.13	OCTET STRING	read-only	The iFCP Node FC-4 Descriptors as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayNodeFc4Features	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.14	OCTET STRING	read-only	The iFCP Node FC-4 Features as defined in the ifcp Specification.
SCN ifcpGatewayNodeScnBitmap	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.4.1.1.15	ScnBitmap	read-only	The iFCP Node SCN bitmap for this node as defined in the ifcp Specification.
ifcpGatewayFcNodeInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5
ifcpGatewayFcNodeTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1		not-accessible	A table containing the FC Nodes in the Gateway.
ifcpGatewayFcNodeEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1		not-accessible	Information on FC nodes in the Gateway.
WWN ifcpGatewayFcNodeWwn	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1.1	WWNtype	read-only	The FC Node WorldWideName as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayFcNodeSymName	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	The FC Node Symbolic Name of the node as defined in the ifcp Specification. This is a variable-length text-based description of up to 256 bytes.
IPt ifcpGatewayFcNodeAddrType	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1.3	InetAddressType	read-only	The type of Inet address in the next object.
IP ifcpGatewayFcNodeAddr	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1.4	InetAddress	read-only	The FC Node Inet address of the node as defined in the ifcp Specification.
OCT ifcpGatewayFcNodeIPA	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.5.1.1.5	OCTET STRING	read-only	The object identifies the FC Initial Process Associator of the node as defined in the ifcp Specification.
ifcpGatewaySessionInfo	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6
ifcpSessionAttributesTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.1		not-accessible	.
ifcpSessionAttributesEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.1.1		not-accessible	.
U32 ifcpSessionIndex	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	The session index.
WWN ifcpSessionLocalNode	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.1.1.2	WWNtype	read-only	World Wide Name of the local node.
WWN ifcpSessionRemoteNode	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.1.1.3	WWNtype	read-only	World Wide Name of the remote node.
ifcpSessionStatsTable	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2		not-accessible	.
ifcpSessionStatsEntry	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1		not-accessible	.
C32 ifcpSessionCmdPdus	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.1	Counter32	read-only	.
C32 ifcpSessionRspPdus	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.2	Counter32	read-only	.
C64 ifcpSessionTxDataOctets	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.3	Counter64	read-only	.
C64 ifcpSessionRxDataOctets	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.4	Counter64	read-only	.
C32 ifcpSessionCRCErrors	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.5	Counter32	read-only	.
C32 ifcpSessionCxnTimeoutErrors	1.3.6.1.3.4370.1.6.2.1.6	Counter32	read-only	.
ifcpGatewayConformance	1.3.6.1.3.4370.2
ifcpGroups	1.3.6.1.3.4370.2.1

RFC description

Defined in RFC 6173, provides management objects for Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) gateway instances and their sessions. Enables SNMP monitoring and control of iFCP gateways that bridge Fibre Channel and IP networks.

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What Is IFCP-MIB?

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Monitoring Examples

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