SMON-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: IETF RMON MIB Working Group

Last Updated: 1998-12-16

Category: Network Monitoring (RMON), VLAN and Bridging

Description: Defines RMON MIB extensions for switched network monitoring, providing per-VLAN traffic statistics, priority-level monitoring, and port copy capabilities.

IPNetwork Monitor uses several OIDs from this MIB in network discovery and polling the applicable devices. Start monitoring SMON-MIB with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor.

What Is SMON-MIB?

SMON-MIB (RFC 3577, the Switch Monitoring MIB) is a vendor-neutral IETF standard that extends the RMON (Remote Monitoring) family to switched, VLAN-aware Ethernet networks. It exposes data-source capability information, per-VLAN traffic statistics, IEEE 802.1p priority-level counters, and remote port-mirroring ("port copy") configuration for switch ports. It is used primarily for traffic and performance visibility — tracking per-VLAN packet/octet counts and utilization — and indirectly reflects switch fabric load and whether monitoring/mirroring features are functioning correctly. It is explicitly an extension of RFC 2819 RMON-MIB and depends on it for base statistics-group definitions. It is deployed on managed Ethernet switches, particularly in enterprise and carrier environments needing VLAN-level traffic analysis via SNMP without a dedicated RMON probe. Administrators researching the SMON-MIB RFC will find its full specification in RFC 3577, which formally defines these VLAN-aware extensions to the base RMON standard.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SMON-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • managed Ethernet switches supporting VLANs

Monitoring Examples

An admin can poll smonVlanStatsControlTable/smonVlanStatsControlEntry to see which VLANs (via smonVlanStatsControlDataSource) have statistics collection enabled, and cross-reference dataSourceCapsTable/dataSourceCapsEntry (keyed by dataSourceCapsIfIndex) to confirm which interfaces support RMON and mirroring capabilities (dataSourceRmonCaps, dataSourceCopyCaps). A sudden drop in traffic reported for a specific VLAN stats entry, while other VLANs on the same port stay steady, would indicate a VLAN-specific problem such as a misconfigured trunk or a spanning-tree block.

What Can Be Monitored

  • per-VLAN packet/octet statistics
  • RMON capability per interface
  • port-mirroring capability
  • priority-level traffic breakdown
  • VLAN stats control table status
Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From RMON-MIB

OwnerString
rmonOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RMON2-MIB

DataSource
LastCreateTime
probeConfigOBJECT-IDENTITY
rmonConformanceOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Switched Network Monitoring MIB (RFC 2613) extending RMON for switched network environments with VLAN statistics.

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