BCN-LICENSE-MIB

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Organization: BlueCat Networks

Last Updated: 2010-11-30

Category: Device Management, Vendor: BlueCat Networks

Description: Monitors BlueCat Networks appliance software license status, feature entitlements, and expiration dates.

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What Is BCN-LICENSE-MIB?

BCN-LICENSE-MIB is a proprietary BlueCat Networks MIB for tracking software feature licensing on their IPAM/DDI appliances. It exposes a license table listing each licensed feature's type, description, installation status, expiry date, grace period, validity, and items granted versus items used, along with an alarm severity indicator. This is a software-status MIB focused squarely on license/entitlement health: bcnLicenseValid and bcnLicenseExpiry let an admin catch licenses that have lapsed or are about to, while bcnLicenseItemsUsed against bcnLicenseItemsGranted exposes capacity exhaustion for a licensed feature. It complements other BlueCat MIBs on the same platform (e.g., BCN-DHCPV4-MIB) by correlating licensed capacity with actual feature usage. It is deployed on enterprise IPAM/DDI appliances where license compliance and timely renewal directly affect continued service availability. Engineers can download the BCN-LICENSE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BCN-LICENSE-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

BlueCat Networks IPAM/DDI appliance

Monitoring Examples

Polling bcnLicenseTable/bcnLicenseEntry by bcnLicenseTableIndex returns bcnLicenseType, bcnLicenseDescription, bcnLicenseInstalled, and bcnLicenseExpiry for each licensed feature, while bcnLicenseItemsGranted versus bcnLicenseItemsUsed shows entitlement consumption. A bcnLicenseValid flag flipping false, or bcnLicenseExpiry approaching alongside a rising bcnLicenseAlarmSeverity, signals an expiring or exhausted license that could disable a dependent service such as DHCP or DNS on the appliance.

What Can Be Monitored

license installed status
license expiry date
grace period remaining
license validity flag
items granted vs. used
license alarm severity

Imported Objects

From BCN-SMI-MIB

bcnServices

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From BCN-TC-MIB

BcnAlarmSeverity

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
TruthValue

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
bcnLicense	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6
bcnLicenseMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.1			This module provides information and status about features that are licensed to run on the system.
bcnLicenseObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2
bcnLicenseInformation	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1			General state of the License Service.
bcnLicenseTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2		not-accessible	This table keeps the information about the licenses installed
bcnLicenseEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1		not-accessible	A logical row in the bcnLicenseTable.
U32 bcnLicenseTableIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	A unique running value greater than 0, used as index into the table. The values of this index are assigned contiguously starting normally from 1.
INT bcnLicenseType	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Type of license. The possible states are: singleServer(1) The license affects a single server, normally the server in which it is installed. multiServer(2) The license affects multiple servers. This is common for licenses that limit managed units.
STR bcnLicenseDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	A text value describing the type of license installed.
DAT bcnLicenseInstalled	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.4	DateAndTime	read-only	The date when the license was installedon the system.
DAT bcnLicenseExpiry	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.5	DateAndTime	read-only	The expiration date for the license.
U32 bcnLicenseGracePeriod	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.6	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of days after the license has expired the functionality will continue to work. In case this is not applicable the value is 0.
T/F bcnLicenseValid	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.7	TruthValue	read-only	Number of days after the license has expired the functionality will continue to work. In case this is not applicable the value is 0.
U32 bcnLicenseItemsGranted	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.8	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of items granted with this license. On a multiServer license this is normally the number of units allowed to be managed under this license. On a singleServer license, this value is undefined. If the license is of type multiServer and bcnLicenseItemsGranted is zero, that indicates that the license is unlimited.
U32 bcnLicenseItemsUsed	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.2.1.2.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	Number of items consumed under this license. On a multiServer license this is the number of units that have already been allocated. On a singleServer license, this value is undefined.
bcnLicenseNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.3
bcnLicenseNotificationEvents	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.3.0
NTF bcnLicenseExpiryNotif	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.3.0.1			A bcnLicenseAlarmNotif signifies that the License service has transitioned state or a particular event has been detected on the service.
bcnLicenseNotificationData	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.3.1
BCN bcnLicenseAlarmSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.3.1.1	BcnAlarmSeverity	accessible-for-notify	Severity classification for the alarm.
bcnLicenseConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4
bcnLicenseServiceCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.1
bcnLicenseStatusCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.1.1			Basic conformance
bcnLicenseServiceGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.2
bcnLicenseServiceStatusGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.2.1			Status conformance.
bcnLicenseNotificationEventGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.2.2			Server statistics conformance.
bcnLicenseNotificationDataGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.13315.3.1.6.4.2.3			Server statistics conformance.

RFC description

Provides license status and feature availability monitoring on BlueCat Networks appliances.

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What Is BCN-LICENSE-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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