AHCF-MIB

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Organization: IETF Distributed Management Working Group

Last Updated: 2004-03-10

Description: IETF DISMAN draft MIB defining advanced history-collection configuration and notification objects for scheduled data capture on SNMP-managed network devices

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What Is AHCF-MIB?

AHCF-MIB (Advanced History Collection Facility MIB) is an IETF DISMAN (Distributed Management) working-group draft standard defining configuration objects for scheduling and controlling historical data collection on SNMP-managed network devices. It exposes configuration-oriented data -- scheduling parameters, collection triggers, and notification objects -- rather than live interface or traffic counters, since its role is to configure when and how other MIBs' data gets sampled and archived. Rather than reporting hardware health directly, it supports monitoring infrastructure by controlling scheduled polling and historical logging, a meta-monitoring capability other MIBs rely on for capturing device software/hardware status over time. It is designed to be used alongside the IETF Event MIB and Expression MIB, forming part of the DISMAN family of remote-operations standards. It is typically implemented on network devices supporting IETF Distributed Management standards, where the AHCF-MIB reference lets centralized management stations schedule bulk historical data captures without constant active polling.

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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • SNMP-managed network device supporting IETF DISMAN standards

Monitoring Examples

As a vendor-neutral IETF draft standard with no sample objects available, this MIB is best understood as a scheduling/configuration layer -- it would define objects controlling when and how frequently history samples are taken -- rather than exposing polling-ready runtime data itself, so no specific object-level monitoring scenario can be described from the available information.

What Can Be Monitored

  • scheduled history collection status
  • data capture trigger configuration
  • collection interval settings
Imported Objects

From HOST-RESOURCES-MIB

InternationalDisplayString

From RMON-MIB

OwnerString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TimeStamp
OIDs

RFC description

Management Information Base module available in standard SNMP format. Can be loaded into network monitoring systems (OS, Zabbix, PRTG) or viewed with MIB browsers for device management.

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