CIENA-CES-IP-INTERFACE-MIB

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Organization: Ciena Corp.

Last Updated: 2018-12-11

Description: Ciena CES MIB defining IP interface configuration objects and link-up/link-down notifications for IP management interfaces on Ciena packet networking equipment

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What Is CIENA-CES-IP-INTERFACE-MIB?

CIENA-CES-IP-INTERFACE-MIB is part of Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (CES) MIB family for Ciena packet-networking/service-aggregation platforms. It defines IP data interface configuration objects and, notably, link-up/link-down style notifications for the device's IP management/data interfaces. Its monitoring role centers on interface operational-status tracking and fault detection—operators use it to watch an IP interface's operational state going up or down and to see how an interface's state depends on an associated Layer-2 VPN service. It builds on and complements standard interface MIBs (IF-MIB) and Ciena's broader CES/Waveserver MIB suite, since it is scoped narrowly to IP interface notifications rather than full interface statistics. It is deployed in carrier/service-provider packet-optical networks where Ciena CES equipment provides IP-based management or service interfaces that must be monitored for connectivity faults. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the CIENA-CES-IP-INTERFACE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CIENA-CES-IP-INTERFACE-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

  • Ciena CES (Carrier Ethernet Solutions) packet networking platforms

Monitoring Examples

An admin would watch cienaCesIpDataInterfaceOperState transition (e.g., up to down) as a link-state notification, and check cienaCesIpDataInterfaceL2VpnDependency to understand whether the down state also affects a dependent L2VPN service. A flurry of down-state notifications on an IP interface with an active L2VPN dependency would indicate a service-impacting fault requiring immediate attention rather than a benign management-plane blip.

What Can Be Monitored

  • IP interface operational state (up/down)
  • IP interface L2VPN dependency
  • link-state change events
Imported Objects

From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB

cienaGlobalMacAddressOBJECT-TYPE
cienaGlobalSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From CIENA-SMI

cienaCesConfigOBJECT-IDENTITY
cienaCesNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CIENA-TC

CienaGlobalState

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressPrefixLength
InetAddressType

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Manages IP interface configuration and status including notifications for IP interface link up/down events on Ciena equipment.

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