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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 OID | Name | Module |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iso | LANART-AGENT |
| 1.3 | org | AirPair-MIB |
| 1.3.6 | dod | AirPair-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1 | internet | AirPair-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4 | private | AirPair-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1 | enterprises | AirPair-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271 | ciena | CIENA-SMI |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2 | cienaCes | CIENA-SMI |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1 | cienaCesConfig | CIENA-SMI |
| Numeric OID | Name | Module |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18 | cienaCesMplsMIB | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1 | cienaCesMplsMIBObjects | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1 | cienaCesMpls | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12 | cienaCesMplsAssociatedTunnelTable | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1 | cienaCesMplsAssociatedTunnelEntry | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.1.18.1.1.12.1.16 | cienaCesMplsAssociatedBfdMonitoring | CIENA-CES-MPLS-MIB |