MPLS-VPN-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsMPLS-VPN-MIB

Organization: Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks Working Group.

Last Updated: 2011-03-26

Category: IETF Standards, L2VPN/MPLS, MPLS

Description: Manages IETF provider-provisioned MPLS VPN instance, VRF, and interface objects.

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What Is MPLS-VPN-MIB?

MPLS-VPN-MIB is an IETF standards-based MIB (RFC 3031-aligned) for managing Multiprotocol Label Switching BGP/MPLS Virtual Private Network instances on provider-edge routers. It exposes configuration and status data about VRFs (VPN Routing and Forwarding instances), including how many VRFs are configured versus active, which interfaces are bound to VPNs, route distribution protocols, and route-limit thresholds. It supports monitoring device operational/configuration status by exposing counts of configured versus active VRFs and per-interface VPN classification and label-edge type, which reveals provisioning mismatches or interfaces that failed to come up in a VPN context; it also defines notifications for threshold and state events. It is explicitly built on MPLS and BGP standards (RFC 3031) and is commonly used together with MPLS-LSR-MIB and BGP4-MIB for complete PE-router visibility. Engineers troubleshooting VRF provisioning problems often consult the MPLS-VPN-MIB reference for the exact indexing of mplsVpnIfConfTable and the associated threshold notification objects. It is deployed on service-provider MPLS/BGP PE routers offering Layer 3 VPN services to enterprise customers.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in MPLS-VPN-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
  • MPLS/BGP provider-edge (PE) routers

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls mplsVpnConfiguredVrfs against mplsVpnActiveVrfs to detect VRFs that are defined but not operationally active, indicating a provisioning or routing protocol failure. Walking mplsVpnIfConfTable/mplsVpnIfConfEntry (indexed by mplsVpnIfConfIndex) shows mplsVpnIfVpnClassification and mplsVpnIfVpnRouteDistProtocol per interface, useful for confirming a customer-facing interface is correctly bound to its VRF. mplsVpnVrfConfMaxPossibleRoutes and mplsVpnVrfConfRouteMaxThreshTime govern route-limit notifications (mplsVpnNotifications) that fire when a VRF approaches its configured route ceiling.

What Can Be Monitored

  • configured vs. active VRF counts
  • connected VPN interfaces
  • per-interface VPN classification
  • route distribution protocol per VRF
  • VRF route-count threshold status
Imported Objects

From BGP4-MIB

bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixOBJECT-TYPE
bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLenOBJECT-TYPE
bgp4PathAttrPeerOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
StorageType
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue

From VPN-TC-STD-MIB

VPNId
OIDs

RFC description

SNMP management module for MPLS/BGP Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks based on RFC 4382, defining VPN provisioning and monitoring objects.

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