HP-ICF-OSPF

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

All MIBsHP-ICF-OSPF

Organization: HP Networking

Last Updated: 2017-05-18

Category: Protocol: OSPF, Routing Protocols, Technology: Routing/L3, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP ICF SNMP MIB for OSPF routing protocol configuration and state on HP ProCurve Layer 3 switches.

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What Is HP-ICF-OSPF?

HP-ICF-OSPF is an HP proprietary SNMP MIB that extends the standard OSPF-MIB with HP-specific objects for OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) routing protocol management on HP ProCurve Layer 3 switches. It provides additional configuration and operational-state data for OSPF areas, interfaces, and neighbors beyond what the IETF OSPF-MIB captures, supporting routing protocol administration on the device. For monitoring, this MIB is used to check the software/protocol status of the routing engine, such as OSPF adjacency and interface states, which reflect the health of the device's routing software rather than physical hardware sensors. Because it is explicitly built as an extension, it has a direct and notable dependency on the standard OSPF-MIB (RFC 4750/1850) for its base object definitions and indexing. It is typically deployed on HP ProCurve switches and routers acting as OSPF speakers within an enterprise or campus Layer 3 network. Engineers can download the HP-ICF-OSPF file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HP-ICF-OSPF. 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 Layer 3 switch/router

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were retrieved for this module, so specific table or object names cannot be confirmed from source, but as an OSPF-MIB extension it would be expected to add HP-specific columns onto or alongside standard tables such as ospfIfTable and ospfNbrTable. An administrator would typically poll OSPF neighbor and interface state together with any HP extension objects to confirm adjacencies remain full and interfaces are not flapping. Because it augments a well-known standard MIB, most day-to-day OSPF monitoring would actually be done through the base OSPF-MIB with this module supplying vendor-specific supplementary detail.

What Can Be Monitored

  • OSPF interface state (HP extensions)
  • OSPF neighbor/adjacency state
  • OSPF area configuration extensions
Imported Objects

From HP-ICF-OID

hpSwitchOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IANA-RTPROTO-MIB

IANAipRouteProtocol

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From OSPF-MIB

AreaID
BigMetric
Metric
PositiveInteger
ospfAddressLessIf
ospfAreaAggregateEntry
ospfExtLsdbEntry
ospfIfEntry
ospfIfIpAddress
ospfIfMetricEntry
ospfLsdbAreaId
ospfLsdbEntry
ospfLsdbLsid
ospfLsdbRouterId
ospfLsdbType
ospfNbrEntry

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpicfOspfSentHelloPkt OID:

Select an HP ProCurve Layer 3 switch/router (OSPF extensions) 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 hpicfOspfSentHelloPkt 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. The number of OSPF Hello packets sent on the interface. 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

Provides HP proprietary extensions to OSPF routing protocol for advanced ospf network management and monitoring on HP network switches.

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Download HP-ICF-OSPF