All MIBs › CISCO-SNMP-FRAMEWORK-CAPABILITY
Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Last Updated: 2007-11-12
Category: Cisco Devices, SNMP Framework
Description: Declares agent capability statements for SNMPv3 framework architecture components on Cisco device platforms.
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What Is CISCO-SNMP-FRAMEWORK-CAPABILITY?
CISCO-SNMP-FRAMEWORK-CAPABILITY is a Cisco AGENT-CAPABILITIES module that documents which parts of the standards-track SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB (the SNMPv3 architecture MIB defining the snmpEngine group) a given Cisco platform's SNMP agent actually supports. Its entries — such as cSnmpFrameworkCapCatOSV05R0401 for CatOS 5.4(1) and cSnmpFrameworkCapACSWV03R000 / cSnmpFrameworkCapc4710aceVA1R700 for Application Control Engine (ACE) software releases — each list SUPPORTS SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB, INCLUDES the snmpEngineGroup, and a VARIATION on snmpEngineMaxMessageSize constraining the maximum SNMP message size the agent will accept (e.g., 484-1300 or 484-1500 bytes). This is useful for management stations that need to know a device's actual SNMPv3 message-size ceiling before sending large bulk requests, avoiding truncated or rejected responses. It depends on the standards-track SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB (RFC 3411) for the objects it describes and on CISCO-SMI for its placement in Cisco's enterprise capability tree. It is referenced when auditing SNMPv3 support across a fleet of Cisco CatOS switches and ACE service modules/appliances rather than being polled for live data itself.
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Supported Devices
- Cisco Catalyst switches running CatOS
- Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) service modules and 4710 appliances
Monitoring Examples
An NMS administrator checks the AGENT-CAPABILITIES entries in this module to confirm the maximum SNMP message size supported by a Cisco ACE 4710 appliance before configuring bulk SNMPv3 polling; discovering a VARIATION capping snmpEngineMaxMessageSize at 1500 bytes would explain why larger GETBULK responses from that device are rejected or fragmented.
What Can Be Monitored
- supported SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB object groups per platform
- maximum SNMP message size variation
- capability-to-software-release mapping
Imported Objects
From CISCO-SMI
| ciscoAgentCapability | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| AGENT-CAPABILITIES |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
Agent capabilities statement for SNMP Framework MIB implementation including SNMPv3 engine configuration.
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