SNI-BIOS-MIB

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Category: Server and Host Management, Siemens Nixdorf Server Management

Description: Manages Siemens Nixdorf server BIOS configuration parameters, POST results, and firmware version reporting.

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What Is SNI-BIOS-MIB?

SNI-BIOS-MIB is a vendor MIB from Siemens Nixdorf (SNI) for reporting server BIOS-level configuration and diagnostics on SNI server hardware. It exposes BIOS version information, POST/diagnostic status, and per-processor configuration and state within a processor table. Its focus is squarely on hardware and firmware status monitoring: administrators use it to confirm the installed BIOS major/minor version matches expectations, check the diagnostic status from the last power-on self-test, and verify each CPU socket reports a healthy operational state, plus review basic memory configuration reported by the BIOS. It is a standalone proprietary MIB specific to Siemens Nixdorf hardware management, without notable dependency on other vendor MIBs beyond standard SNMP conventions. It is typically deployed in enterprise data centers running legacy Siemens Nixdorf (later Fujitsu Siemens) server hardware, polled by hardware management agents for firmware and processor health tracking. Engineers can download the SNI-BIOS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SNI-BIOS-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

Siemens Nixdorf server hardware

Monitoring Examples

An admin would check sniBiosVersionMajor and sniBiosVersionMinor to confirm all servers in a fleet run a consistent, supported BIOS revision, and poll sniBiosDiagnosticStatus to catch a failed POST diagnostic after a reboot. The sniProcessorEntryTable (via sniBIOSProcessorIndex/sniBIOSProcessor) lets an operator verify sniBIOSProcessorState reports each CPU as present and functional, revealing a failed or disabled processor socket. sniBIOSMemory would similarly be checked to confirm the BIOS-reported memory configuration matches the expected installed capacity.

What Can Be Monitored

BIOS version
POST/diagnostic status
per-processor state
processor inventory/configuration
BIOS-reported memory configuration

Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
Gauge
TimeTicks
enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
mib-2

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
sni	1.3.6.1.4.1.231
sniProductMibs	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2
sniExtensions	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10
sniServerMgmt	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2
sniInventory	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.1
sniCommon	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2
sniBios	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1
INT sniBiosVersionMajor	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Major Version of the BIOS
INT sniBiosVersionMinor	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Minor Version of the BIOS
INT sniBiosDiagnosticStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	A bit field: BIT MEANING 0 Timeout reading an adapter ID (eisa) 1 Adapter do not match configuration(eisa) 2 CMOS RAM time found invalid 3 Fixed disk/adapter fails initialization 4 Memory size compare error at POST 5 Invalid configuration information found at POST 6 CMOS RAM checksum is bad 7 Real-time clock lost power
INT sniBIOSConfiguration	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Configuration word of the pc
INT sniBIOSProcessors	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	Number of processors
sniProcessorEntryTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.6		not-accessible	Table of all processors in the system
sniProcessorEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.6.1		not-accessible
INT sniBIOSProcessorIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.6.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Index of the processor
INT sniBIOSProcessor	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.6.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Type of the processor in the system
INT sniBIOSProcessorState	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.6.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Current state of the processor
INT sniBIOSMemory	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Memory size of the PC in KB
INT sniBIOSNumHDs	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Number of hard disks
INT sniBIOSInterruptTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	Bit vector, Bit N = IRQ N enabled
sniSerialEntryTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10		not-accessible	(null)
sniSerialEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1		not-accessible
INT sniSerialPortIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Index of the Serial port entry
INT sniSerialPortAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Address of the io port of the serial interface
INT sniSerialWordLength	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Word length used
INT sniSerialStopBits	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Stop bits 1(1), 2(1,5) 3(2)
INT sniSerialParity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	true iff parity is on
STR sniSerialPortName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.10.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the serial interface
sniParallelEntryTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11		not-accessible	(null)
sniParallelEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11.1		not-accessible
INT sniParallelPortIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Index of the parallel port
INT sniParallelPortAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Address of the io port of the parallel interface
INT sniParallelStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Contents of the parallel interface status register
STR sniParallelPortName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.11.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the parallel interface
INT sniBIOSReboot	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.12	INTEGER	read-write	Warm-Boot of the Computer
INT sniBIOSSystemType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	The system type of the host. This value should no longer be used for cabinet identification. It will no longer be supported in next versions!! Use cabinetIdentNumber to identify the housing type and cabinetSystemName for the type of the cabinet!
STR sniBiosRevision	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1.14	DisplayString	read-only	The BIOS revision string.
sniEisa	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.2
sniHd	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3
sniBus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.4
sniServerControl	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.5
sniPcSpecific	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.3
sniScb	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.4
sniOsSpecific	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5
sniNetware	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.1
sniWinNt	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.2
sniOs2	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.3
sniUnix	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4
sniOemComponents	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.6
sniOemDpt	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.6.1
sniOemMylex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.6.2
sniMlxDiskArray	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.6.2.1
sniSecurity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.7
sniSmSecurity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.7.1
sniServerView	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.8
sniTrapMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.5

RFC description

Siemens Nixdorf server BIOS version and diagnostic status monitoring.

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What Is SNI-BIOS-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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