NETI-CONFIG-MIB

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Organization: Net Insight AB

Last Updated: 2000-02-09

Category: Network Management

Description: Manages system configuration backup, restore, and provisioning operations on Net Insight Nimbra media transport nodes.

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What Is NETI-CONFIG-MIB?

NETI-CONFIG-MIB manages configuration backup, restore, and provisioning operations on Net Insight Nimbra media transport nodes, providing SNMP-based control over the device's saved configuration files. It exposes status data such as whether the running configuration has unsaved changes, when the current configuration was last modified, and a table of locally stored configuration snapshots with names, descriptions, creation times, and sizes. This is fundamentally a software/configuration-state monitoring MIB: administrators use it to check whether a device is running with unsaved (at-risk) changes, and to audit the inventory and health of saved configuration backups, a key part of confirming a device's software state is consistent and recoverable. As an early-stage/vendor-specific model, it has no explicit cross-MIB dependency but conceptually parallels standard configuration-management approaches. It is deployed on Net Insight Nimbra transport nodes in broadcast and telecom networks where configuration integrity and rollback capability are operationally critical. Engineers can download the NETI-CONFIG-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NETI-CONFIG-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

Net Insight Nimbra media transport node

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls configStatusIsCurrentUnsaved to check if the running configuration diverges from the last saved one, and configStatusCurrentLastChangedTime to see how recently it was modified; a persistently true unsaved flag after a maintenance window indicates an incomplete or forgotten save operation. Walking configLocalTable/configLocalEntry by configLocalIndex reveals each saved configuration's configLocalName, configLocalCreatedTime, and configLocalSize, letting the operator confirm a recent backup exists before a risky change. configLocalAdminStatus shows whether a given saved configuration is active/available for restore, and configLocalTableNrOfConfigs indicates whether the device is approaching any storage limit on saved configs.

What Can Be Monitored

unsaved configuration change flag
last configuration change time
list of saved configuration snapshots
saved configuration size and creation time
saved configuration admin status
number of stored configurations

Imported Objects

From NETI-COMMON-MIB

netiExperimentalGeneric

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using configLocalTableNrOfConfigs OID:

Select a Net Insight media transport node 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 configLocalTableNrOfConfigs into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The number of configurations currently in the configuration table. 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 Gauge32-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
netiConfigMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7			tbd: Describe the configuration model
netiConfigMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1
configStatusGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.1
T/F configStatusIsCurrentUnsaved	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.1.1	TruthValue	read-only	Set to true if the current configuration in the node contains unsaved data.
DAT configStatusCurrentLastChangedTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.1.2	DateAndTime	read-only	The date and time when the current configuration was last changed.
configLocalGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2
DAT configLocalTableLastChangedTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.2	DateAndTime	read-only	The date and time when the configuration table was last changed.
G32 configLocalTableNrOfConfigsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.3	Gauge32	read-only	The number of configurations currently in the configuration table.
configLocalTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4		not-accessible	Table of configuration files stored in the node.
configLocalEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1		not-accessible	Each entry describes one configuration file.
INT configLocalIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.1	INTEGER	read-create	Index in the config table.
STR configLocalName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.2	DisplayString	read-create	The name of the configuration file.
STR configLocalDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.3	DisplayString	read-create	A textual description of the configuration.
DAT configLocalCreatedTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.4	DateAndTime	read-only	The date and time when the configuration was created.
INT configLocalSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.5	INTEGER	read-only	The size in bytes of the configuration filed.
INT configLocalAdminStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.6	INTEGER	read-create	Set to enabled if this is the configuration to be loaded at boot time.
ROW configLocalRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.2.4.1.7	RowStatus	read-create	Note that local configurations are created by doing a backup, see the backup group.
configBackupGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.3
INT configBackupOperation	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.3.1	INTEGER	read-write	The backup operations supported: idle Resets the function. writeCurrentToLocal Writes the current config to local storage. Uses configBackupName and configBackupDescription.
INT configBackupStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.3.2	INTEGER	read-only	The status of the backup function: idle The function is idle. inProgress A backup operation is in progress. failed The operation has failed. ready The operation is finished and has succeeded.
STR configBackupName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.3.3	DisplayString	read-write	The name of the configuration file. Defaults to a string containing the date and time.
STR configBackupDescription	1.3.6.1.4.1.2928.6.2.7.1.3.4	DisplayString	read-write	The description for the new configuration file. Defaults to the empty string.

RFC description

Configuration and backup management with local storage and status tracking for network devices.

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