HPN-ICF-DAR-MIB

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Last Updated: 2010-11-03

Category: Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: HP Networking ICF SNMP MIB for Deep Application Recognition (DAR) enabling application-layer traffic identification on HP devices.

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What Is HPN-ICF-DAR-MIB?

HPN-ICF-DAR-MIB is HP Networking's (ICF, Comware-based) proprietary MIB for Deep Application Recognition (DAR), a DPI-style feature that classifies network traffic by application/protocol on HP switches and routers. It exposes per-protocol traffic statistics (packet counts, byte counts, and bit rates for both inbound and outbound traffic) as well as per-interface DAR statistics objects, letting an operator see application-level traffic breakdowns rather than just raw interface counters. Its monitoring role is squarely performance/traffic-counter based: it lets an administrator track how much traffic each recognized application/protocol is generating, including current and maximum observed bit rates, which is useful for spotting an application consuming disproportionate bandwidth or a sudden traffic spike. It depends implicitly on the standard IF-MIB for the interface indexing referenced by its per-interface DAR objects, layering DPI statistics on top of standard interface identification. It is deployed on HP Comware-based switches/routers in enterprise networks where visibility into application-level bandwidth consumption is needed for capacity planning or troubleshooting. Engineers can download the HPN-ICF-DAR-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HPN-ICF-DAR-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 (Comware-based) switches and routers

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls hpnicfDarStatisticsTable / hpnicfDarStatisticsEntry, keyed by hpnicfDarStatisticsProtocolID and hpnicfDarStatisticsProtocolName, to see per-application traffic such as hpnicfDarStatisticsInBytes and hpnicfDarStatisticsOutBytes. Watching hpnicfDarStatisticsInBitRate against hpnicfDarStatisticsMaxInBitRate reveals whether a specific application (e.g., video streaming or P2P traffic) is currently running near its historical peak rate, which would explain congestion on a shared uplink; the related hpnicfDarIfStatisticsObjects group extends this breakdown on a per-interface basis.

What Can Be Monitored

per-application traffic byte/packet counts
per-application inbound/outbound bit rate
maximum observed bit rate per application
per-interface application traffic breakdown

Imported Objects

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfCommon

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndex

OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter64
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpnicfDarStatisticsInPkts OID:

Select an HP Networking (Comware-based) switch or router (Deep Application Recognition/DPI) 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 hpnicfDarStatisticsInPkts 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 incoming packets of the specific protocol. 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
hpnicfDar	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112			The MIB is designed to get DAR packet statistics.
hpnicfDarIfObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1
hpnicfDarIfStatisticsObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1
hpnicfDarStatisticsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1		not-accessible	The table contains packet statistics of DAR.
hpnicfDarStatisticsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	Entry items.
HPN hpnicfDarStatisticsProtocolID	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.1	HpnicfDarProtocol	not-accessible	Protocol id.
OCT hpnicfDarStatisticsProtocolName	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.2	OCTET STRING	read-only	Protocol name.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsInPktsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.3	Counter64	read-only	The number of incoming packets of the specific protocol.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsInBytes	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.4	Counter64	read-only	The number of incoming octets of the specific protocol.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsInBitRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.5	Counter64	read-only	Incoming bitrate of the specific protocol in last 5 minutes.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsMaxInBitRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.6	Counter64	read-only	Max incoming bitrate of the specific protocol in last 5 minutes.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsOutPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.7	Counter64	read-only	The number of outgoing packets of the specific protocol.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsOutBytes	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.8	Counter64	read-only	The number of outgoing octets of the specific protocol.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsOutBitRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.9	Counter64	read-only	Outgoing bitrate of the specific protocol in last 5 minutes.
C64 hpnicfDarStatisticsMaxOutBitRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.15.2.112.1.1.1.1.10	Counter64	read-only	Max outgoing bitrate of the specific protocol in last 5 minutes.

RFC description

Provides Deep Application Recognition packet statistics collection for protocol classification and monitoring across supported network protocols.

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