HUAWEI-MGMD-STD-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.

Last Updated: 2014-07-09

Category: Technology: Multicast, Vendor: Huawei

Description: Huawei MGMD (Multicast Group Membership Discovery) standard MIB extending IGMP and MLD management objects.

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What Is HUAWEI-MGMD-STD-MIB?

HUAWEI-MGMD-STD-MIB is a Huawei networking MIB that manages Multicast Group Membership Discovery (MGMD), the combined IGMP/MLD querier function used by multicast routers and switches. It exposes per-interface configuration and operational data such as querier election state, protocol version, query intervals, and protocol-error counters. Its monitoring value is primarily protocol/software health rather than physical hardware: it lets an operator confirm the elected multicast querier on an interface is alive, track how long it has been up, and see when its query timer is about to expire, all of which reveal multicast control-plane failures before end users lose IPTV or other multicast streams. It builds explicitly on the standard IGMP and MLD management model (the IETF IGMP-STD-MIB/MLD-MIB framework), extending it with Huawei-specific per-interface querier detail. It is typically deployed on Huawei routers and Layer 3 switches in multicast-enabled networks such as IPTV or enterprise video distribution. Engineers can download the HUAWEI-MGMD-STD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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

  • Huawei routers and Layer 3 switches with IGMP/MLD (multicast) support

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll hwMgmdRouterInterfaceTable/hwMgmdRouterInterfaceEntry, keyed by hwMgmdRouterInterfaceIfIndex, to read hwMgmdRouterInterfaceQuerier and hwMgmdRouterInterfaceQuerierUpTime and confirm the interface's elected querier is stable rather than repeatedly re-electing. Watching hwMgmdRouterInterfaceQuerierExpiryTime shows whether the current querier's timer is close to lapsing, which would trigger a new election. A rising hwMgmdRouterInterfaceWrongVersionQueries counter reveals an IGMP/MLD version mismatch between neighboring multicast routers, a common cause of dropped multicast group membership on a segment.

What Can Be Monitored

  • multicast querier identity and status
  • querier up-time
  • querier expiry timer
  • IGMP/MLD version per interface
  • wrong-version query count
  • query interval configuration
Imported Objects

From HUAWEI-MIB

hwDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hwMgmdRouterInterfaceWrongVersionQueries OID:

Select a Huawei router or Layer 3 switch (IGMP/MLD querier, MGMD) 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 hwMgmdRouterInterfaceWrongVersionQueries 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 general queries received whose IGMP or MLD version does not match the equivalent hwMgmdRouterInterfaceVersion, over the lifetime of the row entry. 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 between polls, since a rising count of errors, failures, or discards often points to a real underlying problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Huawei vendor-private MIB for MGMD (Multicast Group Membership Discovery) protocol monitoring and management.

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