MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsMPLS-LDP-STD-MIB

Organization: Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) Working Group

Last Updated: 2004-06-03

Category: MPLS and Traffic Engineering

Description: Manages the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), used to distribute labels and establish Label Switched Paths (LSPs).

IPNetwork Monitor uses several OIDs from this MIB in network discovery and polling the applicable devices. Start monitoring MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor.

What Is MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB?

MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB is the IETF standards-track MIB (RFC 3815) for managing the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), the control-plane protocol MPLS routers use to exchange label bindings and establish Label Switched Paths (LSPs). It defines objects covering LDP entity/session configuration, LDP peer discovery and session state, and label-binding advertisement/withdrawal behavior between LSRs (Label Switching Routers). Its monitoring value is centered on control-plane protocol health: session establishment/failure state between LDP peers, session uptime, and label-binding activity, which together indicate whether the MPLS forwarding fabric's signaling layer is healthy, rather than reporting on physical hardware sensors. As a foundational MPLS control-plane MIB it is commonly referenced and extended by vendor-specific MPLS MIBs (such as Cadant's or Cisco's MPLS/VPN MIBs) that build LDP neighbor and VPN functionality on top of it. It is typically deployed on any MPLS-capable router or switch from any vendor participating in an MPLS label-switched network, most often in service-provider core/edge infrastructure. Engineers can download the MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in MPLS-LDP-STD-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
  • any MPLS-capable Label Switching Router (LSR)

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided in the source data for this batch entry, so a grounded polling example cannot be constructed from real object names here; based on the RFC 3815 specification this MIB standardly defines, operators typically poll LDP session and peer tables to confirm session state (operational vs. non-operational) between adjacent LSRs and to detect flapping LDP sessions that would disrupt label-switched path establishment, but the exact object names cannot be confirmed from this source.

What Can Be Monitored

  • LDP session state
  • LDP peer/neighbor discovery
  • label binding advertisement/withdrawal
Imported Objects

From DIFFSERV-MIB

IndexInteger
IndexIntegerNextFree

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressPrefixLength
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From MPLS-LSR-STD-MIB

MplsIndexType

From MPLS-TC-STD-MIB

MplsLabelDistributionMethod
MplsLdpIdentifier
MplsLdpLabelType
MplsLspType
MplsLsrIdentifier
MplsRetentionMode
mplsStdMIBOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
StorageType
TimeInterval
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using mplsLdpEntityStatsSessionAttempts OID:

Select a device implementing MPLS-LDP-STD-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 mplsLdpEntityStatsSessionAttempts 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. It reports a count of the Session Initialization messages which were sent or received by this LDP Entity and were NAK'd. 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 between polls, since a rising count of errors, failures, or discards often points to a real underlying problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Manages MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) operations and label distribution for multiprotocol routing.

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