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Organization: IEEE 802.1 Working Group
Last Updated: 2018-06-21
Category: Standard: IEEE 802, Technology: Switching/L2, Textual Conventions and Registries
Description:
IEEE 802.1 MIB defining textual conventions shared across IEEE 802.1 Working Group MIBs for bridged network management.
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| Unsigned32 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
What Is IEEE8021-TC-MIB?
IEEE8021-TC-MIB is a standards-track textual-conventions module published by the IEEE 802.1 Working Group, defining the common SNMP data types (such as VLAN/priority/interface reference conventions) shared across the various IEEE 802.1 MIB modules used for bridged (Ethernet) network management, per IEEE 802.1Q. It contains no operational data objects itself — only OID registration nodes (org, ieee802dot1mibs) and type definitions — so it does not expose interface, environment, performance, or fault/trap data directly. It is not used to monitor uptime, temperature, CPU/memory load, power/fan health, or software version; those belong to general device MIBs, while actual bridging/VLAN state is reported by the specific IEEE 802.1 MIBs (e.g., for VLAN bridging, spanning tree, or priority queuing) that import these conventions. Virtually every IEEE 802.1-standard bridge MIB module depends on this TC module. An IEEE8021-TC-MIB OID list would show only the org and ieee802dot1mibs registration nodes and type definitions, with no operational data objects to poll directly. It is loaded as a prerequisite whenever an SNMP manager manages IEEE 802.1Q-compliant bridges/switches from any vendor.
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Supported Devices
- vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, applies to any IEEE 802.1Q-compliant bridge/switch
Monitoring Examples
IEEE8021-TC-MIB has no sample data objects beyond the org and ieee802dot1mibs registration nodes — there is no polling scenario intrinsic to this module. An admin monitoring VLAN membership or spanning-tree state would instead query the specific IEEE 802.1 MIB (e.g., a Q-BRIDGE-MIB-style module) that imports these textual conventions.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| org | 1.3 | |||
| ieee802dot1mibs | 1.3.111.2.802.1.1 | |||
| ieee8021TcMib | 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.1 | Textual conventions used throughout the various IEEE 802.1 MIB modules. Unless otherwise indicated, the references in this MIB module are to IEEE Std 802.1Q. Copyright (C) IEEE (2014). This version of this MIB module is part of IEEE Std 802.1Q; see the draft itself for full legal notices. |
RFC description
Textual conventions for IEEE 802.1 standards including VLANs, spanning tree, and network management.
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