MSERIES-ALARM-MIB

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Organization: SmartOptics

Last Updated: 2014-02-12

Category: Environmental Monitoring, Optical Networking, RMON

Description: Monitors SmartOptics M-Series optical platform alarm status and event history.

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What Is MSERIES-ALARM-MIB?

MSERIES-ALARM-MIB is an enterprise-specific SNMP module for the SmartOptics M-Series optical transport platform, providing a general-purpose alarm management framework for the device. It exposes summary alarm state objects (last sequence number, highest active severity, counts of active and logged alarms) alongside a detailed active alarm table keyed by unit and port, carrying alarm text, severity, and activation time for each condition. Its monitoring focus is squarely on fault/hardware status: smartAlarmGeneralHighestSeverity gives an at-a-glance worst-case condition across the platform, while alarmActiveTable/alarmEntry lets an admin drill into exactly which unit/port raised which alarm, its severity, and when it activated, covering conditions such as optical signal loss or module faults on the transport shelf. As a transport/optical platform alarm MIB, it likely coexists with other SmartOptics M-Series MIBs covering optical performance and inventory, since this module is alarm-focused only. It is typically deployed by network operators managing SmartOptics M-Series DWDM/optical transport shelves in metro or access transport networks. Engineers can download the MSERIES-ALARM-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in MSERIES-ALARM-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

SmartOptics M-Series optical transport platform

Monitoring Examples

An operator would first check smartAlarmGeneralHighestSeverity and smartAlarmGeneralNumberActiveList for a quick health summary, then walk alarmActiveTable/alarmEntry to read alarmUnit, alarmPort, alarmSeverity, and alarmText for each active condition, pinpointing e.g. a loss-of-signal alarm on a specific optical port. alarmActivationTime shows how long the condition has been active, helping distinguish a transient blip from a persistent hardware fault, and smartAlarmGeneralLastSeqNumber lets polling tools detect whether any new alarms have arrived since the last check. alarmNotifyPrefix indicates the notification branch used when these alarms are also sent as traps.

What Can Be Monitored

highest active alarm severity
active alarm count
active alarm list (unit/port/severity/text)
alarm activation time
alarm sequence number (for change detection)

Imported Objects

From MSERIES-MIB

mseries

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From MSERIES-TC

AlarmNotificationType
AlarmPerceivedSeverity
AlarmProbableCause
PortType
UnitType

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
smartAlarm	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1			This is the enterprise specific Alarm MIB for SmartOptics M-Series
alarmGeneral	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.1
C32 smartAlarmGeneralLastSeqNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.1.1	Counter32	read-only	The sequence number of the last sent notification.
ALA smartAlarmGeneralHighestSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.1.2	AlarmPerceivedSeverity	read-only	The current highest severity of the active alarms.
U32 smartAlarmGeneralNumberActiveList	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.1.3	Unsigned32	read-only	The number of active alarms in the alarmActiveList.
U32 smartAlarmGeneralNumberLogList	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.1.4	Unsigned32	read-only	The number of alarms in the alarmLogList.
alarmActiveList	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2
alarmActiveTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1		not-accessible	The active alarm list.
alarmEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	An entry in the active alarm list.
U32 alarmIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	An unique index assigned to each alarm.
UNI alarmUnit	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.2	UnitType	read-only	The alarming unit associated with this alarm. undefined(0), nmb(1), psu1(2), psu2(3), fan(4), system(5), slaveNmb(6), slavePsu1(7), slavePsu2(8), slaveFan(9).
I32 alarmPort	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.3	Integer32	read-only	The alarming port associated with this alarm. 1-10 is Line Ports. 11 and higher is Client ports. For non port alarms this value is 0.
STR alarmText	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The additional text for the alarm.
ALA alarmSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.5	AlarmPerceivedSeverity	read-only	The severity of the alarm as defined in ITU-T X.733.
DAT alarmActivationTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.6	DateAndTime	read-only	The time when the alarm was created.
DAT alarmCeaseTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.7	DateAndTime	read-only	The time when the alarm was ceased.
C32 alarmSeqNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.8	Counter32	read-only	The last sequence number used when issuing a notification for this alarm.
STR alarmHostName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	The hostname.
STR alarmPortName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	The Port Name.
POR alarmPortType	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.11	PortType	read-only	The Port Type. undefined(0), rx(1), tx(2), biDi(3).
ALA alarmType	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.12	AlarmNotificationType	read-only	The type of alarm as defined in ITU-T X.733 undefined (0), other (1), communicationsAlarm (2), qualityOfServiceAlarm (3), processingErrorAlarm (4), equipmentAlarm (5), environmental (6), integrityViolation (7), operationalViolation (8), physicalViolation(9), securityServiceOrMechanismViloation (10), timeDomainViolation (11)
ALA alarmCause	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.13	AlarmProbableCause	read-only	The alarm probable cause as defined in ITU-T X.733. undefined (0) adapterError (1) -- Equipment applicationSubsystemFailure (2) -- Processing bandwidthReduced (3) -- Quality of service callEstablishmentError (4) -- Communications communicationsProtocolError (5) -- Communications communicationsSubsystemFailure (6) -- Communications configurationOrCustomizationError (7) -- Processing congestion (8) -- Quality of service corruptData (9) -- Processing cpuCyclesLimitExceeded (10) -- Processing dTEdCEInterfaceError (11) -- Communications datasetOrModemError (12) -- Equipment degradedSignal (13) -- Communications enclosureDoorOpen (14) -- Environmental equipmentMalfunction (15) -- Equipment excessiveVibration (16) -- Environmental fileError (17) -- Processing fireDetected (18) -- Environmental floodDetected (19) -- Environmental framingError (20) -- Communications heatingOrVentilationOrCoolingSystemProblem (21) -- Environmental humidityUnacceptable (22) -- Environmental inputDeviceError (23) -- Equipment inputOutputDeviceError (24) -- Equipment lANError (25) -- Communications leakDetected (26) -- Environmental localNodeTransmissionError (27) -- Communications lossOfFrame (28) -- Communications lossOfSignal (29) -- Communications materialSupplyExhausted (30) -- Environmental multiplexerProblem (31) -- Equipment outOfMemory (32) -- Processing outputDeviceError (33) -- Equipment performanceDegraded (34) -- Quality of service powerProblem (35) -- Equipment pressureUnacceptable (36) -- Environmental processorProblem (37) -- Equipment pumpFailure (38) -- Environmental queueSizeExceeded (39) -- Quality of service receiveFailure (40) -- Equipment receiverFailure (41) -- Equipment remoteNodeTransmissionError (42) -- Communications resourceAtOrNearingCapacity (43) -- Quality of service responseTimeExcessive (44) -- Quality of service retransmissionRateExcessive (45) -- Quality of service softwareProgramError (46) -- Processing softwareError (47) -- Processing softwareProgramAbnormallyTerminated (48) -- Processing storageCapacityProblem (49) -- Processing temperatureUnacceptable (50) -- Environmental thresholdCrossed (51) -- Quality of service timingProblem (52) -- Equipment toxicLeakDetected (53) -- Environmental transmitFailure (54) -- Equipment transmitterFailure (55) -- Equipment underlyingResourceUnavailable (56) -- Processing versionMismatch (57) -- Processing
STR alarmPortAlias	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.2.1.1.14	DisplayString	read-only	The Port Alias.
alarmLogList	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3
alarmLogTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1		not-accessible	The active alarm list.
alarmLogEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1		not-accessible	An entry in the alarm log table.
U32 alarmLogIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	An unique index assigned to each alarm.
UNI alarmLogUnit	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.2	UnitType	read-only	The alarming unit associated with this alarm. undefined(0), nmb(1), psu1(2), psu2(3), fan(4), system(5), slaveNmb(6), slavePsu1(7), slavePsu2(8), slaveFan(9).
I32 alarmLogPort	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.3	Integer32	read-only	The alarming port associated with this alarm. 1-10 is Line Ports. 11 and higher is Client ports. For non port alarms this value is 0.
STR alarmLogText	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	The additional text for the alarm.
ALA alarmLogSeverity	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.5	AlarmPerceivedSeverity	read-only	The severity of the alarm as defined in ITU-T X.733.
DAT alarmLogActivationTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.6	DateAndTime	read-only	The time when the alarm was created.
DAT alarmLogCeaseTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.7	DateAndTime	read-only	The time when the alarm was ceased.
C32 alarmLogSeqNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.8	Counter32	read-only	The last sequence number used when issuing a notification for this alarm.
STR alarmLogHostName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	The hostname.
STR alarmLogPortName	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	The Port Name.
POR alarmLogPortType	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.11	PortType	read-only	The Port Direction. rx(1), tx(2), biDi(3).
ALA alarmLogType	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.12	AlarmNotificationType	read-only	The type of alarm as defined in ITU-T X.733 undefined (0), other (1), communicationsAlarm (2), qualityOfServiceAlarm (3), processingErrorAlarm (4), equipmentAlarm (5), environmental (6), integrityViolation (7), operationalViolation (8), physicalViolation(9), securityServiceOrMechanismViloation (10), timeDomainViolation (11)
ALA alarmLogCause	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.3.1.1.13	AlarmProbableCause	read-only	The alarm probable cause as defined in ITU-T X.733. undefined (0) adapterError (1) -- Equipment applicationSubsystemFailure (2) -- Processing bandwidthReduced (3) -- Quality of service callEstablishmentError (4) -- Communications communicationsProtocolError (5) -- Communications communicationsSubsystemFailure (6) -- Communications configurationOrCustomizationError (7) -- Processing congestion (8) -- Quality of service corruptData (9) -- Processing cpuCyclesLimitExceeded (10) -- Processing dTEdCEInterfaceError (11) -- Communications datasetOrModemError (12) -- Equipment degradedSignal (13) -- Communications enclosureDoorOpen (14) -- Environmental equipmentMalfunction (15) -- Equipment excessiveVibration (16) -- Environmental fileError (17) -- Processing fireDetected (18) -- Environmental floodDetected (19) -- Environmental framingError (20) -- Communications heatingOrVentilationOrCoolingSystemProblem (21) -- Environmental humidityUnacceptable (22) -- Environmental inputDeviceError (23) -- Equipment inputOutputDeviceError (24) -- Equipment lANError (25) -- Communications leakDetected (26) -- Environmental localNodeTransmissionError (27) -- Communications lossOfFrame (28) -- Communications lossOfSignal (29) -- Communications materialSupplyExhausted (30) -- Environmental multiplexerProblem (31) -- Equipment outOfMemory (32) -- Processing outputDeviceError (33) -- Equipment performanceDegraded (34) -- Quality of service powerProblem (35) -- Equipment pressureUnacceptable (36) -- Environmental processorProblem (37) -- Equipment pumpFailure (38) -- Environmental queueSizeExceeded (39) -- Quality of service receiveFailure (40) -- Equipment receiverFailure (41) -- Equipment remoteNodeTransmissionError (42) -- Communications resourceAtOrNearingCapacity (43) -- Quality of service responseTimeExcessive (44) -- Quality of service retransmissionRateExcessive (45) -- Quality of service softwareProgramError (46) -- Processing softwareError (47) -- Processing softwareProgramAbnormallyTerminated (48) -- Processing storageCapacityProblem (49) -- Processing temperatureUnacceptable (50) -- Environmental thresholdCrossed (51) -- Quality of service timingProblem (52) -- Equipment toxicLeakDetected (53) -- Environmental transmitFailure (54) -- Equipment transmitterFailure (55) -- Equipment underlyingResourceUnavailable (56) -- Processing versionMismatch (57) -- Processing
alarmNotifications	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4
alarmNotifyPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0
NTF alarmNotificationCleared	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0.1			Sent when an alarm is cleared.
NTF alarmNotificationWarning	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0.2			Sent when an alarm with warning severity is activated.
NTF alarmNotificationMinor	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0.3			Sent when an alarm with minor severity is activated.
NTF alarmNotificationMajor	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0.4			Sent when an alarm with major severity is activated..
NTF alarmNotificationCritical	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.4.0.5			Sent when an alarm with critical severity is activated.
smartAlarmMIBConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5
smartAlarmGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.1
smartAlarmGeneralGroupV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.1.1			The general alarm objects V1.
smartAlarmNotificationGroupV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.1.2			The alarm notifications V1.
smartAlarmActiveTableGroupV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.1.3			The active alarm table objects V1.
smartAlarmLogTableGroupV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.1.4			The alarm log table objects V1.
smartAlarmCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.2
smartAlarmBasicComplV1	1.3.6.1.4.1.30826.1.1.5.2.1			Basic implementation requirements for the alarm MIB V1.

RFC description

SmartOptics M-Series optical transport alarm MIB managing active alarms, severity levels, and notifications.

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What Is MSERIES-ALARM-MIB?

Supported Devices

Monitoring Examples

What Can Be Monitored

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