HUAWEI-TACACS-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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

Description: Huawei TACACS+ MIB for managing TACACS+ server groups, authentication parameters, and AAA accounting configuration.

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What Is HUAWEI-TACACS-MIB?

HUAWEI-TACACS-MIB is a Huawei proprietary MIB configuring TACACS+ authentication/authorization/accounting server groups on Huawei devices. Its server-group table, keyed by group name, records the source IP used for TACACS+ requests, the shared secret key, response timer, associated domain, and separate priority indicators for authentication, authorization, and accounting server roles. As a configuration MIB it lets an administrator audit which TACACS+ server group and source IP a device is configured to use, and confirm the timer setting when diagnosing slow AAA responses. It is deployed on Huawei switches/routers using TACACS+ for centralized AAA. Engineers can download the HUAWEI-TACACS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in HUAWEI-TACACS-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 switches/routers (TACACS+ AAA)

Monitoring Examples

An administrator checks hwTACACSServerGroupTimer for a device reporting slow login prompts to confirm whether the configured TACACS+ response timeout is set too aggressively for the actual network latency to the AAA server.

What Can Be Monitored

  • TACACS+ server group configuration (source IP, timer, priorities)
Imported Objects

From HUAWEI-3COM-OID-MIB

huaweiOBJECT-IDENTITY
huaweiDatacommOBJECT-IDENTITY
huaweiMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using hwTACACSAuthenClientAccessReqPacket OID:

Select a Huawei switch or router using 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 hwTACACSAuthenClientAccessReqPacket 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. It reports the request packets about authen server. 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

Configures TACACS+ server groups for authentication and authorization on Huawei devices.

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