Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-BgpMIB

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Category: IP Routing & Forwarding, Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport

Description: Provides SNMP management objects for BGP routing protocol configuration and peer status on Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport.

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What Is Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-BgpMIB?

This Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport MIB provides SNMP objects for configuring and monitoring the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing process running on the Passport switch's virtual router (VR) IP stack. It exposes provisioning data such as the BGP identifier, local autonomous system number, default local preference, and peer-level row-status-controlled tables for establishing and managing BGP peering sessions. From a monitoring standpoint, the key use is tracking whether BGP peer entries remain in an active row status (an operational proxy for peer session health) and confirming that local AS and identifier configuration match network design, since this module does not expose granular route counts or hardware environmental data. It explicitly references the standard IETF BGP MIB (bgpMIB) as a conceptual counterpart and layers Nortel's own provisioning model (mscVrIpBgpProvTable, component name/index/storage type) on top of it. It is deployed on Nortel MsCarrier Passport switches acting as IP routers/route reflectors within carrier backbone or ISP networks. Engineers can download the Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-BgpMIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport switch/router

Monitoring Examples

A network engineer would poll mscVrIpBgpProvTable/mscVrIpBgpProvEntry to check the configured mscVrIpBgpBgpIdentifier and mscVrIpBgpLocalAs, then examine mscVrIpBgpPeer entries and their row status to confirm all expected BGP neighbors remain provisioned and active. A peer entry whose row status drops out of "active" or whose mscVrIpBgpDefaultLocalPreference is unexpectedly altered would signal a routing policy or peering session problem worth escalating. This MIB is provisioning-oriented, so anomalies are detected via configuration/row-status drift rather than live route or prefix counters.

What Can Be Monitored

  • BGP peer row status
  • local AS number
  • BGP identifier
  • default local preference
Imported Objects

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-IpMIB

mscVrIpOBJECT-IDENTITY
mscVrIpIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-StandardTextualConventionsMIB

Counter32
DisplayString
Gauge32
Integer32
RowStatus
StorageType
Unsigned32

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-TextualConventionsMIB

AsciiString
Hex
HexString
IntegerSequence
NonReplicated

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-UsefulDefinitionsMIB

mscPassportMIBsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
OIDs

RFC description

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) management for Nortel MscPassport. Configures and monitors BGP routing for IP networks.

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