NSNICMIB-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Category: Network Management Platforms

Description: Manages network interface card configuration and statistics for devices using the NSNIC driver framework.

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What Is NSNICMIB-MIB?

NSNICMIB-MIB (documented internally as the 'HP NSA NIC MIB') is an HP vendor-specific MIB, registered under hp.nm.hpnsa (1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.23), that was written for HP's Network Server Advisor agent to manage network interface cards in HP NetServer systems — a narrower, HP-specific scope than a generic cross-vendor NIC driver framework. Its nicDrvConfigTable reports low-level driver configuration per adapter (I/O ports, interrupts, DMA channels, memory ranges, speed, promiscuous/multicast mode), nicStatisticsTable and nicErrors track basic TX/RX packet and error counts, and dedicated nicTokenRingStatisticsTable/nicTokenRingErrorsTable plus per-chipset parameter groups (nicStarfighterParms, nicTwisterParms, nicMasterParms, nicShastaParms — internal HP codenames for specific NIC ASIC families) provide adapter-specific detail. This granular, adapter-family-aware structure makes it useful for diagnosing NIC-level problems (ring errors, burst errors, token errors on Token Ring adapters, or overflow/misc errors on Ethernet adapters) that wouldn't be visible through the standard IF-MIB alone. It depends on legacy RFC1155-SMI/RFC1213-MIB imports for its 1994-97-era SMIv1 syntax. It is deployed on HP NetServer systems of that generation, and an administrator restoring an old NetServer to management would do an NSNICMIB-MIB download to load the legacy module into a MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NSNICMIB-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • HP NetServer network interface cards (HP Network Server Advisor / NSA agent)

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls nicRxOverflow and nicRxCRC counters in nicStatisticsTable for a given NIC index; rapidly increasing CRC or overflow counts on one adapter, while other NICs in the same server stay flat, would point to a failing or overloaded network card rather than a network-wide problem.

What Can Be Monitored

  • NIC driver configuration table entries (slot, I/O port, IRQ, DMA, speed)
  • NIC statistics table (TX/RX packet and byte counters)
  • NIC error counters (CRC, overflow, misc)
  • Token Ring-specific statistics and error tables
  • adapter-family-specific parameter tables (Starfighter/Twister/Master/Shasta)
Imported Objects

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
PhysAddress

From SNMPv2-SMI

OBJECT-TYPE
OIDs

RFC description

HP NSA network interface card driver configuration and statistics management MIB.

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