BGP4V2-MIB

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Organization: IETF IDR Working Group

Last Updated: 2011-01-17

Category: Routing Protocols

Description: Defines standard IETF BGP-4 version 2 management objects for peer sessions, prefix counts, and path attributes.

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What Is BGP4V2-MIB?

BGP4V2-MIB is the vendor-neutral IETF standards-track successor to the classic BGP4-MIB, defining management objects for BGP-4 (including multiprotocol/IPv6-capable) peer sessions on any BGP-speaking router. It exposes peer session state, negotiated capabilities, prefix counts, and path attribute data as its general data categories. Its monitoring emphasis is on software/protocol status rather than physical hardware: peer session up/down state and duration function like an application-level uptime indicator, and prefix/route counters reveal whether the BGP process is exchanging the expected volume of routing information, both of which flag routing-software health problems (session flaps, route leaks, capacity issues) before they cause outages. It supersedes and is closely related to the original IETF BGP4-MIB, sharing much of its conceptual model while adding version-2 (multiprotocol) support. It is deployed on any BGP-speaking router or route server, from enterprise edge routers to core and service-provider backbone routers. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the BGP4V2-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in BGP4V2-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • BGP-4 speaking routers and route servers

Monitoring Examples

No sample_objects were supplied for this module in the input, so no concrete table/object names can be cited; per its stated scope it would expose a peer table with per-peer session state, established time, and negotiated address-family capabilities, plus counters for prefixes received/advertised. An operator would poll such a peer table to detect a session that has flapped (short established time) or a peer whose received-prefix count dropped unexpectedly, indicating a route-advertisement problem. Because sample_objects is empty, no object names are invented here.

Imported Objects

From BGP4V2-TC-MIB

Bgp4V2AddressFamilyIdentifierTC
Bgp4V2IdentifierTC
Bgp4V2SubsequentAddressFamilyIdentifierTC

From FOUNDRY-SN-ROOT-MIB

bgp4V2RootOBJECT-IDENTITY

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressPrefixLength
InetAddressType
InetAutonomousSystemNumber
InetPortNumber

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

RowPointer
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using bgp4V2PeerFsmEstablishedTime OID:

Select a BGP-speaking router 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 bgp4V2PeerFsmEstablishedTime 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. This timer indicates how long (in seconds) this peer has been in the established state or how long since this peer was last in the established state. 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 the value drifts significantly from its normal baseline (in seconds), since an unexpected change often points to a real underlying issue. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Updated BGP-4 protocol MIB providing peer session management and updated RFC 4273 specifications.

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