DCP-LINKVIEW-MIB

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Organization: Smartoptics.

Last Updated: 2021-02-25

Category: Optical and WDM

Description: Manages link topology and view information for DCP optical networking equipment.

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What Is DCP-LINKVIEW-MIB?

DCP-LINKVIEW-MIB is Smartoptics' enterprise-specific MIB for the DCP optical platform, exposing per-link optical topology and fiber-quality measurements rather than alarms directly. It provides a table of monitored links describing the local host/port name and status along with detailed physical-layer optical metrics: power level, fiber loss, attenuation, fiber length, dispersion, and fiber type. It is squarely a hardware-status monitoring MIB — administrators track optical power and fiber loss trends to catch a degrading fiber, connector, or transceiver before it triggers a hard failure, complementing DCP-ALARM-MIB's threshold-crossing alarms. It has an implicit dependency on DCP-ALARM-MIB, since the fiber quality metrics here typically drive the alarms reported there. Typical deployment is a Smartoptics DCP DWDM/optical transport node where an operator tracks fiber health across many links in a metro or long-haul optical network. Engineers can download the DCP-LINKVIEW-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in DCP-LINKVIEW-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

Smartoptics DCP optical transport platform

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll dcpLinkviewTable/dcpLinkviewEntry (indexed by dcpLinkviewIndex) for dcpLinkviewLocalHostname and dcpLinkviewLocalStatus to confirm each optical link is up, then track dcpLinkviewLocalPower and dcpLinkviewFiberLoss/dcpLinkviewFiberAttenuation over time. A steady rise in dcpLinkviewFiberLoss or a drop in dcpLinkviewLocalPower for a given dcpLinkviewFiberType would flag a degrading fiber plant or connector before the link actually fails, and dcpLinkviewFiberLength/dcpLinkviewFiberDispersion help correlate the problem to a specific span.

What Can Be Monitored

optical link status
local optical power
fiber loss/attenuation
fiber length
fiber dispersion
fiber type

Imported Objects

From DCP-MIB

dcpGeneric

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

From SO-TC-MIB

InterfaceStatus
OpticalPower1Decimal

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using dcpLinkviewFiberUtilization OID:

Select a Smartoptics DCP optical transport platform (fiber/link quality) 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 dcpLinkviewFiberUtilization 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. It reports the wavelength utilization of the system in units of %. 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 Gauge32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if utilization approaches its capacity limit, since sustained high utilization often precedes congestion or degraded performance. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
dcpLinkview	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3			This is the enterprise specific DCP LINKVIEW MIB for Smartoptics
dcpLinkviewObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1
dcpLinkviewTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1		not-accessible	Description.
dcpLinkviewEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1		not-accessible	Description.
U32 dcpLinkviewIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	Interface Index in the following format: csiixy where c: chassis. s: slot number. ii: Interface number. x: 1 = line, 2 = client. y: 0 = tx+rx port, 1 = tx port, 2 = rx port. For DCP-M products Slot is always 0. Same Index is used in the IF-MIB.
STR dcpLinkviewLocalHostname	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	The hostname of the local system.
STR dcpLinkviewLocalName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The local interface name. If no interface this value is empty. if-c/channelid-direction where c = chassis and direction = rx or tx.
NUM dcpLinkviewLocalStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.4	InterfaceStatus	read-only	The operational state of the local port. idle - The port is not activated. down - The port traffic is lost. up - There is traffic on the port.
OPT dcpLinkviewLocalPower	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.5	OpticalPower1Decimal	read-only	The optical power present at the line interface, all wavelengths combined in units of 0.1 dBm.
DCP dcpLinkviewFiberLoss	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.6	DcpFiberLoss	read-only	The fiber loss in units of 0.1 dB.
DCP dcpLinkviewFiberAttenuation	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.7	DcpFiberAttenuation	read-only	The fiber attenuation in units of 0.01 dB/km.
DCP dcpLinkviewFiberLength	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.8	DcpFiberLength	read-only	The fiber length in units of 0.1 km.
U32 dcpLinkviewFiberDispersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.9	Unsigned32	read-only	The calculated dispersion based on the measured fiber length in units of 1 ps/nm.
STR dcpLinkviewFiberType	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	The fiber type configured, currently only G.652 is supported.
I32 dcpLinkviewFiberDispComp	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.11	Integer32	read-only	The compensated dispersion value by the system in units of 1 ps/nm.
I32 dcpLinkviewFiberDispFinal	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.12	Integer32	read-only	Residiual(remaning) dispersion in units of 1 ps/nm.
G32 dcpLinkviewFiberUtilizationEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.13	Gauge32	read-only	Wavelength utilization of the system in units of %.
OPT dcpLinkviewRemotePower	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.14	OpticalPower1Decimal	read-only	The optical power of the remote interface in units of 0.1 dBm.
STR dcpLinkviewRemoteName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.15	DisplayString	read-only	The remote interface name. If no interface this value is empty. if-c/channelid-direction where c = chassis and direction = rx or tx.
STR dcpLinkviewRemoteHostname	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.1.1.1.16	DisplayString	read-only	The hostname of the remote system.
dcpLinkviewMIBCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.2
dcpLinkviewMIBGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.2.1
dcpLinkviewTableGroupV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.2.1.1			The interface table objects V1.
dcpLinkviewMIBCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.2.2
dcpLinkviewBasicComplV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.2.2.3.2.2.1			Basic implementation requirements for the DCP-INTERFACE-MIB V1.

RFC description

Smartoptics DCP Linkview MIB monitoring optical fiber link status, power levels, and attenuation metrics.

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