AIRESPACE-SWITCHING-MIB

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Organization: Airespace, Inc.

Last Updated: 2006-04-10

Category: VLAN and Bridging, Wireless and WLAN

Description: Manages switching configuration and VLAN membership on Airespace (Cisco) wireless LAN controllers.

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What Is AIRESPACE-SWITCHING-MIB?

AIRESPACE-SWITCHING-MIB is a MIB originally from Airespace (acquired by Cisco) for wireless LAN controllers acting as Central Controllers that terminate the LWAPP tunnel from lightweight access points. It covers switching-layer configuration such as VLAN membership/quarantine settings and per-port switching statistics, alongside the controller's broader role of exposing inventory, memory, CPU, and trap-log information as described in its module text. For hardware/software status monitoring, it supports checking controller CPU and memory load, inventory/hardware identification, and trap history, in addition to port-level switching statistics that reveal traffic anomalies. It is tied to the LWAPP architecture and complements companion Airespace/Cisco wireless MIBs covering AP and radio status. It is deployed on Airespace/Cisco wireless LAN controllers (the predecessor to Cisco's Unified Wireless Network controllers) managing fleets of lightweight access points, and the AIRESPACE-SWITCHING-MIB MIB Browser view lets administrators inspect these switching-layer objects directly.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in AIRESPACE-SWITCHING-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

  • Airespace/Cisco wireless LAN controller

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would check agentInterfaceVlanQuarantine to confirm which VLAN is used to quarantine a management interface or misbehaving client traffic, and poll portStatsTable/portStatsEntry to review per-port switching statistics on the controller's physical uplink/downlink ports for error or utilization anomalies. Because the module description also references controller memory, CPU, and trap logs, an admin would correlate port-level stats with overall controller resource load when diagnosing wireless performance issues.

What Can Be Monitored

  • VLAN quarantine configuration
  • per-port switching statistics
  • controller CPU load
  • controller memory usage
  • controller inventory
  • trap log history
Imported Objects

From AIRESPACE-REF-MIB

airespaceMODULE-IDENTITY

From IANAifType-MIB

IANAifType

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

dot1qFdbIdOBJECT-TYPE
dot1qVlanIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
PhysAddress
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using portStatsPktsTx64Octets OID:

Select a Cisco (Airespace) Wireless LAN Controller (legacy) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type portStatsPktsTx64Octets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The total number of packets (including bad packets) transmitted that were 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets). On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline (in Packets), since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Provides configuration, statistics, and status information for Cisco Airespace LWAPP controllers including inventory, memory, CPU, and LAG management.

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