PANASAS-EVENTS-MIB-V1

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Organization: Panasas, Inc

Last Updated: 2011-04-07

Category: Storage

Description: Defines SNMP event notifications for fault and operational events on Panasas parallel storage systems.

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What Is PANASAS-EVENTS-MIB-V1?

This MIB module defines SNMP notifications and an event log table for Panasas parallel storage systems (PanFS/ActiveStor storage clusters). It exposes a rolling table of the most recent operational and fault events generated by the storage agent, including event category, timestamp, shelf/blade location, hardware description, and event text. It is used primarily for monitoring hardware status: tracking which storage shelf, slot, or blade IP raised an event lets administrators spot hardware failures, environmental faults, or state changes on individual storage blades without polling the whole cluster. It is a standalone enterprise MIB with no strong dependency beyond standard SNMPv2-SMI conventions. Typical deployment is on Panasas storage clusters in HPC and media/entertainment environments where storage administrators poll or trap on this table for real-time fault detection. Engineers can download the PANASAS-EVENTS-MIB-V1 file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in PANASAS-EVENTS-MIB-V1. 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

Panasas storage shelf/blade
parallel/clustered NAS storage system

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll panEventTable/panEventEntry, indexed by panEventIndex, retrieving up to panEventTableSize events, each with panEventCategory, panEventDate/panEventTime, panEventShelfName, panEventShelfSlot, and panEventHwDesc. A cluster of error-category entries pointing to the same panEventShelfSlot and panEventBladeIPAddr typically indicates a failing storage blade. panEventText supplies a human-readable description used to correlate faults across shelves during triage.

What Can Be Monitored

recent system events
event category/severity
shelf and slot location of faults
blade IP address
hardware fault descriptions
event timestamps

Imported Objects

From PANASAS-PANFS-MIB-V1

panFs

MODULE-IDENTITY

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-SMI

IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using panEventTableSize OID:

Select a Panasas storage shelf/blade, parallel/clustered NAS storage system (event log) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type panEventTableSize into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The number of events in the event table. 0 means there are no events. 1 .. panEventTableSize event indices in the table. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is an INTEGER-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the count changes from its expected baseline, since that would indicate the underlying set of items changed unexpectedly. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
panEvents	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1			This file defines the structure of the panasas events mib. The purpose is to maintain a list of the last few notifications generated by the agent.
INT panEventTableSizeEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The number of events in the event table. 0 means there are no events. 1 .. panEventTableSize event indices in the table.
panEventTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2		not-accessible	The event table.
panEventEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1		not-accessible	An entry in the Event table.
INT panEventIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Index into the Event table.
STR panEventCategory	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Category of the event. (E.g. Error, Warning, Info etc.)
STR panEventDate	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Date when the event occured.
STR panEventTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Time when the event occured.
STR panEventShelfName	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	If applicable, shelf where the event occured.
U32 panEventShelfSlot	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	If applicable, slot where the event occured.
STR panEventHwDesc	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.7	DisplayString	read-only	If applicable, description of the Hw component where the event occured.
IP panEventBladeIPAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.8	IpAddress	read-only	If applicable, IP Address where the event occured.
STR panEventText	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	Textual description of the event.
INT panEventCode	1.3.6.1.4.1.10159.1.3.1.2.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	The event identification number of this event.

RFC description

Vendor-private Panasas MIB for managing events and notifications on Panasas storage appliances; maintains a log of recent system events.

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