CISCO-VSIMASTER-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2000-10-17

Category: Telephony and VoIP, Vendor: Cisco Devices

Description: Manages Cisco VSI master functionality for distributed ATM switching and voice service coordination.

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What Is CISCO-VSIMASTER-MIB?

CISCO-VSIMASTER-MIB is a Cisco-specific MIB covering the master side of the Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) protocol, part of Cisco's legacy ATM switching architecture (BPX/MGX platforms) that separates ATM switch control-plane software from switch-fabric hardware. It exposes configuration and status data about VSI master controllers, including controller identity, controller type, supported and in-use protocol version ranges, control-interface bindings, and the number of active cross-connects each controller manages. Administrators use it to monitor the operational health of the ATM control plane: verifying a VSI master controller is up and reachable, confirming version compatibility between master and slave sides via the version-support objects, and tracking cross-connect counts as an indicator of switch-fabric load or unexpected connection loss. It works in conjunction with the corresponding VSI controller (slave-side) MIB and Cisco's proprietary VSI protocol rather than any IETF standard. It is deployed on Cisco WAN switching platforms (e.g., BPX 8600 series, MGX 8xxx) where ATM switch fabrics are controlled by external routing/call-control processors, and network engineers can get the CISCO-VSIMASTER-MIB download to load into their MIB browser for control-plane monitoring.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-VSIMASTER-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 BPX/MGX ATM WAN switches (VSI master controllers)

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll vsiMasterControllerTable/vsiMasterControllerEntry, keyed by vsiControllerIndex, to enumerate each VSI master controller's vsiControllerId, vsiControllerType, and vsiCrossConnects; a sudden drop in vsiCrossConnects for a controller that normally sustains a steady count could indicate an ATM switch-fabric or trunk failure. Comparing vsiVersionInUse against vsiBaseVersionSupported and vsiTopVersionSupported on both sides of a control interface helps diagnose failed or degraded VSI session negotiation. The vsiControlInterface and vsiLogicalControlInterface objects identify which physical/logical interface carries VSI control traffic for a given controller.

What Can Be Monitored

  • VSI controller identity and type
  • active cross-connect count
  • supported/in-use VSI protocol version
  • control interface binding
  • controller reachability/status
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using vsiLogicalIfRxCells OID:

Select a Cisco BPX/MGX ATM WAN switch 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 vsiLogicalIfRxCells 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 number of cells received via this logical interface as reported to the VSI master by the VSI slave. 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.
OIDs

RFC description

Controls the master side of Virtual Switch Interface protocol for ATM switch management.

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