CIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB :: cienaCesAlarmDescription

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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cienaCesAlarmDescription

Module: CIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB

OID (symbolic): CIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB::cienaCesAlarmDescription

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1.1.1

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: DisplayString

Access: read-only

Description: This object indicates the description of the alarm.

What is cienaCesAlarmDescription?

This object holds the human-readable text label for a specific alarm model -- the wording that actually says what the alarm is. When browsing an alarm table by numeric index, this is the field that turns a bare alarm ID into something ops staff can act on immediately without cross-referencing a manual. For example, this might read "Ethernet Link Down - Port 3/1" or "Power Supply B Failure", text that typically gets surfaced directly in whatever dashboard consumes this MIB.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1.1.1
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB::cienaCesAlarmDescription

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1.1.1.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB::cienaCesAlarmDescription.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> cienaCesAlarmDescription.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (9 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271cienaCIENA-SMI
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2cienaCesCIENA-SMI
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1cienaCesConfigCIENA-SMI
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24cienaCesAlarmMIBCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1cienaCesAlarmMIBObjectsCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2cienaCesAlarmCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1cienaCesAlarmTableCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1.1cienaCesAlarmEntryCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.24.1.2.1.1.1cienaCesAlarmDescriptionCIENA-CES-ALARM-MIB