VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB :: numCPUs

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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numCPUs

Module: VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB

OID (symbolic): VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB::numCPUs

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.1.1

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Gauge

Access: read-only

Description: Number of physical CPUs on the system.

What is numCPUs?

Reports the number of physical CPUs installed on the ESX host, the top-level figure an admin uses to gauge overall compute capacity before looking at per-VM CPU share allocation.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.1.1
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB::numCPUs

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.1.1.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB::numCPUs.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876vmwareVMWARE-ROOT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3vmwResourcesVMWARE-ROOT-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.1vmwCPUVMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.1.1numCPUsVMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB