ALTIGA-FTP-STATS-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2002-09-05

Category: VPN and Security, Vendor: Altiga

Description: Altiga (Cisco VPN 3000) FTP statistics MIB for monitoring FTP proxy session counts and data transfer statistics.

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What Is ALTIGA-FTP-STATS-MIB?

ALTIGA-FTP-STATS-MIB originates from Altiga Networks, whose VPN concentrator product line was acquired by Cisco and became the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator; this module tracks FTP proxy activity passing through the device. It exposes client-side FTP statistics such as maximum and total concurrent sessions, counts of good/bad control connections, good/bad data connections, good/bad file transfers, ASCII vs. binary transfer counts, and octets transmitted/received, along with global client and server statistics groupings. Its monitoring focus is software/service-level performance and health of the FTP proxy function - session volumes, transfer success/failure rates, and throughput - useful for spotting a rise in bad connections or failed transfers that could indicate a proxy or network problem rather than physical hardware faults. It is a self-contained Altiga/Cisco private-enterprise MIB with no explicit dependency on external protocol MIBs beyond referencing standard FTP concepts. It is typically deployed on Cisco (formerly Altiga) VPN 3000 concentrators terminating remote-access VPN tunnels where FTP traffic is proxied and its performance needs to be tracked. Engineers can download the ALTIGA-FTP-STATS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ALTIGA-FTP-STATS-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

Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator (formerly Altiga Networks)

Monitoring Examples

Polling alFtpClientStatsTotalSess and alFtpClientStatsMaxSess shows current and peak concurrent FTP session load through the concentrator, useful for capacity planning. Comparing alFtpClientStatsGoodConns against alFtpClientStatsBadConns, or alFtpClientStatsGoodFileXfers against alFtpClientStatsBadFileXfers, reveals a rising failure rate that could point to a misbehaving FTP client or a network path issue. alFtpClientStatsOctetsXmit and alFtpClientStatsOctetsRecv give the total data volume moved via FTP, useful for bandwidth-usage trending.

What Can Be Monitored

concurrent/peak FTP sessions
successful vs. failed connections
successful vs. failed file transfers
ASCII vs binary transfer counts
bytes transmitted/received

Imported Objects

From ALTIGA-GLOBAL-REG

alFtpMibModule

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From ALTIGA-MIB

alFtpGroup	OBJECT-IDENTITY
alStatsFtp	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using alFtpClientStatsTotalSess OID:

Select a Cisco (Altiga) VPN 3000 Series Concentrator (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 alFtpClientStatsTotalSess into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The total number of FTP client sessions since boot. 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

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
altigaFtpStatsMibModule	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.1.1.17.2			The Altiga FTP Statistics MIB models counters and objects that are of management interest for FTP. Acronyms The following acronyms are used in this document: FTP: File Transfer Protocol MIB: Management Information Base
altigaFtpStatsMibConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.1.1.17.2.1
altigaFtpStatsMibCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.1.1.17.2.1.1
altigaFtpStatsMibCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.1.1.17.2.1.1.1			The compliance statement for agents which implement the Altiga FTP Statistics MIB.
altigaFtpStatsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.1.1.12.2			The objects for Ftp statistics.
alStatsFtpServerGlobal	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.1
alStatsFtpClientGlobal	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2
G32 alFtpClientStatsMaxSess	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.1	Gauge32	read-only	The current maximum number of FTP client sessions.
C32 alFtpClientStatsTotalSessEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.2	Counter32	read-only	The total number of FTP client sessions since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsGoodConns	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.3	Counter32	read-only	The total number of successful FTP client connections since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsBadConns	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.4	Counter32	read-only	The total number of unsuccessful FTP client connections since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsGoodDataConns	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.5	Counter32	read-only	The total number of successful FTP client data-socket connections since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsBadDataConns	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.6	Counter32	read-only	The total number of unsuccessful FTP client data-socket connections since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsGoodFileXfers	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.7	Counter32	read-only	The number of successful FTP client file transfers since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsBadFileXfers	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.8	Counter32	read-only	The numner of unsuccessful FTP client file transfers since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsAsciiXfers	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.9	Counter32	read-only	The total number of FTP client ASCII mode transfers since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsBinaryXfers	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.10	Counter32	read-only	The total number of FTP client BINARY mode transfers since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsOctetsXmit	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.11	Counter32	read-only	The total number bytes transmitted by the FTP client since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsOctetsRecv	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.12	Counter32	read-only	The total number bytes received by the FTP client since boot.
C32 alFtpClientStatsTimeouts	1.3.6.1.4.1.3076.2.1.2.12.2.13	Counter32	read-only	The total number of FTP client command/response timeouts since boot.

RFC description

Cisco Altiga FTP statistics MIB monitoring file transfer protocol client and server activity.

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