ASCEND-ADVANCED-AGENT-MIB

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Category: SNMP Framework, Vendor: Ascend/Lucent

Description: Describes advanced SNMP agent capabilities and feature extensions for Ascend access equipment.

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What Is ASCEND-ADVANCED-AGENT-MIB?

ASCEND-ADVANCED-AGENT-MIB is a proprietary MIB from Ascend Communications, a WAN/remote-access equipment vendor later absorbed into Lucent, describing the advanced capabilities and feature extensions supported by the device's SNMP agent. Rather than exposing one type of operational data, it exposes agent-level metadata: flags and objects indicating which optional management features and extended MIBs the running software build actually supports. Its monitoring role is indirect but important for software-status visibility: by confirming which advanced features an agent exposes, a management system verifies that a given firmware/software load is fully functional before relying on further hardware or performance data from that device. It is foundational to the broader family of ASCEND-* MIBs (such as call, VoIP, and interface MIBs), since it advertises whether the agent supports those companion modules. It was deployed on Ascend WAN/dial access concentrators used by ISPs and enterprises for remote-access aggregation. Engineers can download the ASCEND-ADVANCED-AGENT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Ascend WAN/remote-access concentrators (e.g., MAX, Pipeline, TNT series)

Monitoring Examples

A management station queries the advanced-agent capability objects during discovery to learn which optional Ascend feature sets, such as extended call statistics or VoIP support, are enabled on a given unit's software build, before attempting to poll those vendor-specific MIBs. If a capability that was present before a firmware upgrade is missing afterward, that reveals a software regression or an incomplete/corrupted software load. This MIB is typically queried once per device discovery cycle rather than on an ongoing polling schedule.

What Can Be Monitored

supported advanced agent features
SNMP agent capability flags
availability of companion extension MIBs
software/firmware feature set

Imported Objects

From ASCEND-MIB

DisplayString
advancedAgent	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
INT wanUseTrunkGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.20	INTEGER	read-only	System wide parameter dictating the use of trunk groups.
wanLineTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21		not-accessible	The wan line table.
wanLineEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1		not-accessible	An entry in the wan line table.
INT wanLineIfIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	This value for this object is equal to the value of ifIndex from the Interfaces table of MIB II (RFC 1213).
STR wanLineName	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	A textual name of the wanLine as assigned through the menu sytem.
OID wanLineType	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.3	OBJECT IDENTIFIER	read-only	One of 'wanTypes'.
INT wanLineChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The number of ds0 channels supported.
INT wanLineState	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The state of the line.
STR wanLineStateString	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.6	DisplayString	read-only	A textual representation of the wanLineState as displayed by the menu sytem.
INT wanLineActiveChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The number of switched DS0 channels of the line. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-switched-channel(3) and with any following wanLineChannelState bs-clear-pending(8), bs-dialing(9), bs-ringing(10),and bs-connected(11) for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.8	INTEGER	read-write	The usage of the line. SETting values are supported only for T1/E1 links. Only lu-disabled(3), lu-trunk(5), and lu-quiesced(6) for T1/PRI are currently supported for SETs.
STR wanLineHuntGrpPhoneNumber1	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.9	DisplayString	read-write	The hunt group phone number associated with the line. This entry is manually entered in the line configurations options.
STR wanLineHuntGrpPhoneNumber2	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.10	DisplayString	read-write	The hunt group phone number associated with the line. This entry is manually entered in the line configurations options.
STR wanLineHuntGrpPhoneNumber3	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.11	DisplayString	read-write	The hunt group phone number associated with the line. This entry is manually entered in the line configurations options.
INT wanLineAvailableChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.12	INTEGER	read-only	The number of DS0 channels of the line configured as Switched and available for making or accepting calls. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels with the wanLineChannelState of bs-idle(7) for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineSwitchedChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	The number of DS0 channels of the line configured as switched. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-switched-channel(3) and with wanLineChannelState not bs-disabled(18) for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineDisabledChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.14	INTEGER	read-only	The number of disabled DS0 channels of the line. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels with the wanLineChannelState of bs-disabled(18) and with any wanLineChannelUsage for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineNailedChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.15	INTEGER	read-only	The number of DS0 channels of the line configured as nailed. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-clear-64(5) and with wanLineChannelState not bs-disabled(18) for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineOutOfServiceChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.16	INTEGER	read-only	The number of out-of-service DS0 channels of the line. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-switched-channel and wanLineChannelState of bs-unavailable(2), bs-out-of-service(4), bs-maintenance(16) for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineNet2NetChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.17	INTEGER	read-only	The number of NET2NET DS0 channels of the line. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-switched-channel and wanLineChannelState of bs-net2net-dialing, bs-net2net-ringing and bs-net2net-connected for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
INT wanLineDtptChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.21.1.18	INTEGER	read-only	The number of DTPT DS0 channels of the line. This variable counts the number of wanLineChannels on an enabled line with the wanLineChannelUsage of ds0-switched-channel and wanLineChannelState of bs-dtpt-dialing, bs-dtpt-ringing and bs-dtpt-connected for all the entries in its wanLineChannelEntry table.
wanLineChannelTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22		not-accessible	The wan line table.
wanLineChannelEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1		not-accessible	An entry in the wan line table.
INT wanLineChannelIfIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	This value for this object is equal to the value of ifIndex from the Interfaces table of MIB II (RFC 1213).
INT wanLineChannelIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The ds0 channel number with the line.
INT wanLineChannelState	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The state of the ds0 channel.
STR wanLineChannelStateString	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	A textual representation of the wanLineChannelState as displayed by the menu sytem.
INT wanLineChannelErrorCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The error count encountered on the channel.
INT wanLineChannelUsage	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The usage for this ds0 channel.
INT wanLineChannelTrunkGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The trunk group assigned to this channel. Note: This attribute returns 0 if wanUseTrunkGroup is set to do-not-use(1).
STR wanLineChannelPhoneNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.8	DisplayString	read-only	The phone number of this channel. This is the number sent to the far end in an inverse multiplexed call when instructing the far end to add more bandwidth. The number should contain the minimum number of digits to identify the channel. If the channel is part of a hunt group, the phone number should be blank.
INT wanLineChannelSlot	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	A slot number for routing incoming calls associated with the channel. A slot-port number zero means calls arriving on this channel can be routed to any port.
INT wanLineChannelPort	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.10	INTEGER	read-only	A port number for routing incoming calls associated with the channel. A slot-port number zero means calls arriving on this channel can be routed to any port.
INT wanLineChannelNailedState	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.22.1.11	INTEGER	read-only	The nailed group associated with the channel.
INT wanAvailableChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.23	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineAvailableChannels for all lines.
INT wanSwitchedChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.24	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineSwitchedChannels for all lines.
INT wanDisabledChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.25	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineDisabledChannels for all lines.
INT wanActiveChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.26	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineActiveChannels for all lines.
INT wanNailedChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.27	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineNailedChannels for all lines.
INT wanOutOfServiceChannels	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.28	INTEGER	read-only	The sum of wanLineOutOfChannels for all lines.
wanLineChannelUsageTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.29		not-accessible	Table of channel state summaries per line type.
wanLineChannelUsageEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.29.1		not-accessible	An entry in the channel state summary table for the given wanLineUsage and wanLineChannelState.
INT wanLineChannelUsageCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.529.4.29.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The count of channels in the selected wanLineChannelState for the selected wanLineUsage.

RFC description

WAN line and trunk group configuration for Ascend advanced agent systems.

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What Is ASCEND-ADVANCED-AGENT-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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