XIV-MIB

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Organization: IBM

Last Updated: 2009-10-01

Category: IBM Storage

Description: Monitors IBM XIV enterprise storage system disk utilization, volume status, and I/O performance metrics.

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What Is XIV-MIB?

XIV-MIB is an IBM vendor MIB describing management objects for the IBM XIV Storage System, a grid-based enterprise disk array, exposed over SNMP. It covers categories such as disk/module and volume status, storage pool utilization, and I/O performance metrics for the array. Its central purpose is monitoring the hardware and operational status of the storage system - flagging failed or degraded disk modules, tracking volume online/offline state, and surfacing I/O performance data that reveals a bottlenecked storage pool - functioning much like a health/performance dashboard for the array. No specific dependency on other MIBs is indicated beyond the standard SNMP framework the agent runs on. It is deployed wherever IBM XIV storage arrays are integrated into SNMP-based data-center/SAN monitoring alongside other storage and network management tools, with XIV-MIB SNMP monitoring forming a core piece of the array's health-and-performance dashboard.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in XIV-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

IBM XIV enterprise storage system (grid-based disk array)

Monitoring Examples

No object/table names were supplied for this module in the source data; in general an administrator would poll disk-module and volume status objects for failed or offline conditions and check I/O performance counters (throughput/latency) to identify a degraded storage pool before it impacts applications.

What Can Be Monitored

disk/module status
volume/storage pool status
storage capacity/utilization
I/O performance metrics

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

From UCD-SNMP-MIB

ucdavis

MODULE-IDENTITY

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
xivMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77			The MIB module to describe objects for IBM XIV Storage System
xivMachine	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1
xivStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1
xivGlobalStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1
OCT xivMachineStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.1	OCTET STRING	read-only	The current operational state of the system.
I32 xivFailedDisks	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.2	Integer32	read-only	The number of failed disks in the system.
G32 xivUtilizationSoft	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.3	Gauge32	read-only	The system's current capacity utilization in percents.
G32 xivUtilizationHard	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.4	Gauge32	read-only	The system's current capacity utilization in percents.
I32 xivFreeSpaceSoft	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.5	Integer32	read-only	The system's current free capacity in GB.
I32 xivFreeSpaceHard	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.1.6	Integer32	read-only	The system's current free capacity in GB.
xivInterfaces	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2
xivIfTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.1		not-accessible	A list of interface entries
xivIfEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	An entry containing management information applicable to a particular interface.
NUM xivIfIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	not-accessible	A unique value for each interface.
G32 xivIfIOPS	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.1.1.2	Gauge32	read-only	The interface's current load in I/Os per second.
OCT xivIfStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.1.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	The current operational state of the interface.
xivInterfacesGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.2.100			A collection of objects providing information on the interfaces of the IBM XIV Storage System.
xivStatusGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.1.100			A collection of objects providing information on the IBM XIV Storage System.
xivEventTrapInfo	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.2
xivEventTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.2.0
NTF xivTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.2.0.1			An event notification
xivEventTrapGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.2.100			A collection of objects providing information on the events of the IBM XIV Storage System.
xivEventTrapNotificationGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.2.101			A collection of objects providing information on the notification of events of the IBM XIV Storage System.
xivEvents	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3
xivEventTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1		not-accessible	A list of event entries
xivEventEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1		not-accessible	An entry containing management information applicable to a particular event.
I32 xivEventIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	A unique value for each event.
STR xivEventCode	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	The code of the event.
STR xivEventTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The time of the event.
STR xivEventDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The detailed description of the event.
INT xivEventSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The severity of the event.
STR xivEventTroubleshooting	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.1.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	Trouble shooting when the event occurs.
xivEventsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.1.3.100			A collection of objects providing information on the events of the IBM XIV Storage System.
xivCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.77.100			The compliance statement for SNMPv2 IBM XIV Storage System entities.

RFC description

Monitors IBM XIV storage system status, capacity, interfaces, and performance metrics.

Start monitoring IBM XIV enterprise storage system, grid-based disk array (disk/module/volume status, storage-pool I/O performance status) with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor. Import MIBs, browse SNMP OIDs, create custom SNMP monitors, configure alerts, and monitor any SNMP-enabled network device from a single console.

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What Is XIV-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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