IEEE8021-AS-MIB :: ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount

Module: IEEE8021-AS-MIB

OID (symbolic): IEEE8021-AS-MIB::ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount

OID (numeric): 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1.2.11

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: This statistics counter tracks the number of times the grandmaster has changed in a gPTP domain. This counter increments when the PortAnnounceInformation state machine enters the SUPERIOR_MASTER_PORT state or the INFERIOR_MASTER_OR_OTHER_PORT state (see 10.3.11 and Figure 10-13).

What is ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount?

A running counter of how many times the grandmaster has changed within this gPTP domain. A steadily climbing count points to an unstable timing hierarchy, e.g. a flapping link or a grandmaster that keeps losing the election, worth investigating before it degrades sync accuracy.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1.2.11
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-AS-MIB::ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1.2.11.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-AS-MIB::ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a device implementing IEEE8021-AS-MIB 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 ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCount into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. This statistics counter tracks the number of times the grandmaster has changed in a gPTP domain. 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.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (3 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1ieee802dot1mibsIEEE8021-TC-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20ieee8021AsTimeSyncMibIEEE8021-AS-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1ieee8021AsMIBObjectsIEEE8021-AS-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1.2ieee8021AsCurrentDSIEEE8021-AS-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.20.1.2.11ieee8021AsCurrentDSGmChangeCountIEEE8021-AS-MIB