SNI-UNIX-MIB

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Category: Server and Host Management, Siemens Nixdorf Server Management

Description: Monitors Siemens Nixdorf Unix host performance, process status, file system utilization, and system health.

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What Is SNI-UNIX-MIB?

SNI-UNIX-MIB is a Siemens Nixdorf (SNI, later Fujitsu Siemens) vendor MIB for monitoring Unix-based host systems, likely their RM/PRIMEPOWER or similar Unix server line. It exposes system-level configuration (max users, max processors, time zone, run level) alongside real-time performance data such as current logins, system average utilization, and server memory usage. It is explicitly built for hardware/software status monitoring of the Unix host: CPU/system load via sniUXSystemAverageUtilisation, memory via sniUXServerMemory, per-process status via the sniUXProcessTable, and overall run state via sniUXRunLevel. It parallels the standard Host Resources MIB (HOST-RESOURCES-MIB) but with SNI-specific process and system fields. It would be deployed wherever Siemens Nixdorf Unix servers are managed centrally via SNMP in a data center or enterprise environment. Engineers can download the SNI-UNIX-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Siemens Nixdorf Unix server

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll sniUXSystemAverageUtilisation for CPU load trends and sniUXServerMemory for memory pressure, alerting if utilization stays abnormally high. sniUXCurrentLogins and sniUXMaxUsers would be compared to detect a server approaching its licensed or configured user-session ceiling. The sniUXProcessTable/sniUXProcessEntry, indexed by sniUXProcessIndex, lets an admin enumerate running processes to spot a runaway or hung process, while sniUXRunLevel confirms the system is in the expected multi-user run state rather than single-user/maintenance mode.

What Can Be Monitored

CPU/system utilization
server memory usage
current user logins
process table/status
system run level
time zone configuration

Imported Objects

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
Gauge
TimeTicks
enterprises

From RFC1212-MIB

OBJECT-TYPE

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
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
INT sniUXMaxUsers	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.1	INTEGER	read-only	Maximum number of users allowed by operating system. -1 means unlimited.
INT sniUXMaxProcessors	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.2	INTEGER	read-only	Maximum number of processors allowed by operating system. -1 means unlimited.
INT sniUXCurrentLogins	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.3	INTEGER	read-only	The number of current logins to the server.
STR sniUXSerialNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.4	DisplayString	read-only	Serial number of the server OS. Since this might be a rather large number, we treat it as display string.
INT sniUXSystemAverageUtilisation	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.5	INTEGER	read-only	The average system utilisation in % (over all processors) since startup
INT sniUXServerMemory	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.6	INTEGER	read-only	Physical server memory in MB.
STR sniUXTimeZone	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.8	DisplayString	read-only	Time zone e.g. GMT or Westeuropean Timezone.
STR sniUXRunLevel	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.9	DisplayString	read-only	The current runlevel of the system.
sniUXProcessTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10		not-accessible	Table of all processes in the system. This is similar to the process table within the inventory MIB, but reflects the contents of the psinfo structure.
sniUXProcessEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1		not-accessible	One entry of sniUXProcessTable
INT sniUXProcessIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	Index into the process table. Should correspond to sniProcessIndex.
STR sniUXProcessName	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the process without path and argument information
STR sniUXProcessArguments	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Initial characters of arg list
STR sniUXProcessOwner	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the process owner
INT sniUXProcessPID	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	Unique process ID
INT sniUXProcessPPID	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	Process ID of the parent process
INT sniUXProcessPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	Priority of the process (high value == high priority) resp. the 'representative' LWP
INT sniUXProcessStart	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	Process time in seconds since epoch
INT sniUXProcessCPUTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	usr+sys cpu time of the process in seconds
STR sniUXProcessClass	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	Scheduling class name of the process (resp. the 'representative' LWP)
STR sniUXProcessState	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.11	DisplayString	read-only	Single character denoting the scheduling state of the process (resp. the 'representative' LWP). Useful values are: O Process is running on a processor. S Sleeping: process is waiting for an event to complete. R Runnable: process is on run queue. I Idle: process is being created. Z Zombie state: process terminated and parent not waiting. T Traced: process stopped by a signal because parent is tracing it. X SXBRK state: process is waiting for more primary memory.
INT sniUXProcessor	1.3.6.1.4.1.231.2.10.2.5.4.10.1.12	INTEGER	read-only	Processor on which the process (resp. the 'representative' LWP) is running, starting with 0
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

Manages Unix/Linux server resources including max users, processors, logins, and system characteristics for Siemens Nixdorf servers.

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What Is SNI-UNIX-MIB?

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Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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