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Category: Nortel Magellan Passport, SNMP Agent Infrastructure
Description:
Defines standard ASN.1 textual conventions reused across Nortel Magellan Passport MIB modules.
Imported Objects
From Nortel-Magellan-Passport-UsefulDefinitionsMIB
| passportMIBs | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From RFC1155-SMI
| Counter | |
| Gauge | |
| IpAddress | |
| TimeTicks |
What Is Nortel-Magellan-Passport-StandardTextualConventionsMIB?
This module defines standard ASN.1 textual conventions reused across Nortel's earlier Magellan Passport MIB family for Passport WAN/ATM switches. It contains no runtime data objects; its sample content (standardTextualConventionsGroup and sub-groups/capabilities) consists of conformance/grouping constructs for validating textual-convention usage, not pollable state. It plays no direct role in monitoring hardware or software status; it exists solely to standardize data types such as timestamps, indices, and enumerations for other Magellan Passport MIBs to use. It is a foundational, near-universal dependency for the Magellan Passport MIB suite. It's deployed alongside legacy Nortel Magellan Passport WAN switches in older telecom networks, and opening the Nortel-Magellan-Passport-StandardTextualConventionsMIB MIB file reveals only type and conformance definitions, confirming there is nothing to poll directly.
IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in Nortel-Magellan-Passport-StandardTextualConventionsMIB. 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 Magellan Passport WAN/ATM switches (legacy product line)
Monitoring Examples
This is a textual-conventions/conformance-only module with no runtime tables or scalars, so there is no monitoring scenario to describe; its type definitions are consumed by other Magellan Passport MIBs that expose actual device data.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standardTextualConventionsMIB | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsGroup | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.1 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsGroupBC | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.1.3 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsGroupBC02 | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.1.3.2 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsGroupBC02A | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.1.3.2.2 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsCapabilities | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.3 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsCapabilitiesBC | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.3.3 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsCapabilitiesBC02 | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.3.3.2 | |||
| standardTextualConventionsCapabilitiesBC02A | 1.3.6.1.4.1.562.2.4.2.6.3.3.2.2 |
RFC description
Provides standard textual conventions and SNMPv2 data types adopted by Nortel Magellan Passport devices.
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