APPIAN-PPORT-DS3-MIB

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Organization: Appian Communications, Inc.

Last Updated: 2000-03-19

Category: Optical and WDM, Vendor: Appian

Description: Appian Communications physical DS3 port configuration and performance monitoring.

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What Is APPIAN-PPORT-DS3-MIB?

APPIAN-PPORT-DS3-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Appian Communications describing physical DS3 (T3) port interfaces and their configuration/performance objects on Appian OSAP2k platforms, explicitly scoped per-chassis (not shared between OSAP units). Although the sample data available here shows only the traps object, the module's stated purpose covers DS3 line configuration and performance monitoring typical of T-carrier interface MIBs (e.g., line coding, framing, and error-second counters). Its monitoring emphasis is hardware/interface status — DS3 physical-layer health such as loss-of-signal, AIS, and line-code violations, surfaced via acDs3Traps when a fault condition occurs on a port. It parallels the structure of the standard DS3/E3 MIB (RFC 3896) conventions common to T-carrier management, though as an Appian-proprietary module it is not a direct extension of it. It is deployed on Appian OSAP2k carrier access platforms terminating DS3 circuits for enterprise or carrier transport. Engineers can download the APPIAN-PPORT-DS3-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Appian Communications OSAP2k platform

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would primarily rely on acDs3Traps to be notified asynchronously of a DS3 port fault such as loss of signal, alarm indication signal, or excessive line errors, since that is the only object confirmed present in this MIB's sample. Given the module's stated coverage of DS3 configuration and performance, an operator would also expect to poll per-port line-coding and error-count objects (not shown here) to trend degrading DS3 circuit quality before it triggers a trap. This combination of proactive polling and trap-driven alerts is standard practice for monitoring leased DS3 transport health.

What Can Be Monitored

  • DS3 port fault/alarm traps
  • DS3 line signal status
Imported Objects

From APPIAN-CHASSIS-MIB

acChassisCurrentTimeOBJECT-TYPE
acChassisRingIdOBJECT-TYPE

From APPIAN-SMI-MIB

AcAdminStatus
AcNodeId
AcOpStatus
AcPortNumber
AcSlotNumber
acPportOBJECT-IDENTITY

From PerfHist-TC-MIB

PerfIntervalCount

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Manages DS3 interfaces and performance metrics on Appian OSAP2k platform hardware.

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