CTRON-BRIDGE-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Category: VLAN and Bridging, Vendor: Cabletron/Enterasys

Description: Manages Cabletron bridge configuration including spanning tree parameters, port states, and MAC address tables.

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What Is CTRON-BRIDGE-MIB?

CTRON-BRIDGE-MIB is a Cabletron Systems enterprise MIB that manages bridge configuration on Cabletron network switches, covering spanning tree parameters, port administrative/operational states, and dynamically learned MAC address tables. It exposes a mix of configuration data (spanning tree timers and priorities, per-port bridge state) and status data (current port forwarding/blocking state, MAC-to-port bindings) used to understand the Layer 2 topology of a switched network. For hardware/software status monitoring it is primarily useful for confirming that ports are in the expected spanning-tree state (forwarding vs. blocking vs. disabled) and that MAC learning is functioning, which reveals loops, flapping links, or misconfigured redundancy rather than CPU, temperature, or power metrics. It closely parallels and extends the IETF BRIDGE-MIB (RFC 1493) and dot1dStp objects with Cabletron-specific enhancements. It is typically deployed on legacy Cabletron/Enterasys enterprise LAN switches supporting spanning tree in campus network closets. Engineers can download the CTRON-BRIDGE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Cabletron network switch
  • Cabletron LAN bridge (legacy)

Monitoring Examples

Without sample_objects supplied for this MIB, specific table names cannot be confirmed, but a bridge configuration MIB of this type would be expected to expose a per-port spanning tree state table and a MAC address forwarding table similar to dot1dStpPortTable and dot1dTpFdbTable. An administrator would poll such a port-state table to detect a port stuck in blocking state or unexpectedly re-entering listening/learning state, which signals a spanning tree topology change or a flapping uplink. This description is intentionally general since no object names were provided for grounding.

Imported Objects

From BRIDGE-MIB

BridgeId

From CTRON-MIB-NAMES

ctBridgeOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
TimeTicks

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
OIDs

RFC description

Cabletron Systems legacy vendor MIB for bridge and switching management; defines OIDs for bridge forwarding, spanning tree, and L2 switching operations.

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