MITEL-BCM-MIB

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Organization: MITEL Networks Corporation

Last Updated: 2009-03-17

Category: Telephony/VoIP

Description: Manages MITEL Networks Business Communication Manager configuration and status.

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What Is MITEL-BCM-MIB?

MITEL-BCM-MIB is a Mitel proprietary SNMP module for the Business Communication Manager (BCM), a converged voice/data platform, with this particular module focused on providing additional statistics for the platform's underlying Broadcom switch subsystem. No concrete sample objects were captured, but per its module description it supplements Mitel's broader BCM MIB set with switch-level statistical data (implying counters such as port traffic, errors, or switch fabric statistics) rather than voice-call-specific data. Its likely monitoring value is hardware/network subsystem health within the BCM chassis: giving visibility into the embedded Broadcom switch's traffic and error statistics so an admin can spot port errors or congestion affecting the BCM's internal or uplink connectivity. It depends on the broader Mitel BCM MIB architecture and likely on standard Broadcom switch statistics concepts, since it is explicitly described as supplemental to the main Broadcom switch data. It is typically deployed in small-to-midsize business environments running a Mitel BCM unified communications platform, where administrators can get a MITEL-BCM-MIB download to load the module into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in MITEL-BCM-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

Mitel Business Communication Manager (BCM) unified communications appliance

Monitoring Examples

Because no sample objects were provided, a concrete monitoring scenario cannot be honestly constructed from confirmed object names; in practice an admin would expect to query this MIB's Broadcom-switch statistics objects (traffic/error counters implied by the module description) to check the health of the BCM's internal switch fabric or uplink ports. This description is based on the module's stated purpose (additional Broadcom switch statistics for BCM) rather than verified object names.

What Can Be Monitored

Broadcom switch subsystem statistics (traffic/error counters, general)

Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From MITEL-MIB

mitelPropTransmission

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
PhysAddress

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using mitelBCMPortRxSAChanges OID:

Select a Mitel Business Communication Manager (BCM) appliance (Broadcom switch statistics) 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 mitelBCMPortRxSAChanges 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 number of times the source address (SA) of good received packets has changed. 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.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
mitelBCM	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1			The MITEL Broadcom Switch MIB module. This MIB module is defined to specifically provide additional statistical information for the Broadcom Switch subsystem.
mitelBCMObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1
mitelBCMPortTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.1		not-accessible	Table defining statistical information about each port of a Broadcom Switch sub-system.
mitelBCMPortTableEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	A row defining a single BCM Port table entry.
NUM mitelBCMPortIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	The interface identifier for this switch port. Usually corresponds to ifIndex in the ifTable.
C32 mitelBCMPortRxSAChangesEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.1.1.2	Counter32	read-only	The number of times the source address (SA) of good received packets has changed. A count greater than one generally indicates the port is connected to a repeater based network.
PHY mitelBCMPortRxLastSA	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.1.1.3	PhysAddress	read-only	The last received source address on this port.
I32 mitelBCMChipCount	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.2	Integer32	read-only	The number of BCM ethernet chips in the system.
mitelBCMChipTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3		not-accessible	Table defining characteristic information about each Broadcom Switch chip in the system.
mitelBCMChipTableEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3.1		not-accessible	A row defining a single Broadcom (BCM) Chip table entry.
I32 mitelBCMChipIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3.1.1	Integer32	read-only	The identifier for this switch chip.
BIT mitelBCMChipBIST	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3.1.2	Bits	read-only	The status of the BCM ethernet chip built-in-self-test (BIST). BCRAM(0) bit 2^0 - Buffer control RAM (only in BCM5380M) IPDBM(1) bit 2^1 - Internal packet data buffer memory MRAM(2) bit 2^2 - MIB RAM (only in BCM5380M) GMRAM(3) bit 2^3 - Gigabit MIB RAM (only in BCM5380M) If the bit is set, then that sub-system has failed.
STR mitelBCMChipRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3.1.3	DisplayString	read-only	The BCM ethernet chip revision ID.
INT mitelBCMChipType	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.1.3.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The BCM ethernet chip type.
mitelBCMConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2
mitelBCMCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2.1
mitelBCMSwitchCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2.1.1			The compliance statement for mitel nodes that include a BCM switch sub-system.
mitelBCMGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2.2
mitelBCMPortGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2.2.1			A collection of objects that provide statistical infrormation about BCM switch ports.
mitelBCMChipGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.1027.4.2.1.2.2.2			A collection of objects that provide infrormation about BCM switch Chips.

RFC description

MITEL Broadcom Switch MIB for monitoring statistical information on Broadcom switch ports.

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