HPN-ICF-BFD-STD-MIB

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Last Updated: 2014-01-17

Category: Technology: OAM, Technology: SLA/OAM, Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP Networking ICF SNMP MIB implementing RFC-standard Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) session management on HP networking devices.

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What Is HPN-ICF-BFD-STD-MIB?

HPN-ICF-BFD-STD-MIB is an HP Networking (H3C-derived ICF platform) MIB implementing standards-based Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) session management, used to rapidly detect link/path failures between adjacent routing devices. It exposes global BFD parameters (version, initialization mode, notification enable, session-count limit), per-interface BFD timer configuration (desired min TX/RX intervals, detect multiplier, authentication type), and per-session BFD state objects plus notifications. Its monitoring focus is protocol/software health: tracking whether BFD sessions are up or have gone down, which is a fast-failure-detection indicator used to trigger routing reconvergence, rather than exposing hardware sensors. It implements the IETF standard BFD MIB model (RFC 9314/draft-ietf-bfd-mib), showing direct dependency on that standard's object structure. It is typically deployed on HP/H3C ICF-based routers and switches running BFD-enabled routing protocols for fast failure detection. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the HPN-ICF-BFD-STD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HPN-ICF-BFD-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

  • HP Networking / H3C ICF-based router or switch

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll hpnicfBfdSessTable to check the operational state of each BFD session and correlate transitions with hpnicfBfdSessNotificationsEnable-triggered traps. The hpnicfBfdIfTable's hpnicfBfdIfDesiredMinTxInterval and hpnicfBfdIfDesiredMinRxInterval reveal whether timer negotiation matches the configured hpnicfBfdIfDetectMult, affecting how quickly a failure is detected. A session count approaching hpnicfBfdSessNumberLimit would warn that the device is near its maximum supported BFD sessions.

What Can Be Monitored

  • BFD session operational state
  • per-interface TX/RX timer intervals
  • detect multiplier
  • authentication type
  • active BFD session count vs. limit
  • BFD state-change notifications
Imported Objects

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfCommonOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpnicfBfdSessStatPktInHC OID:

Select an HP Networking / H3C ICF-based router or switch (BFD fast-failure detection) 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 hpnicfBfdSessStatPktInHC 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 total number of BFD messages received by this BFD session. 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 and monitors Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for rapid link failure detection.

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