ALTEON-CS-PHYSICAL-MIB

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Organization: Radware Ltd.

Last Updated: 2009-08-05

Category: Vendor: Alteon

Description: Alteon content switch physical MIB for managing hardware inventory, chassis slots, and physical interface status.

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What Is ALTEON-CS-PHYSICAL-MIB?

ALTEON-CS-PHYSICAL-MIB is part of Alteon's (Nortel/Radware content-switch heritage) AlteonOS MIB family; despite its "physical" name, per its module description and sample objects this particular module actually models Layer 2 configuration, statistics, and VLAN information rather than chassis/slot physical inventory. It defines VLAN capacity limits (vlanMaxEnt, vlanMaxVlanID) and a current VLAN configuration table (vlanCurCfgTable/Entry) with per-VLAN name, member ports, bandwidth contract, spanning-tree group, jumbo-frame, and MAC-learning settings, organized under layer2Configs/layer2Stats/layer2Info groups. Its monitoring value is primarily configuration and L2 operational visibility: administrators verify VLAN membership, spanning-tree grouping, and per-VLAN settings like jumbo-frame support and bandwidth contracts, useful for diagnosing VLAN misconfiguration rather than hardware faults. It complements Alteon's broader physical/chassis and Layer 3 MIB modules as part of the full AlteonOS management suite. It is deployed on Alteon content/application switches in load-balancing deployments where L2 VLAN configuration needs to be audited or automated via SNMP. Engineers can download the ALTEON-CS-PHYSICAL-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ALTEON-CS-PHYSICAL-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 (Nortel/Radware) content/application switch

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll vlanCurCfgTable to confirm vlanCurCfgPorts and vlanCurCfgStg for a given vlanCurCfgVlanId, checking vlanCurCfgJumbo and vlanCurCfgBwmContract when diagnosing throughput issues on a specific VLAN. If a device unexpectedly can't reach others on the same VLAN, comparing vlanCurCfgVlanName and port membership across switches would reveal a VLAN ID or naming mismatch. vlanMaxEnt and vlanMaxVlanID give the platform's VLAN capacity limits for planning purposes.

What Can Be Monitored

  • VLAN membership/ports
  • VLAN name
  • spanning-tree group per VLAN
  • jumbo frame setting per VLAN
  • bandwidth contract per VLAN
  • VLAN capacity limits
Imported Objects

From ALTEON-ROOT-MIB

aws-switch

From BRIDGE-MIB

BridgeId

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
PhysAddress

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using fdbStatsCreates 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 fdbStatsCreates into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of entries created in the Forwarding Database. 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

Provides physical hardware and chassis management information for Radware Alteon ADC switches and Nortel BladeCenter Layer 2-3 GbE switch modules. Monitors physical components, temperature, and hardware status.

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