NOVELL-RIPSAP-MIB

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Category: Novell

Description: Manages Novell RIP and SAP routing protocol tables, timers, and broadcast interval parameters on NetWare routers.

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What Is NOVELL-RIPSAP-MIB?

This is a Novell private MIB for managing RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and SAP (Service Advertising Protocol), the two core routing/service-discovery protocols historically used on Novell NetWare-based IPX networks. It exposes configuration and operational-state tables for both protocols: per-instance system state, broadcast/update timers, error counters such as incorrect packets received, and per-circuit (interface) parameters governing how RIP routes and SAP service advertisements are exchanged. Its monitoring value is chiefly protocol/software health, checking whether the RIP and SAP processes are enabled and running correctly on each instance, and watching the incorrect-packet counters (ripSysIncorrectPackets, sapSysIncorrectPackets) as an early indicator of malformed traffic, misconfiguration, or a misbehaving neighbor router on the IPX network. It is tied to the legacy IPX/RIP/SAP protocol stack rather than modern IP routing standards, reflecting its NetWare-era origin. It is deployed on legacy Novell NetWare routers/servers and IPX-capable routing devices that still participate in RIP/SAP-based IPX networks. Engineers can download the NOVELL-RIPSAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

Novell NetWare router/server
legacy IPX-routing network device

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll ripSysTable/ripSysEntry via ripSysInstance to check ripSysState and confirm RIP is actively running on each routing instance, then check ripSysIncorrectPackets for a rising count that would flag malformed or unexpected RIP packets arriving on the network. In parallel, sapSysTable/sapSysEntry's sapSysState and sapSysIncorrectPackets would be checked to make sure SAP service advertisements are being processed cleanly. The ripCircTable/ripCircEntry rows would then be used to drill into per-circuit (interface) RIP behavior when a specific link is suspected of causing the errors.

What Can Be Monitored

RIP protocol instance state
RIP incorrect/malformed packet count
SAP protocol instance state
SAP incorrect/malformed packet count
per-circuit RIP configuration

Imported Objects

From NOVELL-IPX-MIB

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OBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

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From RFC1213-MIB

PhysAddress

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
ripsap	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20
ripsapSystem	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1
ripSysTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.1		not-accessible	The RIP system table.
ripSysEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.1.1		not-accessible	Each entry corresponds to one instance of RIP running on the system.
INT ripSysInstance	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.1.1.1	INTEGER	read-write	The unique identifier of the instance of RIP to which this row corresponds. This value links the instance of RIP to an instance of IPX running on the system (i.e. the value of ripSysInstance should be the same as a value of ipxSysInstance). This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT ripSysState	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	Indicates the operational state of this instance of RIP.
CTR ripSysIncorrectPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.1.1.3	Counter	read-only	The number of times that an incorrectly formatted RIP packet was received.
sapSysTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.2		not-accessible	The SAP system table.
sapSysEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.2.1		not-accessible	Each entry corresponds to one instance of SAP running on the system.
INT sapSysInstance	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-write	The unique identifier of the instance of SAP to which this row corresponds. This value links the instance of SAP to an instance of IPX running on the system (i.e. the value of SApSysInstance should be the same as a value of ipxSysInstance). This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT sapSysState	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	Indicates the operational state of this instance of SAP.
CTR sapSysIncorrectPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.1.2.1.3	Counter	read-only	The number of times that an incorrectly formatted SAP packet was received.
ripsapCircuit	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2
ripCircTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1		not-accessible	The RIP Circuit table.
ripCircEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1		not-accessible	Each entry corresponds to one circuit known to the system.
INT ripCircSysInstance	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.1	INTEGER	read-write	The unique identifier of the instance of RIP and IPX (via ipxSysInstance) to which this entry corresponds. This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT ripCircIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	The identifier of this circuit, unique within the instance of RIP. This value corresponds to the circuit identifier found in ipxCircIndex. This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT ripCircState	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	Indicates whether RIP information may be sent/received over this circuit.
INT ripCircPace	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.4	INTEGER	read-write	The maximum pace, in packets per second, at which RIP packets may be sent on this circuit.
INT ripCircUpdate	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	The RIP periodic update interval, in seconds.
INT ripCircAgeMultiplier	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	The holding multiplier for information received in RIP periodic updates.
INT ripCircPacketSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	The RIP packet size used on this circuit.
CTR ripCircOutPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.8	Counter	read-only	The number of RIP packets sent on this circuit.
CTR ripCircInPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.1.1.9	Counter	read-only	The number of RIP packets received on this circuit.
sapCircTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2		not-accessible	The SAP Circuit table.
sapCircEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1		not-accessible	Each entry corresponds to one circuit known to the system.
INT sapCircSysInstance	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-write	The unique identifier of the instance of SAP and IPX (via ipxSysInstance) to which this entry corresponds. This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT sapCircIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	The identifier of this circuit, unique within the instance of SAP. This value corresponds to the circuit identifier found in ipxCircIndex. This value may be written only when creating a new entry in the table.
INT sapCircState	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	Indicates whether SAP information may be sent/received over this circuit.
INT sapCircPace	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-write	The maximum pace, in packets per second, at which SAP packets may be sent on this circuit.
INT sapCircUpdate	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	The SAP periodic update interval, in seconds.
INT sapCircAgeMultiplier	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	The holding multiplier for information received in SAP periodic updates.
INT sapCircPacketSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	The SAP packet size used on this circuit.
INT sapCircGetNearestServerReply	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-write	Indicates whether to respond to SAP get nearest server requests received on this circuit.
CTR sapCircOutPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.9	Counter	read-only	The number of SAP packets sent on this circuit.
CTR sapCircInPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.23.2.20.2.2.1.10	Counter	read-only	The number of SAP packets received on this circuit.

RFC description

Novell vendor-private MIB for RIP and SAP (Service Advertising Protocol) routing and service advertising on NetWare systems.

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