All MIBs › PANASAS-PANFS-MIB-V1
Organization: Panasas, Inc
Last Updated: 2011-04-07
Category: Storage
Description:
Tracks capacity, performance, and data protection status of the PanFS file system on Panasas storage systems.
Imported Objects
From PANASAS-ROOT-MIB
| panProducts | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY |
What Is PANASAS-PANFS-MIB-V1?
PANASAS-PANFS-MIB-V1 is an enterprise MIB for Panasas's PanFS parallel/clustered storage systems (ActiveStor platform), covering the file system's operational subcomponents. It groups data into events, overall system status, blade-set (storage node) status, volume/file-system data, and performance counters. Its monitoring role spans both hardware and software status: panBSet reflects the health of physical storage blades, panVol reports file-system/volume capacity and usage, panPerf exposes I/O performance counters, and panEvents provides the underlying fault/event log tying failures back to specific components. It is a standalone enterprise MIB, likely paired with a base Panasas system MIB for chassis identity, with no evident dependency on standard storage MIBs. It is deployed in Panasas ActiveStor clustered storage environments used in HPC, media, and research computing, and setting up PANASAS-PANFS-MIB-V1 SNMP monitoring typically means polling all four groups together, since blade health, volume capacity, performance, and the event log complement each other when diagnosing a cluster-wide issue.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in PANASAS-PANFS-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.
What Can Be Monitored
- filesystem/volume capacity and usage
- storage blade (BladeSet) status
- I/O performance counters
- system event/fault log
Supported Devices
- Panasas ActiveStor (now VDURA) parallel storage cluster, entire product family (events/status/blade-set/volume/performance)
Monitoring Examples
An administrator polling the panVol branch would catch a volume approaching full capacity before it impacts jobs, while entries under panBSet reveal a degraded or failed storage blade indicating a hardware fault in the cluster. A sudden drop in panPerf counters signals an I/O throughput problem, and the corresponding panEvents log entry ties the anomaly back to the specific blade or volume responsible.
RFC description
Monitors PanFS file system capacity, performance, and data protection status on Panasas storage systems.
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