Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-DataCollectionMIB

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Category: Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport, System Management & Provisioning

Description: Provides SNMP management objects for performance data collection and statistics aggregation on Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport.

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What Is Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-DataCollectionMIB?

Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-DataCollectionMIB provides SNMP management objects for performance data collection and statistics aggregation on Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport switches, the internal subsystem that gathers performance counters from other modules for later retrieval. It exposes RowStatus provisioning tables for data collection agent components and an agent queue size object (mscColAgentQueueSize) alongside a statistics table (mscColStatsTable). The queue-size object is directly useful for monitoring the software health of the collection subsystem itself, since a growing mscColAgentQueueSize indicates the collection agent is falling behind, backlogged, or possibly hung. It follows the RowStatus/component conventions common to the MsCarrier MscPassport MIB suite and underpins performance monitoring for other MIBs on the platform. It is deployed on MscPassport switches in mobile carrier networks wherever performance statistics need to be centrally collected and exported. Engineers can download the Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-DataCollectionMIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Nortel MsCarrier Passport switch (performance data collection subsystem)

Monitoring Examples

An operator polls mscColProvTable/mscColProvEntry to read the current mscColAgentQueueSize for a collection agent (mscColIndex), watching for sustained growth that signals the collection subsystem is falling behind on statistics processing. mscColStatsTable/mscColStatsEntry is then checked to see whether expected performance counters from other subsystems are still being aggregated, and mscColRowStatusTable/mscColRowStatusEntry confirms the agent component is active.

What Can Be Monitored

  • data collection agent queue size
  • aggregated performance statistics
  • agent row status
  • storage type
Imported Objects

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-StandardTextualConventionsMIB

Counter32
DisplayString
Gauge32
Integer32
RowStatus
StorageType
Unsigned32

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-TextualConventionsMIB

AsciiString
EnterpriseDateAndTime
NonReplicated

From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-UsefulDefinitionsMIB

mscComponentsOBJECT-IDENTITY
mscPassportMIBsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE
OIDs

RFC description

Nortel-proprietary MIB for data collection on the MSCarrier/MSC Passport telecommunications platform. Manages performance and fault data collection.

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