ALTEON-CHEETAH-NETWORK-MIB

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Organization: Radware Ltd.

Last Updated: 2009-08-05

Category: Vendor: Alteon

Description: Alteon Cheetah switch network MIB for managing IP interfaces, routing, and network-level configuration parameters.

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What Is ALTEON-CHEETAH-NETWORK-MIB?

ALTEON-CHEETAH-NETWORK-MIB (module identity layer3, under aws-switch) is a Radware (originally Nortel/Alteon "Cheetah") vendor-specific MIB covering Layer 3 configuration, statistics, and operational state on Alteon application-switch platforms. It organizes objects into layer3Configs (ipInterfaceCfg's ipCurCfgIntfTable/ipNewCfgIntfTable for current and pending IP interface addressing, VLAN association, and IPv4/IPv6 mode via ipCurCfgIntfIpVer, plus gateway, static-route, VRRP, ARP, BOOTP, DNS, route-map, BGP, OSPF, and RIPv2 config groups), layer3Stats (arpStats, routeStats, dnsStats, vrrpStats, ospfStats, rip2Stats, tcpStats), and layer3Info/layer3Oper for live routing/ARP/VRRP/OSPF/RIP operational tables. This makes it useful for monitoring IP interface state, dynamic-routing-protocol health (OSPF/BGP/RIPv2/VRRP), and ARP/route-table population on Alteon load-balancing/application switches, since a mismatch between ipNewCfgIntfTable (pending) and ipCurCfgIntfTable (active) configuration often signals a change awaiting apply/save. It depends on ALTEON-ROOT-MIB (aws-switch) for its OID placement and SNMPv2-SMI/SNMPv2-TC conventions, and network teams working with these switches can download the ALTEON-CHEETAH-NETWORK-MIB file for their SNMP tooling.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ALTEON-CHEETAH-NETWORK-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

  • Alteon (Radware) Cheetah-based application switches (AlteonOS switch family)

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls vrrpStats and ospfStats to confirm VRRP mastership and OSPF adjacency counters on an IP interface indexed via ipCurCfgIntfIndex, then compares ipCurCfgIntfState to ipNewCfgIntfTable's pending entry; a disabled current interface state alongside a differing pending configuration would indicate an unapplied configuration change is preventing the interface from routing traffic.

What Can Be Monitored

  • current and pending IP interface address/VLAN configuration
  • ARP table statistics and entries
  • VRRP operational/statistics state
  • OSPF/BGP/RIPv2 routing statistics
  • DNS and BOOTP relay statistics
  • TCP protocol statistics
Imported Objects

From ALTEON-ROOT-MIB

aws-switch

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
PhysAddress

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using ripStatInPackets OID:

Select an Alteon (Nortel/Radware) Cheetah-based application switch (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 ripStatInPackets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The total number of RIP packets recieved. 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, 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

Alteon vendor-private MIB for Cheetah network switches; manages load balancing, traffic control, and network fabric configuration.

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