HP-ICF-OPENFLOW-MIB

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Organization: HP Networking

Last Updated: 2017-07-16

Category: Technology: SDN/OpenFlow, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP ICF SNMP MIB for OpenFlow SDN controller configuration and flow table management on HP ProCurve OpenFlow-enabled switches.

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What Is HP-ICF-OPENFLOW-MIB?

HP-ICF-OPENFLOW-MIB is part of HP's Intelligent Chassis Family (ICF) enterprise MIB suite, covering OpenFlow software-defined networking configuration on HP ProCurve/HP Networking switches that support OpenFlow-enabled flow tables. It exposes a connection-interruption-mode configuration object plus notification and object groups related to OpenFlow controller connectivity, rather than a rich set of flow-table counters based on the objects provided. Its monitoring role centers on software/control-plane status: hpicfOpenFlowConnectionInterruptionMode governs and reflects how the switch behaves when its connection to the OpenFlow controller is lost, and the notifications group would alert on controller connectivity events, which is critical to knowing whether the switch is still following SDN flow instructions. It is a vendor extension aligned with the OpenFlow protocol standard from the Open Networking Foundation, so its concepts depend on that external specification. It is deployed on HP ProCurve/HP Networking switches used in SDN environments where OpenFlow controllers manage flow-based forwarding behavior. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the HP-ICF-OPENFLOW-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HP-ICF-OPENFLOW-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

  • HP ProCurve/HP Networking OpenFlow-enabled switch

Monitoring Examples

An SDN administrator would check hpicfOpenFlowConnectionInterruptionMode to confirm how the switch is configured to behave if it loses contact with its OpenFlow controller, since a fail-standalone setting could mean the switch reverts to normal L2/L3 forwarding unexpectedly. Notifications under hpicfOpenFlowNotifications would alert the controller/management system when such a connection interruption occurs, letting operators react quickly to a lost SDN control-plane session.

What Can Be Monitored

  • OpenFlow controller connection-interruption mode/behavior
  • OpenFlow connectivity notifications
Imported Objects

From HP-ICF-OID

hpSwitchOBJECT-IDENTITY

From HP-ICF-TC

VidList

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

PortList

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpicfOpenFlowInstanceNumOfHwFlows OID:

Select an HP ProCurve/HP Networking OpenFlow-enabled switch 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 hpicfOpenFlowInstanceNumOfHwFlows 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. This object indicates the number of hardware flows in this OpenFlow instance. 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 Counter64-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

Configures OpenFlow controllers and instances on HP networking switches, supporting software-defined networking capabilities.

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