Troubleshooting Hardware Sensor Monitoring

Troubleshooting hardware sensor monitoring

This guide helps you troubleshoot issues related to hardware sensor monitoring across supported network devices. If temperature, voltage, fan, or power sensors are missing, show incorrect status, or fail to report values, this document walks you through the checks needed to isolate and fix the problem.
Use this guide to:
  • Validate vendor-specific Management Information Base (MIB) files and required object identifiers (OIDs) for hardware sensors.
  • Confirm that your devices expose correct sensor data over SNMP.
  • Understand vendor-specific differences in hardware sensor implementation.

Supported vendors and environmental sensors

Vendor or device family

MIB(s) used

Supported sensors

Cisco

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB

Power, Temperature, Voltage, Fan

Cisco ASA

ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB, CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Cisco ISR, ASR, or NCS

ENTITY-MIB, CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Cisco Nexus

CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB, CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB, ENTITY-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Cisco Firepower

CISCO-FIREPOWER-EQUIPMENT-MIB

Power, Fan

Cisco Meraki

ENTITY-MIB, ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Check Point

CHECKPOINT-MIB

Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Huawei

HUAWEI-ENTITY-EXTENT-MIB

Power, Fan

Palo Alto Networks

ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB, CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Supermicro

SUPERMICRO-HEALTH-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

FAN-MIB, POWERSUPPLY-MIB, HP-ICF-CHASSIS-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Dell

DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB, DELLEMC-OS10-CHASSIS-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

3Com

A3COM-HUAWEI-LswDEVM-MIB

Power, Fan

H3C

HH3C-LswDEVM-MIB

Power, Fan

NETGEAR

NETGEAR-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Ericsson

ERICSSON-ROUTER-ENVMON-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Ubiquiti

EdgeSwitch-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Brocade

FOUNDRY-SN-AGENT-MIB, BROCADE-SYSTEM-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

MikroTik

MIKROTIK-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Force10 Networks

F10-CHASSIS-MIB

Power, Fan

Sangfor Technologies

Not available

Power, Temperature, Fan

F5

F5-BIGIP-SYSTEM-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Fujitsu

SNI-SERVER-CONTROL-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Extreme Networks

EXTREME-SYSTEM-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Fortinet

FORTINET-FORTIMANAGER-FORTIANALYZER-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Broadcom (Blue Coat)

BLUECOAT-SG-SENSOR-MIB

Temperature, Fan, Voltage

Arista Networks

ENTITY-MIB, ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Avaya

ENTITY-MIB, ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Adtran

ENTITY-MIB, ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

Power, Temperature, Fan

Related links

  1. Troubleshooting hardware sensor status mismatches