CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Small Business

Last Updated: 2006-06-26

Category: Quality of Service, Vendor: RADLAN/Cisco SB

Description: Manages Cisco Small Business policy-map and class-map configuration for QoS and traffic enforcement.

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What Is CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB?

CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB is a Cisco Small Business private MIB (ORGANIZATION "Cisco Small Business", rooted under the switch001 enterprise branch) that models generic traffic-policy configuration on CISCOSB switches, functionally equivalent to CLI-based QoS class-map/policy-map configuration even though its object naming (inherited from a shared switch-silicon MIB base) uses "rlPolicy" rather than Cisco's usual class-map terminology. It defines classifier tables (rlPolicyClassifierTable, indexed by classifier type/list/sub-list) that match traffic using flow-classification byte offsets (rlPolicyFlowClassificationOffsetsTable) and OMPC (offset-match-pattern-condition) rules (rlPolicyOMPCTable), alongside metering and forwarding-action objects referenced elsewhere in the module. This lets an operator see exactly how incoming traffic is being classified and what marking/policing action a policy applies, which is essential for diagnosing QoS misclassification or unexpected DSCP remarking on a switch. It depends on the broader CISCOSB QoS/statistics MIB family (e.g., companion Dell/Cisco "rlQos"-style MIBs) for interface-level policy attachment and counters. It is deployed on Cisco Small Business managed switches used in SMB network environments; administrators can download the CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB file to load it into their MIB browser for that purpose.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCOSB-POLICY-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 Small Business managed switches (CISCOSB series)

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls rlPolicyClassifierTable to review the offset-based match criteria (via rlPolicyOMPCTable entries) defining a traffic class, and checks the associated action objects to confirm DSCP remarking or metering is applied as expected; a classifier row with an unexpected rlPolicyOMPCPattern or missing rlPolicyOMPCStatus of active would explain why certain traffic isn't receiving its intended QoS treatment.

What Can Be Monitored

  • traffic classifier table entries
  • offset-based match pattern conditions (OMPC)
  • flow classification offset groups
  • classifier row/entry status
  • policy action assignment
Imported Objects

From CISCOSB-BRIDGEMIBOBJECTS-MIB

VlanList1
VlanList2
VlanList3
VlanList4

From CISCOSB-MIB

Percents
VlanPriority
switch001MODULE-IDENTITY

From DIFF-SERV-MIB

diffServClassifierEntryOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

PortList
VlanId

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
zeroDotZero

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets OID:

Select a Cisco Small Business managed switch (CISCOSB series) 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 rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets 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 packets blocked by this filtering rule. 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

Quality of Service (QoS) policy configuration for Cisco Small Business switches, managing traffic classification and rate limiting.

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