OUTBOUNDSSH-PRIVATE-MIB

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Organization: QCI

Last Updated: 2011-08-31

Category: Security

Description: Manages outbound SSH session initiation and connection parameters on Quanta (QCI) network switches.

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What Is OUTBOUNDSSH-PRIVATE-MIB?

This is a Quanta Computer (QCI) private enterprise MIB module that manages outbound SSH session initiation and connection parameters on QCI-built network switches, a feature often used to let a switch proactively establish an SSH tunnel back to a management server (common in cloud-managed or NOC-pull architectures). It exposes configuration-type data such as target host/port and connection trigger/retry parameters for the outbound SSH feature, rather than deep hardware sensors. Its main monitoring value is confirming the software status of the outbound SSH client process, whether the tunnel is configured, currently connected, or failing to establish, which is important for remote-management reachability rather than for CPU/temperature health. As a QCI private MIB with no described objects available, it likely depends on the switch's base system MIB for identity and standard IF-MIB for any associated network interface. It is typically deployed on white-box or ODM switches built by Quanta that support cloud-initiated outbound management connections in data center or telecom environments. Engineers can download the OUTBOUNDSSH-PRIVATE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Quanta (QCI) network switches

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll the outbound SSH configuration objects to confirm the target management host and port configured for the tunnel, and check a connection-status object to verify the session is currently established. If the outbound SSH session repeatedly fails to connect, that would reveal a firewall change or credential rotation issue blocking remote access to the switch. Because sample objects are not available in the source, exact table names would need to be confirmed against the compiled MIB, but this module is primarily used to keep visibility into remote-management connectivity health rather than general chassis health.

What Can Be Monitored

  • outbound SSH connection status
  • configured target host/port
  • connection retry/trigger parameters
  • tunnel establishment success/failure
Imported Objects

From QUANTA-SWITCH-MIB

switchOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
OIDs

RFC description

Quanta switch outbound SSH session configuration and management.

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