SEMI-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: HP Networking

Last Updated: 2000-10-16

Category: HP Networking

Description: Manages HP SEMI device configuration, interface inventory, and operational status objects.

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What Is SEMI-MIB?

SEMI-MIB is an HP-specific module providing SNMP-based system asset and HTTP management information for HP devices, with additions specific to "SEMI" host-based implementations. It covers device configuration, interface inventory, and general operational status, along with entity relationship information linking components within the managed host. Its monitoring value centers on confirming a device's identity/asset data and interface inventory are correctly reported, and that its basic operational status is healthy, useful for asset-tracking and inventory-reconciliation style monitoring rather than deep performance metrics. The description indicates it builds on the general notion of an entity model, suggesting alignment with concepts similar to the standard ENTITY-MIB for representing physical/logical component relationships. It is typically deployed on HP network or server hardware where HTTP-based management coexists with SNMP asset reporting. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the SEMI-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SEMI-MIB. 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

  • HP network or server device with HTTP-based management agent

Monitoring Examples

No object or table names were included in this extract, so a concrete polling walk cannot be grounded in real identifiers; based on the module description, an administrator would typically query asset/inventory objects to confirm interface counts and configuration match expectations, and check an overall device status object for signs of a configuration or connectivity fault.

What Can Be Monitored

  • system asset/inventory information
  • interface inventory
  • device configuration status
  • entity relationship information
Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

HP device asset, HTTP management, and entity relationship information for SEMI and cluster support.

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