LEFTHAND-NETWORKS-NUS-COMMON-MIB

LeftHand Networks base MIB defining common management framework objects for LeftHand NUS iSCSI SAN appliances.

LEFTHAND-NETWORKS-NUS-COMMON-MIB is the base common-framework MIB for LeftHand Networks' NUS (Network Unified Storage) iSCSI SAN appliances, a storage-focused product line later acquired by HP and folded into the HP StoreVirtual/LeftHand P4000 family. Rather than exposing runtime data itself, it defines the shared OID structure, conformance groups, compliance statements, and event/notification categories that other LeftHand NUS MIB modules build upon. As a common/organizational module it underpins monitoring of the broader NUS platform, including hardware and software status such as node health, storage cluster events, and system notifications defined in dependent modules. Reviewing the LEFTHAND-NETWORKS-NUS-COMMON-MIB OID tree shows how those sibling modules' events and conformance groups are all rooted in this shared namespace. It has an explicit structural dependency on other LeftHand NUS MIBs, since its groups (lhnNusCommonGroups, lhnNusCommonCompl) exist specifically to be imported by those sibling modules. It is deployed wherever LeftHand NUS iSCSI SAN appliances are managed via SNMP, typically in enterprise or SMB storage environments.

This module itself centers on organizational objects like lhnNusCommonObjs, lhnNusCommonConfs, lhnNusCommonGroups, and lhnNusCommonEvents, which define conformance groupings and event categories rather than pollable runtime counters. An admin would not query this MIB directly for live data; instead, dependent LeftHand NUS MIB modules reference lhnNusCommonEvents to structure the traps/notifications a SAN appliance emits. It functions more as a schema/foundation module than a source of monitoring values.

Common management objects for Lefthand Networks NUS (Network Utility Storage) products.