HUAWEI-HWTACACS-MIB

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Organization: Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.

Last Updated: 2015-07-29

Category: Protocol: TACACS, RADIUS and AAA, Vendor: Huawei

Description: Huawei HWTACACS (Huawei TACACS+) MIB providing server configuration, authentication statistics, and command authorization management objects.

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What Is HUAWEI-HWTACACS-MIB?

HUAWEI-HWTACACS-MIB is a Huawei proprietary MIB that manages HWTACACS (Huawei's TACACS+ implementation) used for centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting of administrative access on Huawei network devices. It exposes configuration objects for TACACS+ server groups along with authentication, authorization, and accounting server settings and related statistics. This MIB is used for monitoring the software-configured AAA infrastructure's status — for example confirming that a TACACS+ server group's row status is active — which is important for verifying that login/authentication services are correctly provisioned and reachable rather than silently misconfigured. It builds on the same server-group concept found in the industry-standard TACACS+ protocol (RFC 8907) though implemented as Huawei-specific instrumentation. It is typically deployed on Huawei routers and switches in enterprise or carrier networks that centralize device administrative authentication through TACACS+ servers. Engineers can download the HUAWEI-HWTACACS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HUAWEI-HWTACACS-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

  • Huawei router
  • Huawei switch

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would check hwTACACSServerGroupRowStatus for a configured server group to confirm it is active rather than notInService or notReady, which would indicate the TACACS+ server group is not currently usable for authenticating administrative logins. Because only one sample object was provided, other statistics (such as authentication success/failure counters implied by the description) cannot be named with certainty. A row status stuck in an unexpected state would explain administrators being unable to log in via TACACS+ credentials.

What Can Be Monitored

  • TACACS+ server group status
  • authentication server configuration
  • authorization server configuration
  • accounting server configuration
Imported Objects

From HUAWEI-MIB

hwDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC1155-SMI

enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hwtacacsClientAuthenRequestPackets OID:

Select a Huawei router or switch (HWTACACS/TACACS+ AAA) 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 hwtacacsClientAuthenRequestPackets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The object specifies total number of authentication request packets sent by this router. 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 TACACS+ authentication, authorization, and accounting servers for device access control.

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