NOVELSAT-COMMON-MIB

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Organization: Novelsat

Last Updated: 2010-09-12

Category: Satellite and VSAT

Description: Defines common base objects and textual conventions shared across Novelsat VSAT satellite modem MIB modules.

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What Is NOVELSAT-COMMON-MIB?

NOVELSAT-COMMON-MIB defines textual conventions and shared base objects used across Novelsat's family of VSAT satellite modem MIB modules, covering management-interface network configuration and system-wide alarm/event handling. It exposes management host IP addressing (IP, mask, gateway, DHCP, DNS), over-the-air (OTA) update networking settings, firmware rollback mode and timeout, management rate limiting, and a shared alarms/events table used by other Novelsat modules. Its monitoring relevance centers on configuration and software-management status -- the rollback-mode/timeout objects govern what happens if an OTA firmware update fails, and the shared alarm/event table is where fault conditions from the actual product-specific modules (registered under the ns1000/ns2000/ns3000 branches) get reported. As a "common" MIB it is explicitly a dependency for the product-specific Novelsat MIBs, which import its textual conventions and alarm table structure rather than redefining them. It is deployed across Novelsat NS1000/NS2000/NS3000 series satellite modems used in VSAT and satellite backhaul networks. Engineers can download the NOVELSAT-COMMON-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in NOVELSAT-COMMON-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

  • Novelsat NS1000/NS2000/NS3000 series VSAT satellite modems

Monitoring Examples

An operator managing a fleet of Novelsat satellite modems would poll nsCommonConfigMgmtHostIP and nsCommonConfigMgmtHostDHCP to audit whether each unit's management interface is correctly addressed for remote access. Before pushing a firmware update, they would check nsCommonConfigMgmtRollbackMode and nsCommonConfigMgmtRollbackTimeout to confirm the modem will automatically revert if the OTA update (delivered via nsCommonConfigMgmtOtaIP) fails to come up. Ongoing fault conditions across the fleet would be visible by walking nsCommonConfigAlarmsEventsTable, shared by the product-specific ns1000/ns2000/ns3000 modules.

What Can Be Monitored

  • management interface IP configuration
  • OTA update network settings
  • firmware rollback mode/timeout
  • management rate limit setting
  • alarm/event log entries
Imported Objects

From HCNUM-TC

CounterBasedGauge64

From ITU-ALARM-TC-MIB

ItuPerceivedSeverity

From NOVELSAT-ROOT-MIB

nsRootMODULE-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
DisplayString
RowStatus

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using nsCommonMonitorNetworkQueuesStatisticsEnqueuedBytes OID:

Select a Novelsat NS1000/NS2000/NS3000 series VSAT satellite modem (shared conventions) 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 nsCommonMonitorNetworkQueuesStatisticsEnqueuedBytes into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. It reports the network Queues Statistics enqueued bytes value. 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 Counter64-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

RFC description

Novelsat Common MIB providing configuration parameters for management IP addressing and network connectivity settings.

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