IEEE8021X-PAE-MIB :: ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability

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ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability

Module: IEEE8021X-PAE-MIB

OID (symbolic): IEEE8021X-PAE-MIB::ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability

OID (numeric): 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4.1.2

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Unsigned32

Access: read-only

Description: The capability of a Cipher Suite received from the network announcement by the Listener.

A 2 octets Cipher Suite dependent implementation capability field precedes each Cipher Suite reference number. If the Cipher Suite, ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherSuite, identifies the Default Cipher Suite (specified in IEEE Std 802.1AE), the two least significant bits of the implementation capability field encode the MACsec Capability parameter specified in Table 11-7 and the fourteen more significant bits are as 0 and ignored on receipt.

What is ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability?

A 16-bit implementation-capability field received alongside an announced cipher suite; for the IEEE 802.1AE Default Cipher Suite, its two low-order bits encode the peer's MACsec capability level (per Table 11-7) while the remaining bits are reserved and ignored, letting a Listener learn what encryption capability an announcing peer supports for that cipher suite.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4.1.2
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021X-PAE-MIB::ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4.1.2.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021X-PAE-MIB::ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapability.1

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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
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15ieee8021XPaeMIBIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1ieee8021XPaeMIBObjectsIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7ieee8021XPaeNetworkIdentifierIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherSuitesTableIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4.1ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherSuitesEntryIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB
1.3.111.2.802.1.1.15.1.7.4.1.2ieee8021XAnnouncementCipherCapabilityIEEE8021X-PAE-MIB