NETGEAR-PFC-MIB

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Organization: Netgear Inc

Last Updated: 2011-01-26

Category: QoS

Description: Manages IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control enabling and per-priority pause on Netgear DCB switches.

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What Is NETGEAR-PFC-MIB?

NETGEAR-PFC-MIB is a Netgear private MIB implementing IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) for Data Center Bridging (DCB) on Netgear switches, allowing lossless per-priority pause frames to be enabled and tuned on switch ports. The only object group available, agentPfcCfgGroup, indicates this MIB is primarily configuration-oriented, exposing settings that control which traffic priorities receive pause behavior rather than exposing hardware fault counters directly. Its monitoring value is chiefly software/feature status: confirming PFC is enabled and configured correctly on ports carrying storage or lossless-required traffic (e.g., FCoE, iSCSI), which indirectly protects against packet loss under congestion. As a DCB feature MIB it is closely tied to the IEEE 802.1Qbb/802.1Qaz standards and typically deployed alongside other vendor DCB and standard interface MIBs. It is used in data center switches where converged/lossless Ethernet fabrics require flow control tuning. Engineers can download the NETGEAR-PFC-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Netgear DCB (Data Center Bridging) switch

Monitoring Examples

An admin would read agentPfcCfgGroup to confirm PFC configuration, such as which priority classes are pause-enabled, matches the intended DCB policy for storage traffic. Since only a single configuration group is provided in the sample objects, this MIB appears to expose configuration state rather than live counters, so a realistic monitoring scenario is limited to configuration verification, e.g., catching PFC unexpectedly disabled on a port carrying FCoE traffic, rather than runtime traffic statistics.

What Can Be Monitored

PFC enable/configuration state per priority

Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From QUANTA-LB6M-REF-MIB

lb6m	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
RowStatus

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
fastPathPFC	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47			The MIB definitions Priority based Flow Control Feature.
agentPfcCfgGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1
agentPfcTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1		not-accessible	A table providing configuration of PFC Profile per interface.
agentPfcEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1		not-accessible	PFC Profile configuration for a port.
NUM agentPfcIntfIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	not-accessible	This is a unique index for an entry in the agentPfcTable. A non-zero value indicates the ifIndex for the corresponding interface entry in the ifTable.
INT agentPfcIntfAdminMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	Enables/disables PFC profile on an interface.
INT agentPfcIntfPfcStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Shows the operational-status of PFC on an interface.
U32 agentPfcTotalIntfPfcFramesRx	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	Total Received PFC Frames on this interface.
U32 agentPfcTotalIntfPfcFramesTx	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.5	Unsigned32	read-only	Total Transmitted PFC Frames on this interface.
U32 agentPfcIntfLinkDelayAllowance	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	Indicates the Link Delay Allowance on this interface, measured in bit times.
INT agentPfcIntfAdvWilling	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates if the interface is willing to accept PFC configuration via DCBX.
INT agentPfcIntfPeerDetected	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates if the peer has been detected via DCBX.
MAC agentPfcIntfPeerMacAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.9	MacAddress	read-only	MAC address of the peer detected via DCBX. If there is no peer, this will be a null MAC address.
INT agentPfcIntfPeerWilling	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates if the peer is willing to accept PFC configuration via DCBX.
INT agentPfcIntfPeerMBCStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates if the peer has MACSEC bypass capability.
U32 agentPfcIntfPeerCapability	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.12	Unsigned32	read-only	Indicates the number of no-drop priorities supported by the peer. If there is no peer, this will be zero.
INT agentPfcIntfPeerCfgCompatible	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	Indicates if the peer's PFC configuration is compatible.
U32 agentPfcIntfPeerCompatibleCfgCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.14	Unsigned32	read-only	Indicates the number of compatible PFC configurations received from the peer. Does not count duplicate configurations.
U32 agentPfcIntfPeerIncompatibleCfgCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.1.1.15	Unsigned32	read-only	Indicates the number of incompatible PFC configurations received from the peer.
agentPfcActionTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2		not-accessible	A table providing priority and action mappings configuration of PFC.
agentPfcActionEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1		not-accessible	PFC Action Profile configuration for a port.
U32 agentPfcPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	This is a unique index for an entry in the agentPfcActionTable. A non-zero value indicates the CosQueue Priority.
INT agentPfcAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	Set Drop/No-Drop action in PFC profile for the corresponding priority.
INT agentPfcOperAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The operational Drop/No-Drop action in PFC profile for the corresponding priority.
INT agentPfcAdvAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The advertised Drop/No-Drop action in PFC profile for the corresponding priority.
INT agentPfcPeerAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The peer's Drop/No-Drop action in PFC profile for the corresponding priority.
agentPfcIntfStatsPerPriorityTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.3		not-accessible	A table providing statistics of PFC per interface per priority.
agentPfcIntfStatsPerPriorityEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.3.1		not-accessible	PFC Stats for a priority and for a port.
U32 agentPfcIntfPfcPriorityFramesRx	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.3.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	Received PFC Frames on this interface for a priority.
U32 agentPfcIntfPfcPriorityFramesTx	1.3.6.1.4.1.4526.10.47.1.3.1.2	Unsigned32	read-only	Transmitted PFC Frames on this interface for a priority.

RFC description

Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) configuration and monitoring per interface on Netgear network switches.

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What Is NETGEAR-PFC-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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