ERICSSON-ALARM-IRP-MIB

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Organization: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

Last Updated: 2004-09-03

Category: Vendor: Ericsson

Description: Implements Ericsson's Alarm IRP (Integration Reference Point) for standardized fault management and alarm forwarding in telecom networks.

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What Is ERICSSON-ALARM-IRP-MIB?

This MIB implements Ericsson's SNMP solution set for the 3GPP Alarm Integration Reference Point (IRP), a standardized interface for a network element or element manager to report fault/alarm information to one or more network management system 'actors.' It exposes summary counters of currently active alarms by perceived severity (indeterminate, critical, major, minor, warning) plus a detailed active-alarm table identifying each alarm's managed-object class and instance. This is fundamentally a fault-management MIB used to monitor the health status of managed telecom network elements: rising critical/major alarm counts or specific entries in the alarm table indicate hardware or software faults on the reporting element, and it generates notifications when alarms are raised or cleared. It is explicitly modeled on the 3GPP Alarm IRP specification and X.733 alarm concepts, showing a direct dependency on those telecom standards rather than IETF hardware MIBs. It is deployed in Ericsson telecom network management systems where element managers or network elements report standardized alarm data to centralized fault-management/NMS platforms. Engineers can download the ERICSSON-ALARM-IRP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ERICSSON-ALARM-IRP-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

  • Ericsson telecom network element
  • Ericsson element manager/network management system

Monitoring Examples

A network operations center would trend alarmCriticalNumber and alarmMajorNumber to get an at-a-glance severity-weighted view of a network element's health, then drill into alarmTable/alarmEntry (keyed by alarmId) to read alarmManagedObjectClass and alarmManagedObjectInstance and identify exactly which managed resource (e.g., a specific board or link) raised the alarm. A sudden jump in alarmNumber alongside new alarmTable rows would prompt investigation into a hardware or software fault on that Ericsson-managed element.

What Can Be Monitored

  • active alarm counts by severity
  • total active alarm count
  • active alarm details (ID, managed object class/instance)
  • alarm raise/clear notifications
Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Provides Ericsson Alarm Integration Reference Point for communicating alarm information to management systems.

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