CISCO-IP-RAN-BACKHAUL-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2010-05-04

Category: Cisco Devices, Pseudowire

Description: Manages IP Radio Access Network backhaul links, pseudowires, and cell site connectivity.

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What Is CISCO-IP-RAN-BACKHAUL-MIB?

CISCO-IP-RAN-BACKHAUL-MIB is a Cisco enterprise MIB (under ciscoMgmt) that models the backhaul transport connecting cellular Base Transceiver Stations (BTS/Node-B) to their aggregation controllers (BSC/RNC) in GSM and UMTS radio access networks, covering both traditional TDM/ATM short-haul links and IP-cloud-based backhaul optimization. It exposes per-interface shorthaul information in cirbhInfoTable (protocol, local/remote addresses, adjacent device serial number), connection and alarm state in cirbhGsmAlarmTable/cirbhUmtsConnectionTable/cirbhUmtsAlarmTable, and traffic/compression statistics in cirbhStatsTable (received/sent samples, backhaul packets and bytes). This data lets an operator quantify how much cellular traffic is being carried over the backhaul link and how effectively it is being compressed, which directly affects the amount of costly backhaul bandwidth consumed. It depends on IF-MIB (ifIndex) for interface indexing and models deployment topologies ranging from simple back-to-back device pairs to aggregate-node configurations serving multiple cell sites. It is deployed on Cisco IP-RAN optimization platforms sitting between BTS/Node-B equipment and the BSC/RNC, and administrators can download the CISCO-IP-RAN-BACKHAUL-MIB file to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-IP-RAN-BACKHAUL-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 IP-RAN backhaul optimization devices deployed between BTS/Node-B and BSC/RNC sites

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls cirbhStatsTable (indexed by ifIndex) to compare cirbhStatsRcvdBackHaulBytes against cirbhStatsRcvdSamples for a given cell site link, while checking cirbhGsmAlarmConnectState or cirbhUmtsConnectionState; a connection state stuck at anything other than 'connected'/'open' alongside a red or yellow cirbhGsmAlarmLocalState/RemoteState would indicate a failed or degraded backhaul link between the BTS and BSC.

What Can Be Monitored

  • shorthaul connection/alarm state (GSM and UMTS)
  • backhaul link redundancy state
  • received/sent backhaul packet and byte counters
  • compression efficiency statistics
  • congestion and error counters
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero
ifDescrOBJECT-TYPE
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From PerfHist-TC-MIB

PerfCurrentCount
PerfIntervalCount

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

AutonomousType
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cirbhStatsRcvdSamples OID:

Select a Cisco IP-RAN backhaul optimization device as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type cirbhStatsRcvdSamples into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. It reports the for GSM-Abis interfaces, the count of samples received on interface. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

IP Radio Access Network backhaul traffic management for cellular base station to controller connections via PPP or IP cloud.

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