CIENA-CES-PORT-XCVR-MIB

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Organization: Ciena Corp.

Last Updated: 2019-01-03

Category: Network Interfaces, Vendor: Ciena

Description: Monitors optical transceiver (SFP/XFP) parameters and DOM data on Ciena CES switch ports.

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What Is CIENA-CES-PORT-XCVR-MIB?

CIENA-CES-PORT-XCVR-MIB is a Ciena CES (Carrier Ethernet Switching) platform MIB focused on pluggable optical transceivers (SFP/XFP) installed in switch ports, defining the notifications associated with transceiver events and Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) conditions. It belongs to the optical/physical-layer monitoring category, complementing generic interface MIBs with physical-optics detail. As a hardware health-monitoring module it is used to alert operators in near-real time when a transceiver is inserted or removed, or when an optical parameter (such as transmit/receive power or bias current) crosses a configured threshold — leading indicators of fiber link or optics degradation before a link actually fails. It complements standard interface MIBs (IF-MIB) which lack this physical-layer optics detail, and is typically cross-referenced with entity/physical inventory MIBs for slot/port identification. It is deployed in carrier Ethernet access/aggregation networks using Ciena CES switches with pluggable optical interfaces where proactive optics-degradation monitoring is important. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the CIENA-CES-PORT-XCVR-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Ciena CES (Carrier Ethernet Switching) switch port optics (SFP/XFP)

Monitoring Examples

Based on the module description, this MIB's primary content is transceiver-related notifications rather than a full polling table of DOM scalars; an administrator would configure the SNMP manager to receive traps for transceiver insertion, removal, and optical threshold crossings, rather than periodically polling for status. No specific DOM object names were available in this excerpt to cite directly, but such notifications would typically flag a degrading laser or a newly inserted/removed SFP/XFP module on a CES switch port.

What Can Be Monitored

  • transceiver insertion notification
  • transceiver removal notification
  • optical threshold-crossing (DOM) alert
Imported Objects

From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB

cienaGlobalMacAddressOBJECT-TYPE
cienaGlobalSeverityOBJECT-TYPE

From CIENA-SMI

cienaCesConfigOBJECT-IDENTITY
cienaCesNotificationsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
OIDs

RFC description

Manages port transceiver (XCVR) notifications and monitoring on Ciena CES optical transport equipment.

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