C-PRODUCT-BASE-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Category: Hardware Inventory

Description: Provides the base system management objects shared across C-PRODUCT series equipment.

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What Is C-PRODUCT-BASE-MIB?

C-PRODUCT-BASE-MIB is a vendor base MIB providing the common system management objects shared across a "C-PRODUCT" line of WAN access/switching equipment (its sibling HSSI and OC3 MIBs suggest ATM/WAN access platforms). It exposes general system identity and site information (shelf name, customer name, location, maintenance contact), local management access configuration (auto-logout timer, password, SNMP community and IP/subnet for the local host), current firmware release, and system date/time. Its monitoring value is chiefly configuration/software status: confirming the running sysGenCurrentCodeRelease across a fleet of shelves, verifying management access settings (community strings, IP config) are correct, and tracking sysTimeAndDate for accurate event correlation, alongside basic site-identification data useful when triaging a shelf-level alarm. It is a self-contained vendor base MIB that other C-PRODUCT feature MIBs (HSSI, OC3) build upon rather than depending on external standards. Deployment context is carrier or enterprise WAN access shelves/chassis where multiple interface-specific MIBs share this common system identity and management layer, and loading the module into a C-PRODUCT-BASE-MIB MIB Browser session surfaces the shelf identity, management-access, and firmware-release objects described above as the primary pollable leaves.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in C-PRODUCT-BASE-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

  • C-PRODUCT series WAN access/ATM shelf or chassis

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll sysGenCurrentCodeRelease across all shelves to confirm firmware consistency before a maintenance window, and check sysGenInfoLocation/sysGenInfoMaintenanceContact when an alarm fires to quickly identify the physical site and contact. Verifying sysIpConfigLocalHostIpAddress and sysIpConfigLocalHostCommunityName ensures the shelf is still reachable via its expected management IP and SNMP community. A mismatch between sysTimeAndDate and NTP-synced time would explain skewed alarm timestamps during troubleshooting.

What Can Be Monitored

  • current firmware/code release
  • shelf/site identification and contact info
  • management IP address and SNMP community
  • system date/time
  • auto-logout timer configuration
Imported Objects

From C-PRODUCT-GROUP-MIB

cardOBJECT-IDENTITY
circuitOBJECT-IDENTITY
faultOBJECT-IDENTITY
portOBJECT-IDENTITY
shelfOBJECT-IDENTITY
sysOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
PhysAddress
OIDs

RFC description

Base product MIB providing core system objects and root organization for vendor product hierarchy.

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