CIENA-CES-PM

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsCIENA-CES-PM

Organization: Ciena Corp.

Last Updated: 2016-09-14

Category: Network Monitoring (RMON), Vendor: Ciena

Description: Provides performance monitoring statistics and thresholds on Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switches.

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What Is CIENA-CES-PM?

CIENA-CES-PM is Ciena's performance-monitoring MIB for CES Carrier Ethernet switches, defining performance-statistics objects and associated threshold settings per its module description. Its data category is performance/counter data: interval-based traffic and error statistics for interfaces or circuits, plus configurable thresholds that can trigger a notification when a counter crosses a limit. It is fundamentally a performance-monitoring module used to track traffic/error counters over time and flag threshold-crossing events, a core input for detecting degrading hardware or link performance before an outright failure. It conceptually parallels standard interval-based performance-history frameworks used elsewhere in carrier Ethernet and SONET/SDH management. It is deployed in carrier-grade Ethernet service assurance, where CIENA-CES-PM SNMP monitoring tracks SLA compliance via periodic PM counter polling.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CIENA-CES-PM. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switch

Monitoring Examples

Sample object names were not provided for this module, so exact table/OID names can't be cited, but based on its stated purpose an operator would poll current and historical interval performance-monitoring counters (e.g. errors, utilization) for a given circuit or interface alongside its configured alarm threshold. A counter that repeatedly exceeds its configured threshold within an interval would trigger a threshold-crossing notification, flagging a degrading link before it fails outright.

What Can Be Monitored

  • performance monitoring interval statistics
  • error/utilization counters
  • configurable PM thresholds
  • threshold-crossing events
Imported Objects

From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB

cienaGlobalMacAddressOBJECT-TYPE
cienaGlobalSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From CIENA-SMI

cienaCesNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY
cienaCesStatisticsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CIENA-TC

CienaGlobalState
CienaStatsClear

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cienaCesPmExtendedTxRxHistoryBinRxBytes OID:

Select a Ciena CES (Carrier Ethernet Switch) platform as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type cienaCesPmExtendedTxRxHistoryBinRxBytes into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The number of bytes received by this port. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter64-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Monitors performance metrics and threshold crossing alerts for Ciena CES optical network equipment.

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