CISCO-NAT-CGN-EXT-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2014-04-03

Category: Cisco Devices, IP and Core Protocols, VPN and Security

Description: Manages Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) address translation pools, mappings, and statistics on Cisco service provider routers.

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What Is CISCO-NAT-CGN-EXT-MIB?

CISCO-NAT-CGN-EXT-MIB extends the IETF draft NAT MIB to manage Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN, also called Large Scale NAT/LSN) address translation on Cisco service-provider routers, covering NAT44 and DS-Lite/NAT64 stateful translation. It exposes NAT instance configuration (service name, VRF, interface, behavior type, pooling type, port limits) and per-instance translation counters. Its monitoring value is centered on software/service-level status of the NAT function: tracking address-mapping/session counts and port-allocation behavior via cNatCgnCounterTable lets an operator detect port exhaustion or translation failures affecting subscriber traffic. It explicitly builds on and depends on the IETF draft-ietf-behave-nat-mib. It is deployed on Cisco service-provider edge/core routers performing large-scale IPv4 address sharing for broadband or mobile subscriber traffic. Engineers can download the CISCO-NAT-CGN-EXT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-NAT-CGN-EXT-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 service-provider router (Carrier-Grade NAT/CGN platform)

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll cNatCgnInstanceTable (cNatCgnInstanceServiceName, cNatCgnInstanceVrf, cNatCgnInstanceInterface, cNatCgnInstanceProtocolPortLimit) to confirm a CGN instance's port-limit and pooling-type configuration matches policy. cNatCgnCounterTable entries reveal real-time translation/mapping counts per instance, and a counter approaching cNatCgnInstanceProtocolPortLimit would indicate imminent port exhaustion for a subscriber. cNatCgnInstanceProtocolPortBulkAllocControl shows whether bulk port allocation is enabled, which affects how quickly ports are consumed under load.

What Can Be Monitored

  • NAT instance configuration (VRF, interface, behavior type)
  • port allocation limit per subscriber
  • address mapping/translation counters
  • bulk port allocation status
  • NAT pooling type
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From NAT-MIB

NatBehaviorType
NatPoolingType
natCountersEntry
natInstanceEntry
natInstanceIndex

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cNatCgnCounterSessionCreations OID:

Select a Cisco service-provider router (Carrier-Grade NAT/CGN) 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 cNatCgnCounterSessionCreations 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. This object indicates the number of sessions created since the instance is up. 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 Counter64-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

Carrier Grade NAT (CGN/LSN) management for address mapping, sessions, and subscribers in large-scale NAT deployments.

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