BCS-TRAPS-MIB

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Organization: Motorola Connected Home Solutions

Last Updated: 2006-03-28

Category: Alarm and Event Management, Device Management

Description: Defines SNMP trap notifications for Belden/Hirschmann BCS industrial switch fault and state-change events.

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What Is BCS-TRAPS-MIB?

BCS-TRAPS-MIB is a Belden/Hirschmann module defining common SNMP trap (notification) objects for the BCS family of industrial Ethernet switches. Rather than exposing polled data tables, its purpose is to standardize the format and payload of fault and state-change trap notifications sent by these switches, such as link state changes, device resets, or configuration changes. Its monitoring value lies in event-driven fault detection: it lets a network management station receive asynchronous alerts about hardware or software state changes on the switch — such as a redundant power supply failing, a port going down, or the device rebooting — without needing to poll continuously. It is a companion/trap-definition module intended to be used alongside other BCS device/hardware MIBs that define the actual status objects referenced within trap varbinds. It is deployed in industrial automation and process-control networks where Belden/Hirschmann BCS-series managed switches provide ruggedized Ethernet connectivity. Engineers can download the BCS-TRAPS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Belden/Hirschmann BCS-series industrial Ethernet switches

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided for this module, so exact trap object names cannot be confirmed from the source, but as a "common trap objects" module it would define generic notification objects referenced by fault and state-change traps across the BCS switch line. A network management station would subscribe to these traps to be alerted in real time when, for example, a switch reboots unexpectedly or a monitored hardware condition changes, rather than relying on periodic polling. This description is necessarily general given the absence of concrete object names in the source.

What Can Be Monitored

fault trap notifications
state-change trap notifications

Imported Objects

From BCS-IDENT-MIB

bcs	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
bcsTrapControl	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2
bcsTrapElements	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1
bcsTraps	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3			The MIB module for the bcs common trap objects.
INT numberOfDiscriminators	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.3	INTEGER	read-only	The number of EFDs (filters) agent has in it's database. This number can not exceed 20
INT numberOfTrapReceivers	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.1	INTEGER	read-only	The number of managers to send traps to. This number can not exceed 4
INT trapAdditionalInfoInteger1	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.13	INTEGER	read-only	This 32 bit integer is used to hold specific information about the trap.
INT trapAdditionalInfoInteger2	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.14	INTEGER	read-only	This 32 bit integer is used to hold specific information about the trap.
INT trapAdditionalInfoInteger3	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.15	INTEGER	read-only	This 32 bit integer is used to hold specific information about the trap.
OID trapChangedObjectId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.12	OBJECT IDENTIFIER	read-only	This variable identifies the object that has generated the trap.
STR trapChangedValueDisplayString	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.16	DisplayString	read-only	This DisplayString is used to hold specific information about the trap.
INT trapChangedValueInteger	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.19	INTEGER	read-only	This 32 bit integer is used to hold specific information about the trap.
IP trapChangedValueIpAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.18	IpAddress	read-only	This OBJECT IDENTIFIER is used to hold specific information about the trap.
STR trapChangedValueOID	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.17	DisplayString	read-only	This OBJECT IDENTIFIER is used to hold specific information about the trap.
INT trapDiscrimAvailabilityStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	This object reflects the current Availability status of the Discrim (based on ISO/IEC 10164-2).
INT trapDiscrimConfigChangeCntl	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.9	INTEGER	read-write	This variable turns reporting of configuration changes on or off.
INT trapDiscrimDailyStartTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	This object represents daily start time for corresponding Discrim. The StartTime is expressed as an offset (in minutes) from 2400 hours military time. For example, StartTime=70 represents start time of 1:10 AM.
INT trapDiscrimDailyStopTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	This object represents daily stop time for corresponding Discrim. The StopTime is expressed as an offset (in minutes) from 2400 hours military time. For example, StopTime=70 represents stop time of 1:10 AM.
trapDiscrimEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1		not-accessible	The list of discriminators (trap filters.)
INT trapDiscrimOperationalState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.8	INTEGER	read-write	The current Operational State of the Discriminator.
IP trapDiscrimReceiverAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.2	IpAddress	read-write	The IP address of the manager this Discrim belongs to. It should be equal to TrapReceiverAddr. NOTE: Changing trapDiscrimReceiverAddr FROM default value to anything else is equivalent of 'creating' of a new entry. Changing trapReceiverAddr TO default value will result in deletion of that entry.
trapDiscrimTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4		not-accessible	A list of EFDs (trap filters). Before forwarding trap to a trapReceiver (manager) agent filters all traps acording to all EFDs defined for this manager.
INT trapDiscrimTableIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.1	INTEGER	not-accessible	The index to a trap discriminator entry.
STR trapDiscrimWeeklyMask	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.4	DisplayString	read-write	This object represents weekly scedule for corresponding Discrim. The WeeklyMask consists of 7 numeric characters (1 for each day of the week). Each numeric character can take a value of either '1' - enabled or '2' - disabled. For example, with WeeklyMask='1122221', an agent will apply corresponding Discriminator only on Mondays, Tuesdays and Sundays. Any characters other than '1' and '2' will be ignored.
INT trapIdentifier	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	This object identifies the specific notification issued by the network element.
INT trapLastSent	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	This variable contains the last trapSequenceId (sequence number) agent sent to this manager. Upon startup agent will send cold-start trap and set value of TrapLastSent to 1.
TIK trapNETrapLastTrapTimeStamp	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.11	TimeTicks	read-only	This OBJECT IDENTIFIER is used to hold time, in hundreths of a second since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized.
INT trapNetworkElemAdminState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.8	INTEGER	read-only	The current Adminsitrative state of the network element.
INT trapNetworkElemAlarmStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The current Alarm Status of the Network Element Alarm Status is always equal to the highest severity level of all outstanding alarms in this NE.
INT trapNetworkElemAvailStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.9	INTEGER	read-only	The current Operational state of the network elment is defined in ISO/IEC 10164-2.
STR trapNetworkElemModelNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The value of this object is the model number of the network element. Combination of Model # and Serial # is used as the unique identifier of the NE.
INT trapNetworkElemOperState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The current Operational State of the Network Element which generated the trap.
STR trapNetworkElemSerialNum	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The value of this object is the serial number of the network element. Combination of Model # and Serial # is used as the unique identifier of the NE.
INT trapPerceivedSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	This parameter defines five severity levels, which provide an indication of how it is perceived that the capability of the managed object has been affected. The other level is not a severity level, but indicates that an alarm has been cleared, and thus is no longer in alarm state. Note that this field has no meaning for configuration change traps.
IP trapReceiverAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.2	IpAddress	read-write	The IP address of the manager to send a trap to. NOTE: Changing TrapReceiverAddr FROM default value to anything else is equivalent of 'creating' of a new entry. Changing trapReceiverAddr TO default value will result in deletion of that entry.
STR trapReceiverCommunityString	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.3	DisplayString	read-write	The community name to use in the trap when sent to the manager.
trapReceiversEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1		not-accessible	The list of managers to send traps.
INT trapReceiversEntryOperState	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-write	The current Operational State of this entry in trapReceivers Table
trapReceiversTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2		not-accessible	A list of managers to send traps to. The number of entries is given by the value of NumTrapReceivers. Maximum number of Trap Receivers is four.
INT trapReceiversTableIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.1	INTEGER	not-accessible	The index to a trap receiver entry.
I32 trapResendRequest	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.9	Integer32	read-write	The manager may write this object when the indicated trap (indicated via trapIdentifier) should be resent. It is not intended to be read by the manager, but is read-write for compatability with older SNMP compilers.
INT trapSentQueueSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	The agent maintains 2 queues: TrapsToBeSendQueue and TrapsSentQueue. The SNMP agent maintains Trap History (TrapsSentQueue) by saving last 'X' sent traps.
INT trapSequenceId	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	This object identifies the specific notification issued by the network element.
INT trapSeverityDiscrim	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.4.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	The severity threshold of traps to be send to the manager. Only traps of equal or greater severity than this value are sent to the manager.
STR trapText	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	This variable contains an optional trap text.
I32 trapThrottlingRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.6	Integer32	read-write	The number of traps agent can send to a particular manager (trapReceiver) per second.
INT trapToBeSendQueueSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.1166.7.3.2.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-write	The agent maintains 2 queues: TrapsToBeSendQueue and TrapsSentQueue. The SNMP agent can receive a burst of traps which need to be sent to the network manager. The SNMP agent will put them in TrapsToBeSendQueue and from there hi will send traps to the a manager at throttling rate. The traps will be kept in sequence by the time at which they came in

RFC description

Motorola BCS common trap objects for network element alarm notifications and monitoring.

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What Is BCS-TRAPS-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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