CISCO-HSRP-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2010-09-06

Category: Cisco Devices

Description: Monitors and configures the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) for first-hop gateway redundancy on Cisco devices.

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What Is CISCO-HSRP-MIB?

CISCO-HSRP-MIB is a Cisco-proprietary MIB for monitoring and configuring the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Cisco's first-hop gateway redundancy protocol, informationally documented in RFC 2281. It exposes HSRP group configuration and state — group priority, preemption settings and delay, authentication, and hello/hold timer values (both configured and currently learned) — per interface/group. Its core monitoring value is protocol/software status: it lets an admin see which router is active versus standby, verify configured versus actual (learned) timer values, and confirm preemption/priority settings, essential for catching gateway-redundancy failures or misconfiguration that could cause a routing black hole. It corresponds to the Cisco IOS proprietary HSRP protocol described in RFC 2281, though the MIB itself is Cisco-defined rather than a standard IETF MIB. It is deployed on Cisco routers and Layer-3 switches that provide default-gateway redundancy for end hosts, where CISCO-HSRP-MIB SNMP monitoring supports early detection of failover and timer misconfigurations.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-HSRP-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
  • Cisco Layer-3 switch

Monitoring Examples

An admin polling cHsrpGrpTable can read cHsrpGrpPriority and cHsrpGrpPreempt for each cHsrpGrpNumber to confirm which router is configured to be active, and compare cHsrpGrpConfiguredHelloTime/HoldTime against cHsrpGrpLearnedHelloTime to spot timer mismatches between HSRP peers that could cause unstable failover. cHsrpGrpAuth being empty or mismatched across peers would indicate an authentication misconfiguration that could prevent proper group formation. cHsrpConfigTimeout provides a global timeout setting useful for auditing overall HSRP responsiveness.

What Can Be Monitored

  • HSRP group active/standby state
  • group priority and preemption
  • configured vs. learned hello/hold timers
  • group authentication
  • global HSRP config timeout
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Monitors and configures Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), enabling router redundancy and automatic failover.

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