Monitoring PowerConnect 3348 through Fluke Network Inspector

Any luck with this? I have LAN MapShot, and it does not detect anything at all on my 3348's. It reads the SNMP Location, Name, and Contact information, and identifies it as a switch, but does not show any other information. Does something have to be done to utilize MIB-II ?

Not much luck with it. I have tried to compile a long list of MIB objects that I found on this website to help the software, but it did not help a bit. So far, I have nothing but problems with this swich. Like freeze-ups(if you have IPX on your network and Span-tree enabled), slowness(if you stack them), and I have one out of four even failed within the first half year.

I found part of the problem. Although the specs say that the 3348 supports the BRIDGE-MIB, it in fact does not support all of the parts. Specifcally, it does not support .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1.0, BRIDGE-MIB:dot1dTpFdbEntry. This is the portion that lists each mac address of what is directly attached to each port. The 5324 seems to have limited support for BRIDGE-MIB, but the 3348 is missing this crucial OID.

Dell support moderator -> Is there a workaround for this, or a future firmware upgrade that will fully support the BRIDGE-MIB ?

Yes, the workaround is to buy Cisco.

>>Dell support moderator -> Is there a workaround for this, or a future firmware upgrade that will fully support the BRIDGE-MIB ?

I'm probably kicking a dead horse but has anyone been able to get this resolved?

I have ten Dell PowerConnect 3524 switches which successfully return interface port device information if I perform a SNMP query for OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1 but get nothing (NULL) when I perform a SNMP query on my five Dell PowerConnect 6248 switches running the most recent firmware (3.3.3.3).

I’m relatively new to MIB’s but is there a way to ‘compile’ a MIB for the PowerConnect 62xx switches so they return this information?

Is there a firmware other than v3.3.3.3 that supports OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1?

Here are the OID details:

Name:                            dot1dTpFdbAddress

Type:                              OBJECT-TYPE

OID:                                1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1

Full path:                       iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).mgmt(2).mib-2(1).dot1dBridge(17).dot1dTp(4).dot1dTpFdbTable3).dot1dTpFdbEntry(1).dot1dTpFdbAddress(1)

Module:                          BRIDGE-MIB

Parent:                           dot1dTpFdbEntry

Next sibling:                  dot1dTpFdbPort

Numerical syntax:        Octets

Base syntax:                 OCTET STRING

Composed syntax:      MacAddress

Status:                           mandatory

Max access:                  read-only

Reference:                    IEEE 802.1D-1990: Section 3.9.1, 3.9.2

Description:                  A unicast MAC address for which the bridge has forwarding and/or filtering information.