BENU-IP-MIB

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Organization: Benu Networks

Last Updated: 2014-12-17

Category: IP and Core Protocols, Vendor: Benu Networks

Description: Manages IP interface configuration, routing tables, and protocol statistics on Benu Networks gateway platforms.

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What Is BENU-IP-MIB?

BENU-IP-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Benu Networks for their gateway/BNG platforms, defining IP interface configuration, routing information, and detailed protocol/traffic statistics. It exposes per-port IP-layer statistics covering transmitted byte and frame counts, broadcast/multicast frame counts, pause frames, and frame-size distribution histograms. This makes it useful for monitoring performance/traffic health on the device: an admin can track throughput, error-adjacent frame counts, and traffic patterns (e.g., excessive pause frames indicating flow-control congestion) as indicators of interface or software-forwarding health. It builds on standard IP/interface statistics conventions (similar in spirit to IF-MIB/RMON-style counters) though as a proprietary module it isn't formally layered on them. It's typically deployed on Benu Networks broadband gateway/BNG platforms in service-provider access networks. Engineers can download the BENU-IP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BENU-IP-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

Benu Networks broadband gateway / BNG platform

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll bIPPortTable/bIPPortEntry, using bIPPortInterfaceName to identify a port and then examining bIPPortTxBytesInFrameWoErr and bIPPortTxFramesWoErrExclPausFrame to gauge clean transmitted traffic volume. A spike in bIPPortTxPausFrame would reveal flow-control congestion on that port, while the frame-size distribution counters (bIPPortTx64byteFrames through bIPPortTx128to255byteFrames) let an admin profile traffic composition, e.g., detecting an unusual surge of small frames suggestive of control-plane chatter or an attack. Tracking bIPPortTxBcastFrames and bIPPortTxL2McastFrames helps spot broadcast/multicast storms on the gateway.

What Can Be Monitored

per-port transmitted byte/frame counts
broadcast and multicast frame counts
pause frame counts
frame size distribution (64B, 65-127B, 128-255B, etc.)
IP port utilization

Imported Objects

From BENU-PLATFORM-MIB

benuPlatform

MODULE-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using bIPPortTxBytesInFrameWoErr OID:

Select a Benu Networks (Ciena) broadband/WiFi Access Gateway (WAG) platform 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 bIPPortTxBytesInFrameWoErr 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. It reports the total bytes transmitted without errors. 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 Counter64-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
bIPMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6			This MIB module defines IP utilization statistics. Copyright (C) 2001, 2008 by Benu Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
bIPNotifObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.0			Notifications of IP utilization statistics are defined in this branch.
bIPMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1			MIB objects for IP utilization statistics are defined in this branch.
bIPPortTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1		not-accessible	The table of IP utilization performance metrics of each interface.
bIPPortEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1		not-accessible	An entry containing IP utilization performance metrics for each interface.
U32 bIPPortIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Interface index of the port This will be similar to ifIndex of IF-MIB.
STR bIPPortInterfaceName	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	Name of the interface associated with this port.
C64 bIPPortTxBytesInFrameWoErrEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.3	Counter64	read-only	Total bytes transmitted without errors.
C64 bIPPortTxFramesWoErrExclPausFrame	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.4	Counter64	read-only	Total frames transmitted without errors excluding pause frames.
C64 bIPPortTxBcastFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.5	Counter64	read-only	Total broadcast frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTxL2McastFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.6	Counter64	read-only	Total Layer 2 multicast frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTxPausFrame	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.7	Counter64	read-only	Total broadcast frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx64byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.8	Counter64	read-only	Total 64-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx65to127byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.9	Counter64	read-only	Total 65 to 127-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx128to255byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.10	Counter64	read-only	Total 128 to 255-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx256to511byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.11	Counter64	read-only	Total 256 to 511-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx512to1023byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.12	Counter64	read-only	Total 512 to 1023-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx1024to1518byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.13	Counter64	read-only	Total 1024 to 1518-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx1519to1522byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.14	Counter64	read-only	Total 1519 to 1522-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx1523toMaxByteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.15	Counter64	read-only	Total 1523 to Max-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTx17to63byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.16	Counter64	read-only	Total 17 to 63-byte frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortTxBadFcsFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.17	Counter64	read-only	Total bad FCS frames transmitted.
C64 bIPPortRxBytesInFrameWoErr	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.18	Counter64	read-only	Total bytes received without errors.
C64 bIPPortRxBcastFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.19	Counter64	read-only	Total broadcast frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxL2McastFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.20	Counter64	read-only	Total multicase frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxPausFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.21	Counter64	read-only	Total pause frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx64byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.22	Counter64	read-only	Total 64-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx65to127byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.23	Counter64	read-only	Total 65 to 127-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx128to255byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.24	Counter64	read-only	Total 128 to 255-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx256to511byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.25	Counter64	read-only	Total 256 to 511-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx512to1023byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.26	Counter64	read-only	Total 512 to 1023-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx1024to1518byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.27	Counter64	read-only	Total 1024 to 1518-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx1519to1522byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.28	Counter64	read-only	Total 1519 to 1522-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRx1523to10368byteFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.29	Counter64	read-only	Total 1523 to 10368-byte frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxShortFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.30	Counter64	read-only	Total short frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxJabberFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.31	Counter64	read-only	Total jabber frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxOvrSzFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.32	Counter64	read-only	Total oversize frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxLenFldErrFrames	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.33	Counter64	read-only	Total length field error frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxSymbErrs	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.34	Counter64	read-only	Total symbol error frames received.
C64 bIPPortRxIntrPktJunk	1.3.6.1.4.1.39406.1.6.1.1.1.35	Counter64	read-only	Total inter packet junk error frames received.

RFC description

IP utilization statistics and performance metrics monitoring for per-interface traffic analysis.

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