NMS-PROCESS-MIB

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Last Updated: 2003-11-06

Category: Hardware Inventory

Description: Monitors NMS Communications device CPU process table, utilization percentages, and memory consumption.

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What Is NMS-PROCESS-MIB?

NMS-PROCESS-MIB is a private MIB from NMS Communications for describing active system processes and CPU utilization on its telecom/media-processing platforms. It exposes CPU load tables tracking short and long-term utilization (5-second, 1-minute, and 5-minute averages) per CPU/physical index, along with a maximum-utilization high-water-mark and a process table enumerating individual running processes by PID. Its monitoring purpose is squarely software/hardware-health oriented -- tracking CPU load trends to catch sustained high utilization before it impacts call/media processing, and enumerating the process table to confirm expected software processes are running (or to spot an unexpected/runaway process). No specific dependency on standard MIBs (e.g., HOST-RESOURCES-MIB) is evident from the available data, though it covers similar ground to that IETF MIB in a vendor-specific way. It is deployed on NMS Communications media/signal-processing platforms used in telecom voice/media gateway applications. Engineers can download the NMS-PROCESS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NMS-PROCESS-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

NMS Communications telecom media/signal-processing platform

Monitoring Examples

Polling nmspmCPUTotalTable/nmspmCPUTotalEntry via nmspmCPUTotal5sec, nmspmCPUTotal1min, and nmspmCPUTotal5min (indexed by nmspmCPUTotalPhysicalIndex) lets an operator see whether a media-processing card's CPU load is spiking transiently or sustained, and nmspmCPUMaxUtilization records the worst utilization seen since the counter was last cleared via nmspmCPUClearMaxUtilization. The nmspmProcessTable/nmspmProcessEntry rows, keyed by nmspmProcessPID, allow an admin to confirm all expected media-processing processes are alive and identify an unexpected process consuming resources. Sustained high nmspmCPUTotal5min values alongside an unusual PID appearing in nmspmProcessTable would point to a runaway or misbehaving process.

What Can Be Monitored

CPU utilization (5-second/1-minute/5-minute)
peak/maximum CPU utilization
active process table by PID
per-CPU physical index utilization

Imported Objects

From NMS-SMI

nmsMgmt

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From NMS-TC

EntPhysicalIndexOrZero

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TimeStamp

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using nmspmCPUMaxUtilization OID:

Select an NMS Communications telecom media/signal-processing platform (CPU/process status) 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 nmspmCPUMaxUtilization into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. The max value of nmspmCPUTotal5sec. 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 utilization exceeds 85%, a common warning threshold before sustained high load affects performance. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
nmsProcessMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109			The MIB module to describe active system processes.
nmsProcessMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1
nmspmCPU	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1
nmspmCPUTotalTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1		not-accessible	A table of overall CPU statistics.
nmspmCPUTotalEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	Overall information about the CPU load. Entries in this table come and go as CPUs are added and removed from the system.
U32 nmspmCPUTotalIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	An index that uniquely represents a CPU (or group of CPUs) whose CPU load information is reported by a row in this table. This index is assigned arbitrarily by the engine and is not saved over reboots.
ENT nmspmCPUTotalPhysicalIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1.2	EntPhysicalIndexOrZero	read-only	The entPhysicalIndex of the physical entity for which the CPU statistics in this entry are maintained. The physical entity can be a CPU chip, a group of CPUs, a CPU card etc. The exact type of this entity is described by its entPhysicalVendorType value. If the CPU statistics in this entry correspond to more than one physical entity (or to no physical entity), or if the entPhysicalTable is not supported on the SNMP agent, the value of this object must be zero.
G32 nmspmCPUTotal5sec	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1.3	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 5 second period. This object is deprecated by nmspmCPUTotal5secRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
G32 nmspmCPUTotal1min	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1.4	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 1 minute period. This object is deprecated by nmspmCPUTotal1minRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
G32 nmspmCPUTotal5min	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.1.1.5	Gauge32	read-only	The overall CPU busy percentage in the last 5 minute period. This object is deprecated by nmspmCPUTotal5minRev which has the changed range of value (0..100).
G32 nmspmCPUMaxUtilizationEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.2	Gauge32	read-only	The max value of nmspmCPUTotal5sec.
INT nmspmCPUClearMaxUtilization	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	To clear nmspmCPUMaxUtilization.
nmspmProcess	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2
nmspmProcessTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1		not-accessible	A table of generic information on all active processes on this device.
nmspmProcessEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	Generic information about an active process on this device. Entries in this table come and go as processes are created and destroyed by the device.
U32 nmspmProcessPID	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1.1.1	Unsigned32	read-only	This object contains the process ID. nmspmProcessTimeCreated should be checked against the last time it was polled, and if it has changed the PID has been reused and the entire entry should be polled again. The process IDs are discrete.
STR nmspmProcessName	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1.1.2	DisplayString	read-only	The name associated with this process. If the name is longer than 32 characters, it will be truncated to the first 31 characters, and a `*' will be appended as the last character to imply this is a truncated process name.
INT nmspmProcessPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	The priority level at which the process is running. This object is deprecated by nmspmProcExtPriorityRev.
TIM nmspmProcessTimeCreated	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.1.2.1.1.4	TimeStamp	read-only	The time when the process was created. The process ID and the time when the process was created, uniquely identifies a process.
nmsProcessMIBNotifPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.2
nmsProcessMIBNotifs	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.2.0
nmsProcessMIBConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3
nmspmCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.1
nmsProcessMIBCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.1.1			The compliance statement for entities which implement the NMS Process MIB. This is deprecated and new compliance nmsProcessMIBComplianceRev is added.
nmsProcessMIBComplianceRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.1.2			The compliance statement for entities which implement the NMS Process MIB. This compliance module deprecates nmsProcessMIBCompliance.
nmspmGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2
nmspmCPUTotalGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.1			A collection of objects providing CPU load monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices. This group is deprecated since the objects nmspmCPUTotal5sec, nmspmCPUTotal1min and nmspmCPUTotal5min are deprecated. A new object nmspmCPUTotalGroupRev is added in place of it.
nmspmProcessGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.2			A collection of objects providing common process monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices. This object is deprecated by nmspmProcessGroupRev.
nmspmProcessExtGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.3			A collection of objects providing additional and more detailed process monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices that have the internal capability to keep this information. This group is deprecated and new group nmspmProcessExtGroupRev is added.
nmspmCPUTotalGroupRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.4			A collection of objects providing CPU load monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices. This group deprecates nmspmCPUTotalGroup.
nmspmProcessExtGroupRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.5			A collection of objects providing additional and more detailed process monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices that have the internal capability to keep this information. This group is formed after deprecating nmspmProcessExtGroup. nmspmProcExtMemAllocatedRev, nmspmProcExtMemFreedRev, nmspmProcExtInvokedRev, nmspmProcExtRuntimeRev, nmspmProcExtUtil5SecRev, nmspmProcExtUtil1MinRev and nmspmProcExtUtil5MinRev are the new objects added.
nmspmProcessGroupRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.11606.10.9.109.3.2.6			A collection of objects providing common process monitoring information. This group is mandatory for all nms devices. This object deprecates nmspmProcessGroup.

RFC description

Monitors active system processes with CPU and memory utilization statistics for NMS devices.

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