GMPLS-TE-STD-MIB

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Organization: IETF Common Control and Measurement Plane (CCAMP) Working Group

Last Updated: 2007-02-27

Category: MPLS and Traffic Engineering

Description: Extends the MPLS-TE-STD-MIB to support Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) traffic engineering, adding bidirectional tunnel counters and error tracking for non-packet switching types.

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What Is GMPLS-TE-STD-MIB?

GMPLS-TE-STD-MIB is an IETF standards-track MIB (RFC 4802, from the CCAMP working group) that extends MPLS-TE-STD-MIB to cover Generalized MPLS traffic engineering, adding support for non-packet switching types such as TDM, lambda, and fiber. It sparsely extends the mplsTunnelTable from MPLS-TE-STD-MIB via gmplsTunnelTable, adding objects like gmplsTunnelLSPEncoding, gmplsTunnelSwitchingType, gmplsTunnelGPid, gmplsTunnelLinkProtection, gmplsTunnelDirection (for bidirectional tunnels), and notification-recipient objects (gmplsTunnelUpstreamNotifyRecipient, gmplsTunnelDownstreamNotifyRecipient), alongside scalar counters gmplsTunnelsConfigured and gmplsTunnelsActive. Monitoring this data is useful for confirming that GMPLS tunnels — which may span optical or TDM switching domains rather than pure packet links — are correctly encoded, bidirectionally established, and reporting status upstream and downstream. It depends on the base MPLS-TE-STD-MIB tunnel framework (RFC 3812) plus IANA-GMPLS-TC-MIB textual conventions for encoding and switching types, and is deployed on GMPLS-capable label switching routers in optical/TDM transport networks; consult the GMPLS-TE-STD-MIB RFC for the full object definitions.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in GMPLS-TE-STD-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB (RFC 4802), applies to GMPLS-capable label switching routers

Monitoring Examples

An operator compares gmplsTunnelsConfigured against gmplsTunnelsActive on a GMPLS LSR, then inspects gmplsTunnelEntry rows via gmplsTunnelDirection and gmplsTunnelLSPEncoding to confirm a bidirectional lambda tunnel is up in both directions; a configured tunnel that never becomes active, combined with a set gmplsTunnelAdminStatusFlags admin-down flag, would indicate the GMPLS signaling session failed to establish end-to-end.

What Can Be Monitored

  • configured vs. active GMPLS tunnel counts
  • LSP encoding and switching type per tunnel
  • bidirectional tunnel direction/link-protection settings
  • generalized PID (payload) type
  • upstream/downstream/path notification recipients
  • admin status information flags
Imported Objects

From IANA-GMPLS-TC-MIB

IANAGmplsAdminStatusInformationTC
IANAGmplsGeneralizedPidTC
IANAGmplsLSPEncodingTypeTC
IANAGmplsSwitchingTypeTC

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From MPLS-TC-STD-MIB

mplsStdMIBOBJECT-IDENTITY

From MPLS-TE-STD-MIB

mplsTunnelARHopIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelARHopListIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelAdminStatusOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelCHopIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelCHopListIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelEgressLSRIdOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelEntryOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelGroupOBJECT-GROUP
mplsTunnelHopIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelHopListIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelHopPathOptionIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelIndexOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelIngressLSRIdOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelInstanceOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelOperStatusOBJECT-TYPE
mplsTunnelScalarGroupOBJECT-GROUP

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
zeroDotZero

From SNMPv2-TC

RowPointer
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using gmplsTunnelReversePerfPackets OID:

Select a device implementing GMPLS-TE-STD-MIB 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 gmplsTunnelReversePerfPackets 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 number of packets forwarded on the tunnel in the reverse direction if it is bidirectional. 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 Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Manages Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering objects, supporting LSP configuration and monitoring for multi-protocol label switching.

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