CISCO-COPS-CLIENT-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.

Last Updated: 2005-11-14

Category: Cisco Devices, Quality of Service

Description: Manages the Cisco COPS protocol client, monitoring policy server connections, request states, and policy decision exchanges.

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What Is CISCO-COPS-CLIENT-MIB?

CISCO-COPS-CLIENT-MIB manages the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol client feature on Cisco devices, used to exchange QoS policy information between a Policy Decision Point (policy server) and Policy Enforcement Points (Cisco routers/switches acting as clients). It exposes configuration for policy server connections including client type, server name, priority, port, and connection status, plus timeout and retry parameters. Its monitoring value is in software/protocol session health: ccopsServerConfigStatus reveals whether a configured policy server row is active, and timeout/retry settings combined with connection state show whether the COPS client is successfully maintaining its policy server session, akin to monitoring a control-plane service connection. It is built specifically around the IETF COPS protocol (RFC 2748) as its underlying standard. It is deployed on Cisco routers/switches participating in policy-based QoS provisioning frameworks alongside a COPS policy server, and a CISCO-COPS-CLIENT-MIB MIB Browser is commonly used to inspect these objects during troubleshooting.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-COPS-CLIENT-MIB. 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

  • Cisco router/switch (COPS client/PEP)

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll ccopsServerConfigTable, keyed by client type and priority, checking ccopsServerConfigStatus to confirm the COPS session to a given policy server (identified by ccopsServerConfigName and ccopsServerConfigPort) is established. If the status shows the connection is down or flapping, comparing against ccopsInitialTimeout and ccopsTimeoutIncrement helps determine whether retries are exhausting before reconnecting. This indicates the device may be operating without current QoS policy from its PDP.

What Can Be Monitored

  • policy server connection status
  • server priority and port configuration
  • connection timeout and retry settings
  • client type/role configuration
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Cisco COPS (Common Open Policy Service) client configuration for QoS policy enforcement.

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