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Organization: Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
Last Updated: 2017-07-25
Category: Switch Management
Description: Manages software image updates and firmware upgrade status on Mellanox switches.
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What Is MELLANOX-SW-UPDATE-MIB?
MELLANOX-SW-UPDATE-MIB is a Mellanox (now part of NVIDIA) enterprise MIB for managing software/firmware image updates on Mellanox Ethernet and InfiniBand switches. It exposes a partition table describing the switch's firmware image slots along with a command interface for triggering and tracking update operations. This MIB is directly about software status: it reports which firmware partition is active (mellanoxSWActivePartition), what is configured to boot next (mellanoxSWPartitionBootNext), and the real-time progress/result of an in-flight update (mellanoxSWUpdateCmdStatus, mellanoxSWUpdateCmdStatusString). It is a self-contained proprietary MIB, though it operates alongside Mellanox's broader switch system/chassis MIBs for identifying the target device. It is used in data-center and HPC fabric deployments where administrators remotely stage and monitor firmware upgrades across fleets of Mellanox switches without needing console access. Engineers can download the MELLANOX-SW-UPDATE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Mellanox Ethernet switches
- Mellanox InfiniBand switches
Monitoring Examples
An admin can poll mellanoxSWTable/mellanoxSWEntry indexed by mellanoxSWPartitionIndex to read mellanoxSWPartitionName and mellanoxSWPartitionActive, confirming which firmware image is running, then set mellanoxSWUpdateCmdUri and mellanoxSWUpdateCmdExecute to push a new image and poll mellanoxSWUpdateCmdStatus/mellanoxSWUpdateCmdStatusString until it reports success or failure. A mismatch between mellanoxSWActivePartition and the intended mellanoxSWPartitionBootNext after a reboot would reveal a failed or rolled-back firmware upgrade.
What Can Be Monitored
- active firmware partition
- boot-next partition selection
- firmware update command status
- update progress/result string
Imported Objects
From MELLANOX-SMI-MIB
| mellanoxSWUpdate | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| Integer32 | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
OIDs
RFC description
Mellanox software update MIB for managing software image partitions and tracking active and boot-next firmware versions.
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