HUAWEI-NTP-MIB

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Organization: Hangzhou H3C Tech. Co., Ltd.

Last Updated: 2003-03-15

Category: Protocol: NTP, Technology: Time Synchronization, Vendor: Huawei

Description: Huawei NTP (Network Time Protocol) MIB for managing NTP server associations, authentication, and synchronization status.

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What Is HUAWEI-NTP-MIB?

HUAWEI-NTP-MIB is a Huawei private MIB for monitoring the Network Time Protocol client/server behavior of a Huawei device. It exposes NTP association configuration (configured servers, authentication) and runtime synchronization status such as stratum and sync state. Its monitoring role is software/system health rather than physical hardware: confirming the device remains synchronized to its configured time source, and detecting a lost or degraded NTP association, matters because unsynchronized clocks break log correlation, certificate validation, and time-stamped security events across the device. It models the standard NTP protocol (as defined in RFC 5905) as a Huawei-specific private MIB rather than adopting an existing IETF NTP MIB. It is deployed on essentially any Huawei router or switch that relies on NTP for accurate system time. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the HUAWEI-NTP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HUAWEI-NTP-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 switches using NTP for time synchronization

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were provided for this module. In general, an operator would poll the device's NTP association/status objects to confirm the client remains synchronized to its configured server and to read the current stratum level. A sync-status change away from 'synchronized', an unexpected stratum jump, or a server becoming unreachable indicates the device has lost its time reference, which would be flagged before it starts affecting log timestamps or certificate-based authentication.

What Can Be Monitored

  • NTP server association status
  • synchronization/stratum state
  • clock offset from reference
  • NTP authentication status
  • peer reachability
Imported Objects

From HUAWEI-3COM-OID-MIB

huaweiDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hwNTPPeerReceived OID:

Select a Huawei router or switch using NTP for time synchronization 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 hwNTPPeerReceived 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 received massages. 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

Monitors and manages Network Time Protocol (NTP) server synchronization on Huawei devices.

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