HIPATH-WIRELESS-HWC-MIB

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Organization: Chantry Networks Inc.

Last Updated: 2016-04-13

Category: Domain: Wireless, Vendor: Siemens, Wireless and WLAN

Description: Siemens HiPath Wireless Controller (HWC) MIB for centralized WLAN controller management and AP provisioning.

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What Is HIPATH-WIRELESS-HWC-MIB?

HIPATH-WIRELESS-HWC-MIB is a Siemens (Enterasys/Extreme-lineage) MIB for the HiPath Wireless Controller (HWC), the centralized appliance that manages a fleet of wireless access points in a HiPath WLAN deployment. It exposes access-controller-level configuration and management objects covering AP provisioning, controller-wide settings, and the management relationship between the HWC and its subordinate APs. Its monitoring value centers on the software/service status of the wireless management plane: verifying controller and AP association health helps detect an AP that has lost contact with its controller or a controller-side configuration problem affecting the whole WLAN. It serves as the parent/core MIB that HIPATH-WIRELESS-BRANCH-OFFICE-MIB and related branch modules build upon for remote-site scenarios. It is deployed at the central or regional site running the HiPath Wireless Controller appliance that manages access points across an enterprise campus or multi-site WLAN, typically after a HIPATH-WIRELESS-HWC-MIB download is used to load the module into the management station.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HIPATH-WIRELESS-HWC-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

  • Siemens/Enterasys HiPath Wireless Controller (HWC)

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were supplied in the source for this module, so specific OIDs cannot be cited, but an administrator would typically check the controller's AP association/provisioning table to confirm all managed access points are registered and reachable. An AP that drops out of the controller's managed list, or repeatedly fails provisioning, would indicate a lost management connection or a firmware/configuration mismatch between the AP and the HWC.

What Can Be Monitored

  • AP association/provisioning status
  • controller-level WLAN configuration state
Imported Objects

From HIPATH-WIRELESS-SMI

hiPathWirelessMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY
hiPathWirelessModulesOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IEEE802dot11-MIB

WEPKeytype

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From IPV6-TC

Ipv6Address

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using vnLocalClients OID:

Select a Siemens/Enterasys HiPath Wireless Controller (HWC) 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 vnLocalClients into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of locally associated clients to this controller that is considered to be their home controller in the mobility zone, which this controller is part 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 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

HiPath wireless controller MIB for managing WLAN access points, stations, and wireless network operations.

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