SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB :: snmpEngineBoots

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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snmpEngineBoots

Module: SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

OID (symbolic): SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpEngineBoots

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.2

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Integer32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of times that the SNMP engine has (re-)initialized.

What is snmpEngineBoots?

This counter tracks how many times the SNMP engine on this device has restarted or re-initialized itself since its unique engine ID was last set. It matters operationally because SNMPv3's security model uses this boot count together with snmpEngineTime to detect replayed or stale messages, so a jump in this value signals the agent process (or the whole device) has restarted. For example, if snmpEngineBoots reads 47, the device's SNMP engine has gone through 47 restart cycles, which could reflect 47 reboots or 47 times the SNMP service itself was recycled.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.2
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpEngineBoots

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.2.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB::snmpEngineBoots.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a device implementing SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type snmpEngineBoots into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of times this SNMP engine has re-initialized itself since its engine ID was last configured. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is an INTEGER-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the value increases unexpectedly between polls, since each increment reflects an SNMP engine (re)initialization, typically caused by a device reboot. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (6 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.6snmpV2DASAN-DHCP-MIB
1.3.6.1.6.3snmpModulesRAPID-CITY
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.6.3.10snmpFrameworkMIBSNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2snmpFrameworkMIBObjectsSNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1snmpEngineSNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1.2snmpEngineBootsSNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB