CISCO-OSPF-MIB :: cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents

Module: CISCO-OSPF-MIB

OID (symbolic): CISCO-OSPF-MIB::cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2.1.5

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: Indicates the number of Translator State changes that have occurred since the last boot-up.

What is cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents?

This counter tracks how many times this router's NSSA translator state, enabled, elected, or disabled, has changed since the device last booted, effectively counting translator role flapping events. It matters because a rapidly climbing count here indicates unstable translator election among the NSSA's candidate border routers, which can cause intermittent loss of external route visibility from that NSSA, a red flag worth investigating even if the current state looks fine at any single point in time. A count that jumped by a dozen overnight, even though the state is currently elected and looks healthy right now, would tell an admin the translator role has actually been flapping and needs attention.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2.1.5
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-OSPF-MIB::cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2.1.5.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CISCO-OSPF-MIB::cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a Cisco routers running OSPF 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 cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEvents 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. Indicates the number of Translator State changes that have occurred since the last boot-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 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.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 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
1.3.6.1.4.1.9ciscoCAT2600-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10ciscoExperimentCISCO-SMI
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99cospfCISCO-OSPF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2cospfAreaTableCISCO-OSPF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2.1cospfAreaEntryCISCO-OSPF-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.99.2.1.5cospfAreaNssaTranslatorEventsCISCO-OSPF-MIB