Cabletron-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Category: LAN Management

Description: Provides core management objects and enterprise OID registration for Cabletron network equipment.

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What Is Cabletron-MIB?

Cabletron-MIB is the foundational vendor MIB from Cabletron Systems (a major 1990s-2000s networking hardware vendor, later part of Enterasys) providing core management objects and the enterprise OID registration point under which Cabletron's many product-specific MIBs are organized. It exposes basic device identity and inventory objects: device type, name, IP address, MAC address, and slot/chassis occupancy counts, alongside simple traffic totals. For hardware/software status monitoring, deviceSlots versus deviceOccupiedSlots reveals chassis capacity and module presence, devicePortsOn versus deviceTotalPorts indicates how many ports are currently active, and currentTime/currentDate confirm the device's clock/software state is correct, together forming a basic top-level health and inventory snapshot before drilling into product-specific Cabletron MIBs. As the root of the Cabletron enterprise tree (via the cabletron, commsDevice, and layerMgmt branches), essentially all other Cabletron device MIBs depend on definitions established here. It was typically deployed on Cabletron chassis-based switches, hubs, and routers in enterprise campus networks during that era. Engineers can download the Cabletron-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in Cabletron-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

  • Cabletron chassis-based switch/hub/router (legacy Cabletron/Enterasys hardware)

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll deviceOccupiedSlots against deviceSlots to confirm the expected number of line/interface modules are physically present and recognized in a Cabletron chassis, catching a module that failed to seat or was removed. devicePortsOn versus deviceTotalPorts would be checked to see how many ports are currently administratively/operationally up, useful as a quick fleet-wide utilization check. deviceTotalPkts would be watched as a coarse traffic-volume indicator, and deviceIPAddress/deviceName/mACAddress used for basic device identification during inventory reconciliation.

What Can Be Monitored

  • chassis slot count vs occupied slots
  • total ports vs active ports
  • device identity (name, IP, MAC address)
  • current device time/date
  • total packet count
Imported Objects

From RFC1155-SMI

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enterprises

From SNMPv2-SMI

IpAddress
OBJECT-TYPE
OIDs

RFC description

Management information for Cabletron intelligent repeaters including port management and device statistics.

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