CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB :: cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring

Module: CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB

OID (symbolic): CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB::cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1.16

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: CienaGlobalState

Access: read-only

Description: Specifies status of BFD monitoring.

What is cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring?

This indicates whether BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection), a lightweight fast-failure-detection protocol, is actively monitoring this associated tunnel's health. An admin checks this because a tunnel with BFD monitoring disabled will rely on much slower default failure detection (routing protocol timers or LSP hold timers) rather than the millisecond-scale fault detection BFD provides, directly affecting how quickly a failover to backup can occur. For example, a critical customer tunnel showing BFD monitoring off would explain why a link failure took 30+ seconds to trigger failover instead of the sub-second response the customer's SLA assumes.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1.16
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB::cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1.16.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB::cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18cienaCesMplsMIBCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1cienaCesMplsMIBObjectsCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1cienaCesMplsCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12cienaCesMplsAssociatedTunnelTableCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1cienaCesMplsAssociatedTunnelEntryCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1.16cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoringCIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB