CIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB :: cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence

Module: CIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB

OID (symbolic): CIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB::cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1.1.18

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of TACACS packets which were received from this server on the authentication port and dropped for some other reason.

What is cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence?

This is the authorization-phase catch-all counter for packets dropped on the authorization port for reasons other than being malformed, having a bad authenticator, or being an unknown type. An admin who sees this counter rising but all the more specific error counters staying flat should suspect something at the transport layer, such as a middlebox reordering or corrupting TCP segments, rather than anything wrong with the TACACS+ configuration itself. For example, this could tick up during a period of high congestion on the link between the switch and the TACACS+ server.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1.1.18
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB::cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1.1.18.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB::cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequence.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
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2cienaCesTacacsClientMIBCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1cienaCesTacacsClientMIBObjectsCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1cienaCesTacacsClientCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalStatisticsCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalStatisticsTableCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1.1cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalStatisticsEntryCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.1271.2.3.2.1.1.3.1.1.18cienaCesTacacsClientGlobalAuthorizationBadHeaderSequenceCIENA-CES-TACACS-CLIENT-MIB