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Organization: Ciena Corp.
Last Updated: 2017-09-27
Category: VPN and Security, Vendor: Ciena
Description: Manages security policies, port security, and access controls on Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switches.
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What Is CIENA-CES-SECURITY-MIB?
CIENA-CES-SECURITY-MIB is a Ciena vendor MIB for the CES (Carrier Ethernet Switch) product line, defining security-related configuration objects and the notifications tied to security events on the switch, such as port security and access-control policy settings. Although no sample runtime objects were included in this batch, its stated purpose covers security policy configuration and the traps raised when a security-relevant condition occurs (e.g. an unauthorized access attempt or a security violation on a port). This makes it primarily a configuration/fault-notification MIB, useful for monitoring the software security posture of the switch, such as whether a security policy violation trap has fired, rather than hardware health metrics like temperature or power. It likely depends on Ciena's core CES platform/entity MIBs for identifying the ports or interfaces to which a given security policy or violation applies. It is deployed on Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switches used in service-provider and enterprise Carrier Ethernet access/aggregation networks where port-level security enforcement and alerting matter. Engineers can download the CIENA-CES-SECURITY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Ciena CES Carrier Ethernet switches
Monitoring Examples
With no concrete object names available in this batch, a specific table/object polling example cannot be honestly grounded; based on the module description, an admin would typically expect security-policy configuration objects and violation-notification traps scoped to specific switch ports, where a fired trap indicates an unauthorized MAC address or unauthenticated device was detected on a secured port.
What Can Be Monitored
- security policy configuration
- port security status
- security violation notifications
Imported Objects
From CIENA-GLOBAL-MIB
| cienaGlobalMacAddress | OBJECT-TYPE |
| cienaGlobalSeverity | OBJECT-TYPE |
From CIENA-SMI
| cienaCesConfig | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
| cienaCesNotifications | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| NOTIFICATION-GROUP | |
| OBJECT-GROUP |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DisplayString |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages security configuration and certificate-related monitoring for Ciena equipment including certificate expiry and security notifications.
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