HUAWEI-SYS-MAN-MIB

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Organization: Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.

Last Updated: 2015-03-10

Category: Device Management, Domain: System Management, Vendor: Huawei

Description: Huawei system management MIB for managing system configuration, file system operations, and device lifecycle management.

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What Is HUAWEI-SYS-MAN-MIB?

HUAWEI-SYS-MAN-MIB is a Huawei vendor-private MIB (registered at hwDatacomm.19) covering system-level management on VRP-based Huawei datacom devices: system clock, the active configuration file and system image file, scheduled or manual reload actions, in-service software patching (ISSU), and a broad set of change/failure notifications. It defines objects such as hwSysCurCFGFileIndex, hwSysCurImageIndex, and hwSysCurPatchFileIndex in the hwSysCurTable to track which configuration, image, and patch are currently active, hwSysReloadSchedule/hwSysReloadAction for reboot control, and detailed patch-lifecycle status through the HWPatchErrorType textual convention (covering fetch, activate, run, deactivate, and remove failure codes). Because it spans both configuration state and event notifications (hwSysPafChangeNotification, hwSysLicenseChangeNotification, hwSystemBoardExclude), monitoring it lets an NMS confirm which firmware/config/patch set is running and detect unplanned reloads, patch failures, or license/board changes. It depends on HUAWEI-MIB for its hwDatacomm registration point and is deployed across the broader family of Huawei VRP-based devices; administrators managing such devices typically consult the HUAWEI-SYS-MAN-MIB MIB to correlate configuration, patch, and reload events.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HUAWEI-SYS-MAN-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 Datacom switches/routers (VRP-based platforms)

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls hwSysCurTable to confirm hwSysCurCFGFileIndex and hwSysCurPatchFileIndex point to the expected configuration and patch versions after a maintenance window, watching for hwSysPafChangeNotification or an unexpected hwSysReloadAction trigger; a patch entry surfacing an HWPatchErrorType such as activeStateInvalid or runBadState would indicate the patch failed to apply cleanly and the device may be running unpatched code.

What Can Be Monitored

  • current configuration/image/patch file indices
  • system reload schedule and action state
  • patch activation error codes/status
  • ISSU (in-service software upgrade) state
  • system reboot reason
  • license/PAF change notifications
Imported Objects

From ENTITY-MIB

PhysicalIndex
entPhysicalIndexOBJECT-TYPE
entPhysicalNameOBJECT-TYPE

From HUAWEI-MIB

hwDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY

From P-BRIDGE-MIB

EnabledStatus

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

Huawei system management MIB controlling device configuration, image files, reload actions, and notifications.

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