HPN-ICF-BLG-MIB

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Last Updated: 2009-09-15

Category: Technology: Logging/Syslog, Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP Networking ICF SNMP MIB for bulk logging (BLG) configuration exporting high-volume session logs efficiently from HP networking devices.

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What Is HPN-ICF-BLG-MIB?

This is an HP/H3C (Comware) enterprise MIB module named "BLG" for managing balance group (load-balancing) statistics on HP Networking switches and routers. It exposes configuration and per-group traffic counters used to inspect how outbound and inbound traffic is distributed across a balance/link-aggregation group. As a monitoring tool, it is primarily used to check the health and load distribution of the device's networking hardware: administrators poll per-group transmitted/received packet and byte counters to detect uneven load distribution, stalled member links, or traffic anomalies, and can trigger a group counter reset when needed. It belongs to the HP/H3C ICF (Integrated Comware Framework) family of proprietary MIBs, and while it does not formally import from IETF standard MIBs, its balance-group model is conceptually similar to standard link-aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad/LACP) monitoring. It is deployed on HP/H3C Comware-based switches and routers wherever multiple physical links are aggregated into a load-balanced logical group for higher throughput and redundancy. Engineers can download the HPN-ICF-BLG-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HPN-ICF-BLG-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/H3C Comware switch
HP/H3C Comware router

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll hpnicfBlgStatsTable / hpnicfBlgStatsEntry indexed by hpnicfBlgIndex to read hpnicfBlgGroupTxPacketCount, hpnicfBlgGroupRxPacketCount, hpnicfBlgGroupTxByteCount, and hpnicfBlgGroupRxByteCount for each balance group. A sudden divergence between the Tx and Rx counters of two member links in the same group would reveal a failed or degraded link even though the group interface itself stays up. hpnicfBlgGroupCountClear lets an operator reset counters after replacing a cable, so subsequent polls reflect only fresh traffic.

What Can Be Monitored

balance group transmitted packets
balance group received packets
balance group transmitted bytes
balance group received bytes
balance group index/membership
counter reset status

Imported Objects

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfCommon

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpnicfBlgGroupTxPacketCount OID:

Select an HP/H3C Comware switch or router (balance/load-balancing group) 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 hpnicfBlgGroupTxPacketCount 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. It reports the when retrieved, this object returns the count of packets the balance group has sent. 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

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
hpnicfBlg	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108			This MIB module defines a set of basic objects for configuring switches and routers to set/get balance group information.
hpnicfBlgObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1
hpnicfBlgStatsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1		not-accessible	This table contains the statistics information about balance groups.
hpnicfBlgStatsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1		not-accessible	This list contains statistics information.
I32 hpnicfBlgIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.1	Integer32	not-accessible	The index of the balance group.
C64 hpnicfBlgGroupTxPacketCountEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.2	Counter64	read-only	When retrieved, this object returns the count of packets the balance group has sent.
C64 hpnicfBlgGroupRxPacketCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.3	Counter64	read-only	When retrieved, this object returns the count of packets the balance group has received.
C64 hpnicfBlgGroupTxByteCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.4	Counter64	read-only	When retrieved, this object returns the count of bytes the balance group has sent.
C64 hpnicfBlgGroupRxByteCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.5	Counter64	read-only	When retrieved, this object returns the count of bytes the balance group has received.
NUM hpnicfBlgGroupCountClear	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.108.1.1.1.6	CounterClear	read-write	This object is used to reset the counter of the balance group. Read operation is meaningless.

RFC description

Hewlett-Packard balance group configuration and statistics on switches/routers.

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