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Category: Products/Registration
Description: Defines Microsoft common enterprise objects shared across product-specific MIBs.
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What Is MSSCOMMON-MIB?
MSSCOMMON-MIB is an IBM Nways MSS (Multiprotocol Switched Services) common enterprise MIB that defines shared objects used across IBM's MSS product-specific MIB modules, notably a hardware Vital Product Data (VPD) table. It exposes an inventory-style data structure describing hardware components' VPD, keyed information such as component index, keyword, and associated data value, providing a generic mechanism for identifying installed hardware parts. Its monitoring role centers on hardware inventory and identification: administrators can retrieve VPD keyword/value pairs (e.g., serial numbers, part numbers, firmware revisions) for the first or subsequent hardware components in a chassis, which supports asset tracking and helps confirm the correct hardware/firmware is installed. As a 'common' MIB under the ibm/ibmProd/nwaysMSS enterprise arc, it is explicitly a shared dependency for other MSS product MIBs that reuse its VPD table structure and enterprise registration point. It is deployed in IBM Nways MSS multiprotocol switching/routing platforms used in legacy IBM networking environments.
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Supported Devices
- IBM Nways MSS (Multiprotocol Switched Services) platform
Monitoring Examples
An administrator polls mssHardwareVPDTable/mssHardwareVPDEntry, iterating vpdHwComponentIndex and vpdIndex to read vpdKeyword/vpdData pairs, retrieving values such as a card's serial number or firmware version for the installed hardware component. This lets an operator confirm which physical module or revision is installed in a given slot without needing product-specific MIBs, useful when auditing hardware inventory across many IBM Nways MSS chassis, a task that starts with an MSSCOMMON-MIB download so the VPD table structure can be loaded into a MIB browser.
What Can Be Monitored
- hardware component VPD (vital product data)
- component serial number
- component part/keyword data
- installed hardware inventory per slot
Imported Objects
OIDs
RFC description
MSS Common Enterprise MIB for IBM Nways Multiprotocol Switched Services hardware component management.
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