CENTILLION-BRIDGE-MIB

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Category: ATM, VLAN and Bridging, Vendor: Nortel

Description: Manages IEEE 802.1D bridging configuration and forwarding database on Nortel Centillion ATM/LAN switch platforms.

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What Is CENTILLION-BRIDGE-MIB?

CENTILLION-BRIDGE-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB whose header identifies it as Bay Networks, Inc. copyrighted material (Bay Networks having later merged into Nortel, which is the vendor label commonly associated with the Centillion line), providing an enterprise-tree mirror of IEEE 802.1D bridging objects for Centillion ATM/LAN switch platforms. It models the cndot1dBase group (cndot1dBaseBridgeAddress, cndot1dBaseNumPorts, cndot1dBaseType indicating transparent/source-route/SRT bridging) and per-port bridge table cndot1dBasePortTable, the cndot1dStp Spanning Tree group (cndot1dStpPriority, cndot1dStpDesignatedRoot, cndot1dStpTopChanges, and the per-port cndot1dStpPortTable with cndot1dStpPortState and cndot1dStpPortForwardTransitions), and a placeholder cndot1dTpSrFrameForward object for the transparent-bridging-with-source-route-forwarding mode. Because it closely parallels the standard BRIDGE-MIB, it is primarily useful for monitoring Spanning Tree topology stability and per-port forwarding state on Centillion switches specifically, complementing whatever standard bridge MIB support the platform also offers. It is deployed on Bay Networks/Nortel Centillion ATM/LAN switch hardware performing 802.1D bridging, and it depends on the CENTILLION-ROOT-MIB enterprise tree for its object placement; the vendor field in source records should be flagged as Bay Networks rather than Nortel proper. Engineers documenting this switch line reference the CENTILLION-BRIDGE-MIB MIB for its bridge and STP object definitions.

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Supported Devices

  • Bay Networks / Nortel Centillion ATM/LAN switch platforms

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls cndot1dStpPortTable to check cndot1dStpPortState for each port and cndot1dStpTopChanges at the bridge level; a port stuck in blocking(2) state combined with a rapidly incrementing cndot1dStpTopChanges counter would indicate spanning-tree instability or a flapping link on that Centillion switch.

What Can Be Monitored

  • bridge base address and port count
  • bridge type (transparent/source-route/SRT)
  • per-port bridge index mapping
  • Spanning Tree root, priority, and topology-change count
  • per-port Spanning Tree state and forward transition count
Imported Objects

From CENTILLION-ROOT-MIB

EnableIndicator
extensionsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
TimeTicks
OIDs

RFC description

Nortel (former vendor name) MIB for Centillion switches; manages bridge/switching fabric objects and VLAN configurations.

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