CTRON-SFPS-TAP-MIB

Description: Manages Cabletron SFPS traffic analysis point (TAP) configuration for traffic monitoring and capture.

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CTRON-SFPS-TAP-MIB is a Cabletron Systems (Ctron SFPS switch family) enterprise MIB that manages traffic analysis point (TAP) / call-tap configuration, used to configure port mirroring or lawful-intercept-style packet capture on specific switch ports. It exposes configuration data describing tap parameters -- header type, header length, header value, probe switch and probe port assignments, and per-tap-entry direction settings -- controlling how traffic is duplicated to a monitoring probe. Its monitoring relevance is centered on verifying that a configured tap is active and correctly wired to the intended probe switch/port, i.e. confirming a software/configuration feature's operational state rather than hardware sensors like temperature or power. There is no explicit dependency on other standard MIBs evident beyond the general Cabletron enterprise MIB tree. It is deployed in Cabletron/Enterasys SFPS switch environments where network traffic taps are used for monitoring, troubleshooting, or lawful intercept purposes. Engineers can download the CTRON-SFPS-TAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

An administrator managing the sfpsTapTable/sfpsTapEntry would check fields like sfpsTapHeaderDASA and sfpsTapRQPort to confirm a configured tap entry correctly captures traffic with the expected destination/source address header and routes it to the right request port. Polling sfpsCallTapProbeSwitch and sfpsCallTapProbePort verifies the tap is directed to the intended probe switch and port; a mismatch here would reveal a misrouted or non-functional traffic capture. This MIB is primarily configuration-state oriented rather than a source of hardware health metrics.

Cabletron Systems vendor-private MIB for SFPS (Switched Fabric Packet Switching) TAP (Test Access Point) port management and monitoring.