CIENA-CES-PM :: cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu

Module: CIENA-CES-PM

OID (symbolic): CIENA-CES-PM::cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6.1.12

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: PmInteger32Milli

Access: read-only

Description: Quality Factor Maximum, Optical Transport Unit.

What is cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu?

This is the maximum Quality Factor (Q-factor) for the OTU layer over the bin, encoded as a PmInteger32Milli milli-scaled integer (divide by 1000 to get the actual factor), representing the best instant of signal quality seen on this section, per the MIB's description. Q-factor is the single scalar admins watch to judge overall margin on this port before it turns into errors -- a maximum that drifts downward bin over bin on this section gives advance warning of degradation, typically well before pre-FEC BER or CV would move enough to trigger a threshold alarm; as a 'total' bin it never rolls over on its own the way the 15-minute and 24-hour bins do -- it only resets on an explicit clear or a card reset, so a high count here just reflects long uptime, not necessarily an active problem. A raw value of 7660 here (i.e. a Q-factor of 7.660) would be a solid, in-margin reading for this bin on a well-engineered span; values drifting down toward 6.0-6.5 are the range where carriers start planning intervention on this port.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6.1.12
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-PM::cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6.1.12.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-PM::cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtu.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3cienaCesStatisticsCIENA-SMI
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1cienaCesPmMibCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2cienaCesPmMIBObjectsCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3cienaCesPmStatisticsCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14cienaCesPmBasicOtuStatsCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatisticsBinTableCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6.1cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatisticsBinEntryCIENA-CES-PM
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.1.2.3.14.6.1.12cienaCesPmBasicOtuTotalStatsBinQMaxOtuCIENA-CES-PM