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Organization: Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
Last Updated: 2017-07-25
Category: Network Management
Description: Manages configuration database attributes and versioning on Mellanox switch systems.
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What Is MELLANOX-CONFIG-DB-MIB?
MELLANOX-CONFIG-DB-MIB is a Mellanox Technologies enterprise MIB that provides remote configuration-file management for Mellanox switch systems' config database, registered under the MELLANOX-SMI-MIB enterprise tree. Its mellanoxConfigDBCmd group exposes read-write objects mellanoxConfigDBCmdUri and mellanoxConfigDBCmdFilename to specify a remote file location and local filename, and mellanoxConfigDBCmdExecute — an enumerated command object supporting operations like BinarySwitchTo, TextApply, BinaryUpload/TextUpload, ConfigWrite, and BinaryDelete/TextDelete — to trigger the actual file operation. The read-only mellanoxConfigDBCmdStatus and mellanoxConfigDBCmdStatusString objects report operation progress as a percentage (or success/failure code) plus a human-readable status string, letting an operator confirm whether a remote configuration push or backup completed. It is primarily a control/automation MIB rather than a continuous telemetry source, so it depends on being invoked alongside routine configuration-management workflows rather than passive polling. It is deployed on Mellanox switch platforms (e.g. SwitchX/Spectrum-based systems) that expose SNMP-driven config database operations. Administrators scripting bulk configuration backups benefit from monitoring this MIB, and a MELLANOX-CONFIG-DB-MIB MIB Browser is useful for inspecting the exact command enumeration before issuing a remote switch operation.
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Supported Devices
- Mellanox switch systems (SwitchX/Spectrum-based Ethernet/InfiniBand switches)
Monitoring Examples
An operator sets mellanoxConfigDBCmdUri and mellanoxConfigDBCmdFilename to a remote TFTP/SCP destination, then sets mellanoxConfigDBCmdExecute to the TextUpload value to push the running configuration off-box, polling mellanoxConfigDBCmdStatus until it reaches 101 (success); a returned value above 200 combined with an error message in mellanoxConfigDBCmdStatusString would indicate the upload failed, e.g. due to an unreachable remote server.
What Can Be Monitored
- configuration file upload/download URI and filename
- configuration command execution (switch/apply/upload/delete)
- configuration operation progress/status code
- operation status description string
Imported Objects
From MELLANOX-SMI-MIB
| mellanoxConfigDB | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| Integer32 | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages Mellanox switch configuration database operations including binary and text file management.
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