SUN-FM-MIB

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Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2008-08-04

Category: Fault Management

Description: Manages Sun Fault Management framework diagnoses, faults, and fault management resource objects.

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What Is SUN-FM-MIB?

SUN-FM-MIB is a Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) module that exposes the Solaris Fault Management Architecture (FMA) - the "fmd"/"fmadm" subsystem - over SNMP. It surfaces diagnosed problems and individual fault events: problem records, associated fault events, diagnosis engine identity, and diagnosis timestamps. Its monitoring focus is squarely on hardware (and some software) fault status - it reports diagnosed hardware failures (such as failing memory, disks, or other FRUs) with a unique problem UUID, a problem code, a suspect-component count, and a URL to remediation guidance, making it a primary channel for hardware-health alerting on Sun/Oracle systems. It is layered on top of Solaris's native fault-management subsystem and sits within the broader Sun enterprise MIB tree, and it generates SNMP traps (sunFmTraps) for external notification. It is deployed on Sun/Oracle SPARC and x86 servers running Solaris with FMA enabled, feeding hardware fault alerts into an enterprise monitoring system, and administrators integrating that alerting typically start with a SUN-FM-MIB download for their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SUN-FM-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

Sun/Oracle SPARC server
Sun/Oracle x86 server running Solaris

Monitoring Examples

An admin polls sunFmProblemTable/sunFmProblemEntry (keyed by sunFmProblemUUIDIndex) to read sunFmProblemUUID, sunFmProblemCode, sunFmProblemSuspectCount, and sunFmProblemURL for each diagnosed problem, along with sunFmProblemDiagEngine and sunFmProblemDiagTime showing which engine flagged it and when. The related sunFmFaultEventTable (keyed by sunFmFaultEventUUIDIndex) records the individual fault events tied to each problem. A new row appearing in sunFmProblemTable, or a growing sunFmProblemSuspectCount, indicates a freshly diagnosed hardware fault (e.g., a failing DIMM or disk) that should be investigated via the accompanying sunFmTraps notification.

What Can Be Monitored

diagnosed hardware/software problems
fault event records
problem suspect component count
diagnosis engine and timestamp
fault management trap notifications

Imported Objects

From NETWORK-SERVICES-MIB

URLString

From SNMPv2-CONF

NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

From SUN-MIB

products

OBJECT-IDENTITY

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using sunFmResourceCount OID:

Select a Sun/Oracle SPARC/x86 server running Solaris FMA (diagnosed hardware fault status) 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 sunFmResourceCount into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The number of managed elements currently believed by the fault manager to be faulty. 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 a Gauge32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
fm	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195
sunFmMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1			Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. MIB providing access to Sun Fault Manager information
sunFmProblemTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1		not-accessible	Table listing all of the known problems that have been diagnosed by the fault manager associated with this managed system element that are still present in that system.
sunFmProblemEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1		not-accessible	A problem diagnosed by the fault manager and still present in the system.
STR sunFmProblemUUIDIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.1	SunFmUuidString	not-accessible	The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for this problem, as recorded by fmd(1M) and shown by fmadm(1M) or fmdump(1M). This is the index into sunFmProblemTable.
STR sunFmProblemUUID	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.2	SunFmUuidString	read-only	The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for this problem, as recorded by fmd(1M) and shown by fmadm(1M) or fmdump(1M).
STR sunFmProblemCode	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The SUNW-MSG-ID static message identifier for this class of problem, as recorded by fmd(1M) and shown by fmdump(1M). The message identifier can be used as a key at http://sun.com/msg/
STR sunFmProblemURL	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.4	URLString	read-only	The URL of an appropriate knowledge article providing more detailed information about this problem.
STR sunFmProblemDiagEngine	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.5	URLString	read-only	The Sun FMRI of the Fault Manager diagnosis engine that performed the diagnosis of this problem, including its version.
DAT sunFmProblemDiagTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.6	DateAndTime	read-only	The date and time at which the problem was diagnosed.
G32 sunFmProblemSuspectCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.1.1.7	Gauge32	read-only	The number of individual suspect defects or faults associated with this problem diagnosis, as shown by fmdump(1M) -v -u .
sunFmFaultEventTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2		not-accessible	List of individual suspect defects or faults associated with a problem diagnosis, as shown by fmdump(1M) -v -u .
sunFmFaultEventEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1		not-accessible	Sun Fault Management fault or defect event containing a suspect problem and the corresponding FRU and ASRU.
STR sunFmFaultEventUUIDIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.1	SunFmUuidString	not-accessible	UUID of a problem diagnosis with which this event is associated. An event may appear multiple times in association with different diagnoses. This is an index into sunFmFaultEventTable.
U32 sunFmFaultEventIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.2	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Index number of this event with respect to the problem diagnosis.
STR sunFmFaultEventProblemUUID	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.3	SunFmUuidString	read-only	UUID of a problem diagnosis with which this event is associated. An event may appear multiple times in association with different diagnoses.
STR sunFmFaultEventClass	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	Sun Fault Management event class string.
G32 sunFmFaultEventCertainty	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.5	Gauge32	read-only	Percentage likelihood associated with this suspect for this diagnosis.
STR sunFmFaultEventASRU	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.6	URLString	read-only	Sun FMRI of the Automated System Reconfiguration Unit (ASRU) that is believed to contain the specified fault or defect.
STR sunFmFaultEventFRU	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.7	URLString	read-only	Sun FMRI of the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) that should be replaced in order to repair the specified fault or defect.
STR sunFmFaultEventResource	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.8	URLString	read-only	Sun FMRI of the resource responsible for the generation of the telemetry leading to the diagnosis.
SUN sunFmFaultEventStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.9	SunFmEventState	read-only	The current status of this suspect for this diagnosis. See fmadm(1M) faulty.
STR sunFmFaultEventLocation	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.2.1.10	URLString	read-only	Label of the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) that should be replaced in order to repair the specified fault or defect.
sunFmModuleTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3		not-accessible	List of modules configured in fmd(1M).
sunFmModuleEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1		not-accessible	A module which has been loaded into fmd(1M) to handle events. The information provided is equivalent to the output of fmadm(1) config'
U32 sunFmModuleIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Unique integer index associated with this fault management module's entry.
STR sunFmModuleName	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the fault management module.
STR sunFmModuleVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	Version string associated with the fault management module.
SUN sunFmModuleStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1.4	SunFmModuleState	read-only	Current status of the fault management module.
STR sunFmModuleDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.3.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	A text description of the fault management module.
G32 sunFmResourceCountEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.4	Gauge32	read-only	The number of managed elements currently believed by the fault manager to be faulty.
sunFmResourceTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5		not-accessible	A table containing information about all resources for which the fault manager has received telemetry. This is the same information provided by the fmadm(1M) faulty command.
sunFmResourceEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5.1		not-accessible	Information about the state of a resource the fault manager believes to be faulty.
U32 sunFmResourceIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Index of the resource in the resource table.
STR sunFmResourceFMRI	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Sun FMRI of the Automated System Reconfiguration Unit (ASRU) which the fault manager believes to be faulty.
SUN sunFmResourceStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5.1.3	SunFmResourceState	read-only	The current status of the resource. See fmadm(1M) faulty.
STR sunFmResourceDiagnosisUUID	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.5.1.4	SunFmUuidString	read-only	The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for the problem associated with the fault in this resource, as recorded by fmd(1M) and shown by fmadm(1M).
sunFmObjectGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.6
sunFmObjectGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.6.1			A collection of objects providing access to Sun Fault Manager operational data.
sunFmNotificationGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.6.2			A collection of notifications provided by the Sun Fault Manager.
sunFmTraps	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.7.0
NTF sunFmProblemTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.7.0.1			Trap notification that a diagnosis has been made or the fault manager fmd(1M) has restarted and the corresponding problem is still believed to be present in the managed entity.

RFC description

MIB providing access to Sun Fault Manager information and system resource diagnosis.

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