F3-SYNC-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

All MIBsF3-SYNC-MIB

Organization: ADVA Optical Networking SE

Last Updated: 2020-01-15

Category: Domain: Telco/Transport, Technology: Optical Transport, Technology: Time Synchronization, Vendor: ADVA Optical

Description: ADVA Optical Networking F3 platform MIB for synchronization source management including SyncE and timing references.

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What Is F3-SYNC-MIB?

F3-SYNC-MIB is an ADVA Optical Networking proprietary MIB for the FSP 3000 (F3) platform, managing synchronization and timing objects including SyncE, network clock references, and (in later revisions) precision clock-phase/offset adjustments. It exposes configuration data (admin state, selected reference, clock mode, protection-group membership) alongside operational/status data (operational state, secondary state, quality level) for each timing source. Each F3-SYNC-MIB OID in this family, such as f3SyncOperationalState and f3SyncSecondaryState, directly supports monitoring the operational health of timing distribution hardware by revealing whether a clock source is locked, in holdover, or degraded, while the added clock-phase/offset objects monitor drift and jump events critical to network timing accuracy. As an ADVA platform MIB it is used alongside other F3-series MIBs covering the same optical network elements. It is typically deployed on ADVA FSP 3000 optical transport platforms requiring precise synchronization, e.g. mobile backhaul with SyncE/timing distribution.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in F3-SYNC-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

  • ADVA Optical Networking FSP150CM/CC (F3 platform) carrier Ethernet device (SyncE/timing synchronization) — Identified via cross-reference against the module's own release notes ('MIB version ready for release of FSP150CC devices GE101 and GE206') and its F3-PTP-MIB/F3-SYNCJACK-MIB sibling dependencies, all of which are FSP150CM/CC (F3) platform modules; the previous description's 'FSP 3000 R8'/'FSP 3000 OLS' DWDM optical transport attribution was incorrect — FSP 3000 is an unrelated ADVA product line.

Monitoring Examples

f3SyncTable/f3SyncEntry, indexed by f3SyncIndex, expose f3SyncAdminState and f3SyncOperationalState so an admin can confirm a timing source is enabled and operationally locked; f3SyncSecondaryState gives finer-grained status such as holdover or free-run for diagnosing timing degradation. f3SyncSelectedReference and f3SyncQL show which reference the clock has selected and its quality level, letting an operator catch an unwanted reference switch. f3SyncClockMode and f3SyncNetworkClockType describe the synchronization mode (e.g. SyncE) in use, and f3SyncDomain groups timing objects by synchronization domain on larger platforms.

What Can Be Monitored

  • sync source admin state
  • sync source operational state
  • secondary/holdover state
  • selected clock reference
  • clock quality level (QL)
  • synchronization domain/protection group membership
Imported Objects

From ADVA-MIB

fsp150cmOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CM-COMMON-MIB

AdminState
F3DisplayString
OperationalState
RestartType
SecondaryState

From CM-ENTITY-MIB

neIndexOBJECT-TYPE
shelfIndexOBJECT-TYPE
slotIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From CM-REDUNDANCY-MIB

CmGenPgSwitchoverReason

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowStatus
StorageType
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
VariablePointer

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using f3TimeClockAtoiCurrentOffset OID:

Select an ADVA Optical Networking FSP150 (F3 platform) carrier Ethernet device 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 f3TimeClockAtoiCurrentOffset 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 current offset, in seconds, of this node's alternate time-of-day reference from the node's own clock. 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 an Integer32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the offset drifts away from zero beyond the tolerance your timing plan allows, since a growing clock offset indicates a synchronization problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

See also: f3TimeClockTimeInHoldover

OIDs

RFC description

Ciena F3 platform MIB for synchronization and timing management.

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