PACKETLOGIC-HW-MIB

Reports hardware component status and inventory for Procera Networks PacketLogic DPI appliances.

PACKETLOGIC-HW-MIB is Procera Networks' vendor-specific MIB for the PacketLogic2 deep packet inspection (DPI) appliance hardware, focused on reporting hardware component status and inventory. As a hardware-focused module, it is designed to expose device-level status objects such as chassis component presence, sensor readings, and possibly power/fan health for the PacketLogic appliance line. Its central monitoring purpose is hardware health: administrators rely on this type of MIB to check environmental and component status (e.g., temperature, power supply, or fan status) to catch failing hardware before it causes a service-impacting outage of the DPI appliance. Opening PACKETLOGIC-HW-MIB in a MIB Browser would reveal this hardware-status object tree for chassis, sensor, and power-supply monitoring, even without concrete sample objects available here. It likely complements PacketLogic's other MIB modules covering traffic classification and DPI-specific statistics, since hardware status alone doesn't cover the appliance's core packet-inspection functionality. It is deployed by network operators and ISPs using PacketLogic appliances for traffic shaping, DPI, and policy enforcement in their network paths.

No sample objects were provided for this module, so specific table or object names cannot be cited; based on its stated purpose ("MIB for PacketLogic2 Hardware"), a real deployment would poll hardware-status objects for chassis components, temperature sensors, and power supply state to detect a failing fan or an over-temperature condition on the appliance. An anomaly such as a sensor reading outside normal range or a component reporting a non-operational status would prompt physical inspection or replacement of the affected hardware module. Without concrete object names, this description is grounded in the module's stated hardware-monitoring intent rather than named objects.

Vendor-private MIB from Procera Networks/PacketLogic that defines managed objects for hardware monitoring and system status on PacketLogic deep packet inspection appliances.