ASCEND-MIBIPX-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: SNA and Legacy Protocols, Vendor: Ascend/Lucent

Description: Manages IPX protocol routing and network configuration on Ascend multi-protocol access equipment.

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What Is ASCEND-MIBIPX-MIB?

ASCEND-MIBIPX-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Ascend Communications for managing IPX (Novell NetWare) protocol routing and network configuration on its multi-protocol WAN access equipment. It would expose IPX interface configuration, network-number/frame-type settings, and IPX routing/SAP table state, reflecting the legacy multi-protocol routing role Ascend devices played alongside IP. No module description or sample objects were provided for this module, so specific table/object names cannot be confirmed from source. Its monitoring relevance would be primarily software/configuration status for the IPX routing stack rather than physical hardware health, useful for confirming IPX connectivity and route table health on links carrying NetWare traffic. It would depend conceptually on the standard IPX MIB structure (RFC 1420-era conventions) reimplemented in Ascend's private tree. It would have been deployed on Ascend MAX/Pipeline/TNT access routers in legacy enterprise networks still running Novell NetWare/IPX alongside IP. Engineers can download the ASCEND-MIBIPX-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ASCEND-MIBIPX-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

  • Ascend MAX/Pipeline/TNT multi-protocol access routers

Monitoring Examples

Because no sample_objects were provided for this module, a concrete object-level polling scenario cannot be honestly constructed; in general, an operator would be expected to check IPX interface and routing-table status to confirm NetWare traffic is being routed correctly across the WAN link, and to detect a missing or stale IPX route indicating a connectivity fault to a remote NetWare segment.

Imported Objects

From ASCEND-MIB

configurationOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
OIDs

RFC description

Configuration and management of IPX global profiles and interface parameters for Ascend communications platforms.

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