ITOUCH-BOOT-CLIENT-MIB

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Category: Device Management, Vendor: iTouch

Description:

iTouch boot client MIB providing SNMP objects for BOOTP/TFTP network boot client configuration on iTouch terminal servers.

Imported Objects

From ITOUCH-MIB

iTouchOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

What Is ITOUCH-BOOT-CLIENT-MIB?

ITOUCH-BOOT-CLIENT-MIB is a vendor MIB for iTouch terminal server products, defining SNMP objects related to BOOTP/TFTP network boot client configuration used when the terminal server boots its firmware or configuration image over the network. It is expected to expose configuration data such as boot server addresses, boot file names, and boot status/method rather than ongoing performance counters. Its monitoring relevance is narrow but important at boot time: confirming a terminal server successfully identified and used its configured BOOTP/TFTP boot source, which is a software/firmware-loading status check rather than a hardware sensor. It relates conceptually to the standard BOOTP protocol though no explicit MIB dependency is stated in the available extract. Deployment context is iTouch terminal servers in legacy serial/terminal-server networking environments that rely on network boot for configuration. Engineers can download the ITOUCH-BOOT-CLIENT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ITOUCH-BOOT-CLIENT-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

  • iTouch terminal server

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were provided in the source extract for this module, so specific object identifiers cannot be responsibly invented. Based on the module's name, a realistic scenario would be checking boot-client configuration objects to confirm a terminal server successfully retrieved its firmware or configuration via BOOTP/TFTP, and troubleshooting a device that fails to come online after a reboot by reviewing its configured boot server address. Without concrete object names, further detail would be speculative.

OIDs
OID symbolicOID numericTypeAccessDescription
xBootClient1.3.6.1.4.1.33.12
STR bootClientStatus1.3.6.1.4.1.33.12.1DisplayStringread-onlyThe overall status of the bootstrapping operation, including, for example, what is presently happening and error information.

RFC description

iTouch vendor-private MIB for network boot client management; defines objects for PXE boot configuration and status monitoring on iTouch network devices.

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