CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB :: cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription

Module: CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB

OID (symbolic): CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB::cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5.1.2

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: OCTET STRING

Access: read-only

Description: A description of the module POST error.

What is cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription?

This object holds a free-text description of a specific module POST (power-on self-test) failure, as the description states. It's the field an admin reads first after a card fails self-test at boot, since it typically names the specific test or subsystem that failed rather than just flagging a generic failure. For example, a description like 'DRAM test failed at address 0x00A3F210' points directly at a memory fault rather than, say, a peripheral or I/O test failure.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5.1.2
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB::cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5.1.2.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB::cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescription.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2cienaCesModuleMIBCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1cienaCesModuleMIBObjectsCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2cienaCesModuleCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5cienaCesModulePOSTErrorTableCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5.1cienaCesModulePOSTErrorEntryCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.2.1.2.5.1.2cienaCesModulePOSTErrorDescriptionCIENA-CES-MODULE-MIB