SNI-HD-MIB

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Category: Disk and Storage Health Monitoring, Server and Host Management, Siemens Nixdorf Server Management

Description: Manages Siemens Nixdorf server hard disk drive status, capacity, and SMART health monitoring.

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What Is SNI-HD-MIB?

SNI-HD-MIB is a vendor MIB from Siemens Nixdorf for monitoring hard disk drive and disk adapter status on SNI server hardware. It exposes an adapter table describing each disk controller's bus type, bus/adapter number, name, driver, and the devices/slots attached to it, along with adapter operational status. This MIB is explicitly hardware-status oriented: it lets an administrator confirm each storage adapter and its attached disk devices are reporting a healthy status, catching a failed adapter or disk before it causes data loss, and providing visibility into which driver and bus type is servicing each storage subsystem. It is a standalone proprietary MIB dependent only on standard SNMP conventions, not on other vendor MIBs. Typical deployment is in enterprise data centers running Siemens Nixdorf (later Fujitsu Siemens) server hardware, where it's polled alongside SNI-BIOS-MIB for full hardware health visibility. Engineers can download the SNI-HD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Siemens Nixdorf server hardware

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll sniHDAdapterTable (via sniHDAdapter/sniHDAdapterNo) to check sniHDAdapterStatus for each disk adapter, confirming the storage subsystem is healthy. Reviewing sniHDAdapterChildren and sniHDAdapterDevices reveals how many disks are attached to a given adapter and their configured slot (sniHDAdapterSlot), helping correlate a status change to a specific physical drive bay. A status change on a specific sniHDAdapterBusNo/sniHDAdapterSlot combination would flag a failing disk or loose adapter connection requiring physical inspection.

What Can Be Monitored

disk adapter status
disk adapter bus type/number
attached device/slot inventory
storage driver name

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
sniBios	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.1
sniBus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.4
sniCommon	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2
sniEisa	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.2
sniExtensions	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10
sniHd	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3
sniHDAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1		not-accessible
INT sniHDAdapterBusNo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The internal bus number (based on 1)
INT sniHDAdapterBusType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the bus
INT sniHDAdapterChildren	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	Number of children of this adapter
STR sniHDAdapterCompLocationKey	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.13	DisplayString	read-only	Device location key, used for identifying the component; e.g. 'TYPE_PCI&BUS_3&DEV_14&FUNC_0'
INT sniHDAdapterControllerIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.12	INTEGER	read-only	Zero based index for each specific adapter host type. Example: IDE controller 0, 1, 2..., SCSI controller 0, 1, 2...
INT sniHDAdapterDevices	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Number of devices attached to this adapter
STR sniHDAdapterDriverName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.7	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the driver that manages this adapter
INT sniHDAdapterHostType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the host bus
STR sniHDAdapterName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Symbolic name of the adapter
INT sniHDAdapterNo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Unique Index (based on 1)
INT sniHDAdapterPortAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	Portaddress of this adapter
INT sniHDAdapterSlot	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	The slot of the adapter
INT sniHDAdapterStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	Status of the adapter (bit field) ^^^^^^^^^ ACTIVATED 0x00000001 CREATED 0x00000002 ASSIGNABLE 0x00000004 ASSIGNED 0x00000008 RESERVED 0x00000010 BEING_IDENTIFIED 0x00000020 MAGAZINE_LOADED 0x00000040 PREFAILURE 0x00000080 REMOVABLE 0x00000100 READ_ONLY 0x00000200 IN_DEVICE 0x00010000 ACCEPTS_MAGAZINES 0x00020000 IS_IN_A_CHANGER 0x00040000 LOADABLE 0x00080000 BEING_LOADED 0x00080000 DEVICE_LOCK 0x01000000 CHANGER_LOCK 0x02000000 REMIRRORING 0x04000000 SELECTED 0x08000000
sniHDAdapterTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.1		not-accessible	Table of all controllers attached to the system
STR sniHDAgentCompany	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.19.2	DisplayString	read-only	Agent company string
STR sniHDAgentId	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.19.1	DisplayString	read-only	Agent identification string
sniHDAgentInfo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.19
STR sniHDAgentVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.19.3	DisplayString	read-only	Agent version string
sniHDDevice	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1		not-accessible
INT sniHDDeviceAccessFlags	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	Access flags
INT sniHDDeviceAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Unique Index of the adapter
INT sniHDDeviceBlockSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	Size of group of sectors to be transferred at once (in byte)
INT sniHDDeviceBusNo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The internal bus number
INT sniHDDeviceBusType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the bus
INT sniHDDeviceCapacity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.15	INTEGER	read-only	Total capacity of the device in sectors. Zero if the sector number is not valid. Use sniHDDeviceCapacityMb to get the capacity in MByte
INT sniHDDeviceCapacityMb	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.24	INTEGER	read-only	Total device capacity in MByte
INT sniHDDeviceChannel	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.21	INTEGER	read-only	Zero based channel number the device is attached to. Zero if only one channel exists.
INT sniHDDeviceChildren	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Number of children of this adapter
INT sniHDDeviceCylinders	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.14	INTEGER	read-only	Cylinders or parameter 3 for tapes and removable media
INT sniHDDeviceHeads	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.12	INTEGER	read-only	Heads or parameter 1 for tapes and removable media
INT sniHDDeviceIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Unique index
INT sniHDDeviceIndexPerAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.20	INTEGER	read-only	Index of the device for its adapter. Note : sniHDDeviceIndex gives the index across all adapters.
INT sniHDDeviceLogicalUnit	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.23	INTEGER	read-only	Zero based SCSI LU of the attached device. Always zero for ATAPI and IDE devices.
STR sniHDDeviceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Symbolic name of the device
STR sniHDDeviceRawName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.16	DisplayString	read-only	Device name passed from driver
INT sniHDDeviceSectors	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	Sectors or parameter 2 for tapes and removable media
INT sniHDDeviceSectorSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	Requested size for sector (in bytes); default 512 bytes
INT sniHDDeviceSmartCompliant	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.17	INTEGER	read-only	Is this device SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) compliant? If SMART information cannot be obtained, false(2) must be reported.
INT sniHDDeviceSmartMonitoring	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.18	INTEGER	read-write	In write mode, only enable and disable are allowed. An error will be reported if you try to enable a non Smart compliant device. In read mode, not-available(3) is returned if the device is not Smart compliant. Disable will be reported, if one option or more has changed after the initial configuration of the agent.
INT sniHDDeviceSmartStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.19	INTEGER	read-only	If not SmartCompliant or SmartMonitoring disabled, not-available(3) must be reported.
INT sniHDDeviceStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	Status of the adapter (bit field) ^^^^^^^^^ ACTIVATED 0x00000001 CREATED 0x00000002 ASSIGNABLE 0x00000004 ASSIGNED 0x00000008 RESERVED 0x00000010 BEING_IDENTIFIED 0x00000020 MAGAZINE_LOADED 0x00000040 PREFAILURE 0x00000080 REMOVABLE 0x00000100 READ_ONLY 0x00000200 IN_DEVICE 0x00010000 ACCEPTS_MAGAZINES 0x00020000 IS_IN_A_CHANGER 0x00040000 LOADABLE 0x00080000 BEING_LOADED 0x00080000 DEVICE_LOCK 0x01000000 CHANGER_LOCK 0x02000000 REMIRRORING 0x04000000 SELECTED 0x08000000
INT sniHDDeviceSystemType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Type of the device
sniHDDeviceTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2		not-accessible	Table of all disks attached to the system
INT sniHDDeviceTargetId	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.2.1.22	INTEGER	read-only	Zero based SCSI target ID of the attached device. For ATAPI / IDE devices: 0 -> Master, 1 -> Slave.
sniHDMedia	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1		not-accessible
INT sniHDMediaAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Unique Index of the adapter
INT sniHDMediaBusNo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The internal bus number
INT sniHDMediaBusType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the bus
INT sniHDMediaChildren	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Number of children of this media
INT sniHDMediaIdentificationType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Novell-assigned number
INT sniHDMediaIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Unique index
STR sniHDMediaLabel	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	ASCII string name
STR sniHDMediaName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Symbolic name of the media
INT sniHDMediaStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	Status of the adapter (bit field) ^^^^^^^^^ ACTIVATED 0x00000001 CREATED 0x00000002 ASSIGNABLE 0x00000004 ASSIGNED 0x00000008 RESERVED 0x00000010 BEING_IDENTIFIED 0x00000020 MAGAZINE_LOADED 0x00000040 PREFAILURE 0x00000080 REMOVABLE 0x00000100 READ_ONLY 0x00000200 IN_DEVICE 0x00010000 ACCEPTS_MAGAZINES 0x00020000 IS_IN_A_CHANGER 0x00040000 LOADABLE 0x00080000 BEING_LOADED 0x00080000 DEVICE_LOCK 0x01000000 CHANGER_LOCK 0x02000000 REMIRRORING 0x04000000 SELECTED 0x08000000
sniHDMediaTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3		not-accessible	Table of all disks attached to the system
TIK sniHDMediaTimeStamp	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.10	TimeTicks	read-only	DOS time stamp
INT sniHDMediaType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.3.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the media
sniHDPartition	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1		not-accessible
INT sniHDPartitionAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	Unique Index of the adapter
INT sniHDPartitionBusNo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The internal bus number
INT sniHDPartitionBusType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The type of the bus
INT sniHDPartitionDevice	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Unique Index of the device
INT sniHDPartitionIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	Unique index
INT sniHDPartitionMedia	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	Unique index ?
STR sniHDPartitionName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	Symbolic name of the partition
INT sniHDPartitionOffset	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	Offset of the partition (in MBytes!!)
INT sniHDPartitionSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	Size of the partition (in MBytes!!)
INT sniHDPartitionStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Status of the adapter (bit field) ^^^^^^^^^ ACTIVATED 0x00000001 CREATED 0x00000002 ASSIGNABLE 0x00000004 ASSIGNED 0x00000008 RESERVED 0x00000010 BEING_IDENTIFIED 0x00000020 MAGAZINE_LOADED 0x00000040 PREFAILURE 0x00000080 REMOVABLE 0x00000100 READ_ONLY 0x00000200 IN_DEVICE 0x00010000 ACCEPTS_MAGAZINES 0x00020000 IS_IN_A_CHANGER 0x00040000 LOADABLE 0x00080000 BEING_LOADED 0x00080000 DEVICE_LOCK 0x01000000 CHANGER_LOCK 0x02000000 REMIRRORING 0x04000000 SELECTED 0x08000000
sniHDPartitionTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4		not-accessible	Table of all disks attached to the system
INT sniHDPartitionType	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	Type of the partition
STR sniHDPartitionTypeString	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.4.1.12	DisplayString	read-only	Type of the partition, as clear string
STR sniHdTrapAdapterName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.5	DisplayString	not-accessible	Symbolic name of the adapter
INT sniHdTrapAdapterNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.6	INTEGER	not-accessible	Number of the adapter in adapter table
INT sniHdTrapDeviceIndexPerAdapter	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.4	INTEGER	not-accessible	Index of the device for its adapter
STR sniHdTrapDeviceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.3	DisplayString	not-accessible	Symbolic name of the harddisk device
sniHDTrapInfo	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20
STR sniHdTrapServerName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.1	DisplayString	not-accessible	Name of server the trap occurred
INT sniHdTrapTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.3.20.2	INTEGER	not-accessible	Time the trap occurred (in seconds since 01/01/1970 00:00h)
sniInventory	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.1
sniMlxDiskArray	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.6.2.1
sniNetware	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.1
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
sniOs2	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.3
sniOsSpecific	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5
sniPcSpecific	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.3
sniProductMibs	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2
sniScb	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.4
sniSecurity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.7
sniServerControl	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.2.5
sniServerMgmt	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2
sniServerView	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.8
NTF sniSMARTFailurePredicted	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.0.750			Sent if a failure (S.M.A.R.T) has been predicted on a hard disk.
NTF sniSMARTMonitoringDisabled	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.0.751			Sent if S.M.A.R.T configuration has been changed.
sniSmSecurity	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.7.1
sniTrapMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.5
sniUnix	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4
sniWinNt	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.2

RFC description

Siemens Nixdorf Information (SNI) vendor-private MIB for managing high-density hardware platforms.

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