HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB

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Organization: Hangzhou H3C Tech. Co., Ltd.

Last Updated: 2010-01-07

Category: Technology: Wireless, Textual Conventions and Registries, Vendor: H3C/HH3C

Description: Supplies shared textual conventions and OID definitions used in common across H3C's 802.11 WLAN MIBs.

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What Is HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB?

HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB is a vendor-specific H3C reference MIB that defines shared textual conventions, root nodes, and common OID structures used across H3C's family of 802.11 wireless LAN MIBs, easing maintenance of the broader 802.11 MIB series. It exposes AP element and radio element identification tables, including template names, serial IDs, model aliases, and per-radio configuration such as radio count and policy, functioning primarily as an inventory/identity layer for wireless hardware. This MIB supports monitoring the hardware inventory and identity status of access points and their radios, such as confirming a given AP's serial number and model, and how many radios it has and their configured policy, which underlies fault correlation in other H3C wireless MIBs. It is explicitly built as a companion/reference layer for other H3C 802.11 MIBs and conceptually aligns with IEEE 802.11a/b/g standards though implemented privately. It is typically deployed on H3C wireless LAN controllers managing fleets of access points in enterprise Wi-Fi deployments, and looking up a specific HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB OID is usually done to confirm which shared convention or common branch a downstream 802.11 MIB object is drawing from.

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Supported Devices

H3C WA7539 — Wi-Fi 7 triple-radio enterprise indoor access point
H3C WA7330X — Wi-Fi 7 triple-radio outdoor access point

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would query hh3cDot11APElementTable/hh3cDot11APElementEntry, indexed by hh3cDot11APElementIndex, to look up hh3cDot11APElementSerialID and hh3cDot11APElementModelAlias for asset inventory and firmware-compatibility checks. The hh3cDot11RadioElementTable/hh3cDot11RadioElementEntry, keyed by hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioIndex, exposes hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioNum and hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioPolicy to confirm how many radios an AP has and which band/policy each operates under. Cross-referencing hh3cDot11APElementTemplateName against expected AP profiles helps detect APs that were provisioned with the wrong configuration template. A radio element missing from the table for an AP known to have dual radios would indicate a hardware or registration problem with that radio.

What Can Be Monitored

AP serial ID and model alias
AP configuration template name
radio count per AP
radio policy configuration

Imported Objects

From HH3C-OID-MIB

hh3cCommon

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
hh3cDot11	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75			This MIB defines the root node and TC for 802.11 features. By this way, the MIB series for 802.11 will be easily maintained. GLOSSARY IEEE 802.11 Standard to encourage interoperability among wireless networking equipment. IEEE 802.11a This is a high speed physical layer extension to the 802.11 standard on the 5 GHz band. IEEE 802.11b High-rate wireless LAN standard for wireless data transfer at up to 11 Mbps. IEEE 802.11g Higher Speed Physical Layer (PHY) Extension to IEEE 802.11b, will boost wireless LAN speed to 54 Mbps by using OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). The IEEE 802.11g specification is backward compatible with the widely deployed IEEE 802.11b standard. When configure radio with as bg mode, it means that radio will be compatible to 802.11b and 802.11g. When configure radio with as g mode, it means that radio will be only compatible to 802.11g. IEEE 802.11i As 802.11 has lot of deficiency in wireless security domain, especially for enterprise custom, IEEE defined a new standard 802.11i to extend security feature of 802.11 standard. AKM The authentication and key management method defined by 802.11i, and which includes 802.1x and pre-shared key.
hh3cDot11APElementEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1.1		not-accessible	Each entry contains information for each AP element.
I32 hh3cDot11APElementIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	This object represents the index of AP element.
OCT hh3cDot11APElementModelAlias	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object represents the alias of AP element model name.
OCT hh3cDot11APElementSerialID	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1.1.3	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object represents the serial ID of AP element.
hh3cDot11APElementTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1		not-accessible	This table is used to represent fat AP and AP template on AC as one kind of AP element.
OCT hh3cDot11APElementTemplateName	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.1.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	This object represents the template name of AP element.
hh3cDot11Common	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12
hh3cDot11ElementGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1
hh3cDot11RadioElementEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.2.1		not-accessible	Each entry contains information for each radio element.
U32 hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.2.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	This object represents the index of the radio element. On AC, the higher 24 bits stand for the AP index, and the last 8 bits stand for the radio index. On fat AP, the index stands for the interface index of radio interface.
U32 hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioNum	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.2.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	This object represents the number of the radio element.
OCT hh3cDot11RadioElementRadioPolicy	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.2.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-write	This object represents the radio policy of the radio element.
hh3cDot11RadioElementTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.25506.2.75.12.1.2		not-accessible	This table is used to represent the radio element of fat AP and AC.

FAQ

What is HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB used for in an enterprise Wi-Fi monitoring setup?
It's a reference/common layer for H3C's family of 802.11 wireless LAN MIBs, exposing AP and radio element identification tables -- serial IDs, model aliases, configuration template names, and per-radio counts and policy. On an H3C wireless LAN controller managing a fleet of access points, it lets you confirm which AP an alert concerns (its serial number and model) and how many radios it has and their configured policy, which underlies fault correlation done by other H3C wireless MIBs.

Why would I need to reference HH3C-DOT11-REF-MIB instead of just polling a specific H3C wireless MIB?
Because it defines the shared textual conventions and OID root that the rest of H3C's 802.11 MIB series builds on. When investigating a specific OID in a downstream H3C wireless MIB, you often need this reference module to see which shared convention or common branch that object is drawing from.

RFC description

Provides reference textual conventions and shared OID definitions used across H3C 802.11 WLAN MIBs.

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