IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB :: ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges

Module: IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB

OID (symbolic): IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB::ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges

OID (numeric): 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1.1.5

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter64

Access: read-only

Description: The total number of topology changes detected by this Bridge since the management entity was last reset or initialized.

Discontinuities in the value of the counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system.

What is ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges?

Running count of spanning-tree topology changes detected by this bridge since last reset; a rapidly climbing counter is a classic sign of an unstable or looping link somewhere in the topology.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1.1.5
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB::ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1.1.5.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB::ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a device implementing IEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-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 ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChanges 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 total number of topology changes detected by this Bridge since the management entity was last reset or initialized. 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 Counter64-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 (in topology changes), 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
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3ieee8021SpanningTreeMibIEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1ieee8021SpanningTreeObjectsIEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1ieee8021SpanningTreeTableIEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1.1ieee8021SpanningTreeEntryIEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.3.1.1.1.5ieee8021SpanningTreeTopChangesIEEE8021-SPANNING-TREE-MIB