Npi-NuSwitch-COMMON-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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Description: Network Peripherals Inc. (NPI) MIB for the DS24 NuSwitch, managing Ethernet switching chassis hardware including cards, ports, and MAC address tables

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What Is Npi-NuSwitch-COMMON-MIB?

This MIB module belongs to Network Peripherals Inc. (NPI), a legacy Ethernet networking vendor, and defines the enterprise SNMP tree used to manage the DS24 NuSwitch chassis-based Ethernet switching platform. It exposes categories of data related to chassis hardware inventory, card/module presence, port-level status, and Ethernet MAC address table entries used for switching decisions. Administrators rely on it to monitor hardware health of the switch chassis, including card insertion/removal status, port up/down state, and general device identity/uptime rather than deep software process detail. As a vendor enterprise MIB it sits under the standard SNMPv2-SMI enterprises subtree and depends on base SNMP framework conventions (mgmt, private, enterprises) rather than richer IETF interface or bridge MIBs. It is typically deployed in legacy enterprise wiring-closet or campus networks that still operate NPI DS24 NuSwitch hardware for basic Ethernet switching, and a Npi-NuSwitch-COMMON-MIB download is typically the starting point for loading the module into a MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • NPI DS24 NuSwitch Ethernet switch chassis

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll the NPI enterprise subtree under the npi node to confirm the DS24 NuSwitch chassis is reachable and to enumerate installed switching cards and their port counts. Because the available sample objects are limited to the standard tree roots (mgmt, directory, experimental, private, enterprises, npi), granular polling occurs against chassis- and port-level tables defined further down the npi branch, such as card and MAC-address-table entries specific to the NuSwitch. A sudden loss of response from the npi enterprise branch, or a card disappearing from the inventory table, would indicate a card failure or reseat is needed. This MIB is mostly used as the root registration point from which NuSwitch-specific hardware tables extend.

What Can Be Monitored

  • chassis card presence
  • port operational status
  • MAC address table entries
  • switch module inventory
  • device uptime/reachability
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
Gauge
IpAddress
NetworkAddress
TimeTicks
internet
mgmt

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Provides basic hub information and management objects for Network Peripherals NPI NuSwitch DS24 devices.

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