HPN-ICF-EFM-COMMON-MIB

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Last Updated: 2004-10-24

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

Description: Defines common management objects for Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM/IEEE 802.3ah) OAM on HP/Comware devices.

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What Is HPN-ICF-EFM-COMMON-MIB?

This MIB defines common HP/Comware objects for Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) OAM, based on IEEE 802.3ah Clause 30, extending standard Ethernet OAM to physical-layer-independent link monitoring. It belongs to the HP/H3C networking hardware family and covers general Ethernet OAM management such as link-level fault detection, event notification, and OAM session control on point-to-point Ethernet links. Its principal monitoring value is in tracking the operational and fault status of Ethernet interfaces, such as detecting a critical link event, loss of OAM peering, or dying-gasp condition, rather than performance counters, giving early warning of hardware-level link degradation. It is explicitly derived from and dependent on the IEEE 802.3ah standard's Ethernet OAM clause, complementing (rather than replacing) the standard IETF DOT3-OAM-MIB. It is typically deployed on HP/Comware switches and routers at the network edge, especially over metro Ethernet or "first mile" access links where physical OAM visibility is limited. Engineers can download the HPN-ICF-EFM-COMMON-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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

Because no runtime data objects were provided in the sample set, this module appears to define only the common infrastructure (textual conventions, notification templates, or conformance groups) shared by other HP EFM/OAM MIBs rather than a monitorable table itself, so no concrete polling scenario can be honestly constructed from the available object names.

Imported Objects

From HCNUM-TC

CounterBasedGauge64

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfEponOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hpnicfDot3OamInformationTx OID:

Select an HP/H3C Comware switch or router (802.3ah Ethernet OAM, first-mile link) 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 hpnicfDot3OamInformationTx 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 a count of the number of Information OAMPDUs transmitted on this 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

Manages Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) OAM features for subscriber access networks per IEEE 802.3ah.

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