CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB

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Organization: Ciena Corp.

Last Updated: 2014-01-23

Category: Hardware and Environment, Vendor: Ciena

Description: Monitors line card modules and their operational status in Ciena CES chassis-based switches.

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What Is CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB?

CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB is a Ciena vendor MIB for Carrier Ethernet Switching (CES) chassis platforms that manages the configuration and operational status of individual line/service modules installed in the chassis. No sample objects were available for this module, but module-status MIBs of this type typically expose per-slot module type, administrative and operational state, and hardware inventory identifiers such as serial number and hardware revision, along with notifications for module insertion, removal, and failure. Its central monitoring value is hardware status, detecting whether a module is present, online, and healthy, and generating a trap when a module fails or is pulled, which is critical for maintaining service continuity on a modular carrier-grade switch. It is a standalone Ciena vendor MIB, generally used alongside the vendor's chassis/environmental MIBs rather than an IETF standard. It's deployed by carrier and service-provider network operations teams running modular Ciena CES chassis, where module-level fault notification supports rapid field replacement, and engineers typically open the CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB MIB Browser view to inspect the module object tree directly.

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Supported Devices

  • Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switch (modular chassis)

Monitoring Examples

A network operations center would poll the module status table to confirm each installed line module reports an online/operational state, and would watch for a module-related trap indicating a card has gone offline or been removed. Hardware inventory fields such as serial number and hardware revision would be checked during a maintenance window to confirm the correct replacement module was installed. Because no sample objects were available, exact table/object names could not be confirmed, but the module description explicitly ties this MIB to module configuration and module-related notifications.

What Can Be Monitored

  • module presence/insertion status
  • module operational state
  • module hardware inventory (serial, revision)
  • module failure notifications
Imported Objects

From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB

cienaGlobalMacAddressOBJECT-TYPE
cienaGlobalSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From CIENA-SMI

cienaCesConfigOBJECT-IDENTITY
cienaCesNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CIENA-TC

CienaGlobalState

From SNMPv2-CONF

NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Manages Ciena module configuration, health status, and module-related notifications in transport equipment.

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