CISCO-VIDEO-SESSION-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2011-04-20

Category: Cisco Devices

Description: Monitors active video surveillance and streaming sessions, stream quality, and endpoint registration on Cisco platforms.

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What Is CISCO-VIDEO-SESSION-MIB?

CISCO-VIDEO-SESSION-MIB is a Cisco IOS/IOS-XE MIB for monitoring video telephony call sessions on Cisco voice/video gateways and routers, complementing CISCO-VOICE-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB and extending the IETF Dial Control MIB (RFC 2128) to cover video calls. It exposes call-session data: each video call is modeled as two call legs (audio and video), tracked in a call history table with connection and call-reference identifiers, call type, and codec/media parameters. Its monitoring value focuses on software/service status of ongoing and completed calls rather than chassis hardware sensors — tracking transmit codec, picture resolution, frame rate, bitrate, and payload format lets an operator confirm video calls are negotiating and running correctly. It explicitly depends on CISCO-VOICE-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB and the IETF Dial Control MIB (RFC 2128), building video-specific extensions on top of that dial-control framework. Typical deployment is on Cisco routers/gateways acting as video telephony endpoints or media gateways in enterprise or service-provider unified-communications and video deployments. Engineers can download the CISCO-VIDEO-SESSION-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-VIDEO-SESSION-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 IOS/IOS-XE routers and gateways with video telephony support

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll cVideoCommonHistoryTable/cVideoCommonHistoryEntry, keyed by cVideoCommonHistoryConnectionId and cVideoCommonHistoryCallReferenceId, to review the negotiated cVideoCommonHistoryTxCodec, cVideoCommonHistoryTxPictureWidth/Height, cVideoCommonHistoryTxConfigFrameRate, and cVideoCommonHistoryTxConfigBitrate for a completed video call. A drop in the configured frame rate or an unexpectedly low bitrate compared to the codec profile would indicate network congestion or codec renegotiation degrading call quality. The ciscoVideoSessionMIBNotifs group can also be checked for trap-based alerts tied to video call-setup failures.

What Can Be Monitored

  • active/historical video call sessions
  • transmit codec in use
  • video resolution (picture width/height)
  • configured frame rate
  • configured bitrate
  • call type and payload format
Imported Objects

From CISCO-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB

cCallHistoryIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-VIDEO-TC

CvcVideoCodecAnnexMap
CvcVideoLevel
CvcVideoProfile
CvcVideoRtpPayloadFormat

From CISCO-VOICE-COMMON-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB

CvcCallReferenceIdOrZero
CvcGUid
CvcVideoCoderRate

From DIAL-CONTROL-MIB

AbsoluteCounter32
callActiveIndexOBJECT-TYPE
callActiveSetupTimeOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Manages Cisco video telephony sessions and peer information. Tracks video call legs, codecs, and associated audio call data.

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