CISCO-PTP-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2020-03-17

Category: Cisco Devices, Device Management

Description: Manages IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol clock synchronization configuration and statistics on Cisco devices.

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What Is CISCO-PTP-MIB?

CISCO-PTP-MIB is a Cisco MIB for managing IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol version 2 (PTPv2) clock synchronization on Cisco network devices, used to distribute precise timing across packet networks for applications like mobile backhaul and financial trading. It exposes system- and domain-level PTP clock configuration and state, including per-domain clock port counts, physical interface associations, clock node identity, and domain totals, alongside notification objects for PTP-related events. Its monitoring value is centered on software/protocol status of the timing subsystem: cPtpSystemTable/cPtpDomainClockPortsTotal reveal how many clock ports are active in a PTP domain, cPtpClockNodeTable shows per-node clock state, and ciscoPtpMIBNotifs would alert on synchronization faults or clock-state transitions that could degrade timing accuracy across the network. It directly implements the IEEE 1588-2008 PTPv2 standard referenced explicitly in its module description, making it dependent on that external standard rather than another SNMP MIB. It is deployed on Cisco routers/switches in networks requiring precise time synchronization, such as mobile backhaul, financial services, or industrial control networks. This is a heavily searched Cisco MIB, since cisco ptp is the standard reference for monitoring Precision Time Protocol clock synchronization state on Cisco devices via SNMP.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-PTP-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 supporting IEEE 1588 PTPv2

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll cPtpSystemTable/cPtpSystemEntry rows indexed by cPtpDomainIndex/cPtpInstanceIndex to check cPtpDomainClockPortsTotal and cPtpDomainClockPortPhysicalInterfacesTotal, confirming the expected number of PTP-enabled ports are active in a domain. Checking cPtpSystemDomainTable/cPtpSystemDomainEntry for cPtpSystemDomainClockTypeIndex and cPtpSystemDomainTotals would reveal whether a device is acting as grandmaster, boundary, or ordinary clock and how many domains it participates in. Polling cPtpClockNodeTable/cPtpClockNodeEntry would show per-node clock state, and a node dropping out of this table or an entry in ciscoPtpMIBNotifs would indicate a lost PTP synchronization path needing investigation.

What Can Be Monitored

  • PTP domain clock port count
  • clock port physical interface associations
  • clock type (grandmaster/boundary/ordinary)
  • per-node clock state
  • PTP synchronization event notifications
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-TC

InterfaceIndexOrZero

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cPtpClockCurrentDSStepsRemoved OID:

Select a Cisco router/switch supporting IEEE 1588 PTPv2 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 cPtpClockCurrentDSStepsRemoved 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. The current clock dataset StepsRemoved value. This object specifies the distance measured by the number of Boundary clocks between the local clock and the Foreign master as indicated in the stepsRemoved field of Announce messages. 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 (in steps), 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

Cisco SNMP MIB for Precision Time Protocol (PTP/IEEE 1588) clock synchronization and timing management.

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