HUAWEI-SYS-CLOCK-MIB

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Organization: Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.

Last Updated: 2009-07-25

Category: Domain: System Management, Technology: Time Synchronization, Vendor: Huawei

Description: Huawei system clock MIB for managing system time, timezone settings, daylight saving time configuration, and clock source.

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What Is HUAWEI-SYS-CLOCK-MIB?

HUAWEI-SYS-CLOCK-MIB is a Huawei enterprise MIB used to configure and query a device's system time information, including current system time, configured time zone, and daylight saving time settings. It exposes purely software/configuration state rather than physical hardware attributes, sitting under the hwDatacomm branch of Huawei's private enterprise tree. Its monitoring value is in verifying that the device's clock, timezone, and DST configuration are correct and synchronized, since incorrect system time can corrupt log timestamps, break certificate validation, and cause scheduling errors across the device's other functions. It is a small, self-contained utility MIB with no notable dependency on other MIBs beyond standard SNMP conventions. It is deployed across the full range of Huawei datacomm routers and switches wherever accurate device time is required for logging, security, or scheduled operations. Engineers can download the HUAWEI-SYS-CLOCK-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HUAWEI-SYS-CLOCK-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 poll the system time, timezone, and DST-configuration objects to confirm the device clock matches an expected reference time; a mismatch would explain inconsistent log timestamps or authentication failures tied to time-based security checks (e.g., certificate validity windows).

What Can Be Monitored

  • system time
  • configured timezone
  • daylight saving time settings
  • clock source
Imported Objects

From HUAWEI-MIB

hwDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Huawei MIB for managing system clock configuration including local clock and UTC clock settings on Huawei CloudEngine and networking devices.

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