BDCOM-PROCESS-MIB

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Organization: BDCOM, Inc.

Last Updated: 2003-11-06

Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: BDCOM

Description: Monitors CPU process utilization and task scheduling statistics on BDCOM network switch/router platforms.

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What Is BDCOM-PROCESS-MIB?

BDCOM-PROCESS-MIB is a BDCOM enterprise MIB for tracking active system processes and CPU utilization on BDCOM network switch/router platforms. It exposes a CPU utilization table reporting total CPU usage over 5-second, 1-minute, and 5-minute intervals per physical CPU, plus a process table listing each running process's PID, name, and priority. Its purpose is direct software/hardware health monitoring of the device's control-plane: sustained high values in bdpmCPUTotal5sec/1min/5min indicate CPU overload that can degrade routing/switching performance, while the process table lets an administrator identify which specific task (by bdpmProcessName) is consuming resources or has crashed/restarted. It follows the common Cisco-style CPU/process MIB pattern but is BDCOM's own private implementation with no direct dependency on a standard IETF MIB. It is typically deployed on BDCOM switches and routers in service-provider and enterprise access networks to detect control-plane overload before it affects forwarding performance. Engineers can download the BDCOM-PROCESS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BDCOM-PROCESS-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

BDCOM network switch/router

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls bdpmCPUTotalTable (bdpmCPUTotalEntry: bdpmCPUTotalIndex, bdpmCPUTotalPhysicalIndex, bdpmCPUTotal5sec, bdpmCPUTotal1min, bdpmCPUTotal5min) to trend CPU load over time and set alarm thresholds on sustained high 5-minute utilization. If an alarm fires, the admin cross-references bdpmProcessTable (bdpmProcessEntry: bdpmProcessPID, bdpmProcessName, bdpmProcessPriority) to identify which process is responsible for the spike, revealing whether the cause is a software bug, a routing flap causing excessive recalculation, or a runaway management session.

What Can Be Monitored

CPU utilization (5-second/1-minute/5-minute averages)
per-physical-CPU load
running process list (PID, name)
process priority
process-level resource consumption

Imported Objects

From BDCOM-SMI

bdMgmt

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From BDCOM-TC

EntPhysicalIndexOrZero

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TimeStamp

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using bdpmCPUTotal5sec OID:

Select a BDCOM networking equipment (switches/routers) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type bdpmCPUTotal5sec into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 5 second period. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Gauge32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if utilization exceeds 85%, a common warning threshold before sustained high load affects performance. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
bdcomProcessMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109			The MIB module to describe active system processes.
bdcomProcessMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1
bdpmCPU	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1
bdpmCPUTotalTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1		not-accessible	A table of overall CPU statistics.
bdpmCPUTotalEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	Overall information about the CPU load. Entries in this table come and go as CPUs are added and removed from the system.
U32 bdpmCPUTotalIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	An index that uniquely represents a CPU (or group of CPUs) whose CPU load information is reported by a row in this table. This index is assigned arbitrarily by the engine and is not saved over reboots.
ENT bdpmCPUTotalPhysicalIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1.2	EntPhysicalIndexOrZero	read-only	The entPhysicalIndex of the physical entity for which the CPU statistics in this entry are maintained. The physical entity can be a CPU chip, a group of CPUs, a CPU card etc. The exact type of this entity is described by its entPhysicalVendorType value. If the CPU statistics in this entry correspond to more than one physical entity (or to no physical entity), or if the entPhysicalTable is not supported on the SNMP agent, the value of this object must be zero.
G32 bdpmCPUTotal5secEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1.3	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 5 second period. This object obsoletes the busyPer object from the OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB. This object is deprecated by bdpmCPUTotal5secRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
G32 bdpmCPUTotal1min	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1.4	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 1 minute period. This object obsoletes the avgBusy1 object from the OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB. This object is deprecated by bdpmCPUTotal1minRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
G32 bdpmCPUTotal5min	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.1.1.1.5	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 5 minute period. This object deprecates the avgBusy5 object from the OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB. This object is deprecated by bdpmCPUTotal5minRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
bdpmProcess	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2
bdpmProcessTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1		not-accessible	A table of generic information on all active processes on this device.
bdpmProcessEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	Generic information about an active process on this device. Entries in this table come and go as processes are created and destroyed by the device.
U32 bdpmProcessPID	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	This object contains the process ID. bdpmProcessTimeCreated should be checked against the last time it was polled, and if it has changed the PID has been reused and the entire entry should be polled again. The process IDs are discrete.
STR bdpmProcessName	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	The name associated with this process. If the name is longer than 32 characters, it will be truncated to the first 31 characters, and a `*' will be appended as the last character to imply this is a truncated process name.
INT bdpmProcessPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	The priority level at which the process is running. This object is deprecated by bdpmProcExtPriorityRev.
TIM bdpmProcessTimeCreated	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.1.2.1.1.4	TimeStamp	read-only	The time when the process was created. The process ID and the time when the process was created, uniquely identifies a process.
bdcomProcessMIBNotifPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.2
bdcomProcessMIBNotifs	1.3.6.1.4.1.3320.9.109.2.0

RFC description

Monitors CPU and process statistics on BDCOM devices including utilization metrics and process information.

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