List of OIDs that are polled for the Admin and Operational status of interfaces

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms

This article answers the question about what OIDs are polled for the Admin and Operational status of interfaces in Smarts IP Manager

Environment

Smarts 10.1.X / 2.X

Resolution

Most Smarts Interfaces use MIB2 OIDs to report the Administration and Operational status of an interface.

These OIDs are ifOperStatus (.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8) and ifAdminStatus (.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7). The ifDescr (.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2) will give the index and description of the interface.

• The possible statuses of an Interface for ifAdminStatus include:

1 : up
2 : down
3 : testing

• The possible statuses of an Interface for ifOperStatus include:

1 : up
2 : down
3 : testing
4 : unknown
5 : dormant
6 : notPresent
7 : lowerLayerDown