All MIBs › NORTEL-GENERIC-MIB
Organization: Nortel Networks
Last Updated: 1999-06-24
Category: Network Management, SNMP Framework
Description:
Defines Nortel Networks enterprise MIB root and generic objects shared across Nortel product lines.
Imported Objects
From NORTEL-MIB
| nortel | MODULE-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-IDENTITY |
What Is NORTEL-GENERIC-MIB?
NORTEL-GENERIC-MIB is a Nortel Networks enterprise MIB that establishes the top-level OID branch shared by a family of generic MIB modules common to multiple Nortel product lines. It does not itself define runtime data objects; instead it acts as an organizational placeholder that other Nortel MIBs import and register beneath. Because it carries no leaf objects, it has no direct role in monitoring hardware or software status such as uptime, temperature, or CPU load - that work is left to the specific Nortel MIBs that branch off it. It depends on the standard SNMPv2-SMI conventions for OBJECT IDENTIFIER assignment and is a prerequisite structural dependency for other Nortel generic modules, and compiling the NORTEL-GENERIC-MIB MIB file is typically an invisible step performed automatically whenever a management station loads any dependent Nortel product MIB. It would typically be loaded silently as a support module whenever a management station compiles any Nortel product-specific MIB.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NORTEL-GENERIC-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
- Nortel Networks switches and routers
Monitoring Examples
This module contains no sample objects and defines no tables or scalars of its own; it is purely a registration point (an OID node) under which other Nortel generic MIBs attach their definitions. There is nothing here for a monitoring tool to poll directly. Administrators would never query this MIB in isolation - they would instead monitor the concrete Nortel MIBs (e.g., chassis, card, or alarm MIBs) that import this root.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nortelGenericMIBs | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.29 | This module represents the top-level MIB branch for some of the generic MIBs that are common to NortelNetworks products. | ||
| nortelNetworkManagementInterfaceMIBs | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.29.1 | This OID represents the Network Management Interface (NMI) branch for the Nortel Networks's generic MIBs suite. Nortel NMI is an umbrella to include various generic MIBs that can be implemented by Nortel devices to interface to a carrier grade Network Management System (NMS). This branch currently consists of MIBs to support carrier grade alarm surveillance. Characteristics of such a system as applicable to this interface are - reliable and accurate alarm service - capability to summarise currently outstanding alarms - no stuck alarms, no need to age out / manually clear alarms - standards based open interface to alarms For future revisions of the Nortel NMI MIBs, it is mandatory to ensure that the changes are backward compatible. It is very IMPORTANT to follow the SMI rules at RFC 1902 to ensure that no non-backward compatible changes are made as multiple applications use this for various purposes. This MIB is entensible, but the current set of variables cannot be modified. |
RFC description
Nortel vendor-private root/generic MIB defining common enterprise OID structure, device types, and shared base objects for Nortel network equipment.
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