IEEE8021-SPB-MIB

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Organization: IEEE 802.1 Working Group

Last Updated: 2018-06-28

Category: Standard: IEEE 802, Technology: Switching/L2, VLAN and Bridging

Description: IEEE 802.1 MIB for Shortest Path Bridging (802.1aq) managing IS-IS based shortest path forwarding in Ethernet networks.

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What Is IEEE8021-SPB-MIB?

IEEE8021-SPB-MIB is the IEEE standards-track MIB for 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging, a technology that uses IS-IS link-state routing to compute loop-free shortest paths across an Ethernet fabric instead of traditional spanning tree. It exposes system-level identity and configuration for the SPB control plane, including IS-IS system ID/area address, bridge priority, and mode settings for both SPBM (MAC-based) and SPBV (VLAN-based) variants, plus per-topology (MTID) static configuration tables. Its primary monitoring value is operational/protocol-state visibility -- confirming a bridge's SPB mode, digest convention, and shortest-path source ID are correctly configured and consistent with its neighbors -- rather than hardware health metrics like temperature or power. It depends inherently on IS-IS routing concepts and is meant to be used alongside standard 802.1Q bridging MIBs on the same device. Because these values change only when the fabric is reconfigured rather than continuously, IEEE8021-SPB-MIB SNMP polling is typically scheduled at longer intervals than interface counters, and the module is deployed in carrier and data-center Ethernet fabrics built on SPB-capable switches from vendors implementing the 802.1aq standard.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in IEEE8021-SPB-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging-capable Ethernet switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator would check ieee8021SpbSysId and ieee8021SpbSysAreaAddress to confirm a bridge's IS-IS identity is correctly provisioned within the SPB region, and compare ieee8021SpbmSysMode/ieee8021SpbvSysMode across bridges to catch a device accidentally left in the wrong SPB variant. The ieee8021SpbMtidStaticTable/ieee8021SpbMtidStaticTableEntry rows, keyed by ieee8021SpbMtidStaticEntryMtid, let an admin verify which multiple spanning tree instances (topologies) are statically configured on a given bridge, useful when troubleshooting asymmetric forwarding paths in the fabric.

What Can Be Monitored

  • IS-IS system ID and area address
  • bridge priority
  • SPBM/SPBV mode configuration
  • shortest-path source ID
  • static MTID topology configuration
  • digest convention setting
Imported Objects

From IEEE8021-BRIDGE-MIB

ieee8021BridgeBasePortOBJECT-TYPE

From IEEE8021-CFM-MIB

dot1agCfmMaIndexOBJECT-TYPE
dot1agCfmMdIndexOBJECT-TYPE
dot1agCfmMepEntryOBJECT-TYPE

From IEEE8021-TC-MIB

IEEE8021BridgePortNumber
IEEE8021PbbIngressEgress
IEEE8021PbbServiceIdentifier
IEEE8021PbbTeEsp
ieee802dot1mibsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndexOrZero

From Q-BRIDGE-MIB

VlanId
VlanIdOrAny
VlanIdOrNone

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Defines managed objects for IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), providing fabric-based bridging with equal-cost multipathing for carrier Ethernet networks.

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