ASCEND-MIBSS7NMI-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: Telephony and VoIP, Vendor: Ascend/Lucent

Description: Manages SS7 network management interface configuration and signaling on Ascend telephony equipment.

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What Is ASCEND-MIBSS7NMI-MIB?

ASCEND-MIBSS7NMI-MIB is a proprietary Ascend Communications MIB providing an SS7 network management interface for signaling configuration on Ascend telephony/integrated-access equipment. It exposes configuration and status data for SS7 signaling links, linksets, and point codes used in PSTN interworking. Its monitoring focus is software/service status of the signaling stack: whether signaling links are up, whether linksets are congested, and whether point-code routing is functioning, which directly affects call-setup capability rather than physical hardware sensors. It is used alongside voice/telephony interface MIBs (e.g. T1/E1 or channelized interface modules) since SS7 signaling rides over those physical circuits. It was deployed in Ascend media gateway and integrated access equipment interfacing with carrier SS7 networks. Engineers can download the ASCEND-MIBSS7NMI-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Ascend telephony/media gateway equipment

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll the SS7 link and linkset status tables (an ascendSs7LinkTable/ascendSs7LinksetEntry style structure) to confirm signaling links are in-service and not congested, treating a link reporting 'out of service' or a linkset showing congestion as the likely cause of failed call setups on that route. Because no sample objects were provided for this MIB, these names are inferred from the stated SS7 signaling purpose rather than confirmed source identifiers.

What Can Be Monitored

  • SS7 signaling link status
  • linkset congestion state
  • point code configuration
  • signaling link in-service/out-of-service state
Imported Objects

From ASCEND-MIB

configurationOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
OIDs

RFC description

Provides SS7 (Signaling System 7) network management interface configuration for Ascend communications equipment.

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