CIENA-CES-OAM-MIB

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Organization: Ciena Corp.

Last Updated: 2018-12-05

Category: Vendor: Ciena

Description: Manages Ethernet OAM (Operations, Administration, Maintenance) functions on Ciena CES switches.

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What Is CIENA-CES-OAM-MIB?

CIENA-CES-OAM-MIB is a Ciena enterprise MIB that instruments Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) per IEEE 802.3ah on Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switches. It exposes EFM OAM statistics and the objects needed to generate related notifications, covering link-level OAM protocol data unit (PDU) exchange, remote loopback, and fault indications between directly connected link partners. Its monitoring focus is on the software/protocol-level health of the physical link, letting operators detect degraded or failing links via OAM error counters and fault notifications before a full link-down event occurs. It builds on the IEEE 802.3ah EFM OAM standard as its foundation. It is used in access-network deployments where CES switches terminate customer-facing or last-mile Ethernet links requiring proactive link-fault detection. Engineers can download the CIENA-CES-OAM-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Ciena Carrier Ethernet Switch (CES)

Monitoring Examples

No specific object names were included in the source data, but in line with its stated purpose an admin would typically poll EFM OAM statistics counters (e.g., OAM PDU error and event counts) and watch for OAM-related traps to detect degrading link quality, loss of OAM peering, or a remote link fault reported by the far-end device before the link fully drops.

What Can Be Monitored

  • EFM OAM PDU statistics
  • OAM link fault events
  • OAM session status
  • remote loopback state
Imported Objects

From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB

cienaGlobalMacAddressOBJECT-TYPE
cienaGlobalSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From CIENA-SMI

cienaCesNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY
cienaCesStatisticsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CIENA-TC

CienaStatsClear

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TimeStamp
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB from Ciena for Carrier Ethernet Services (CES) OAM (Operations, Administration, Maintenance); monitors Ethernet service health and performance.

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