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Category: Diagnostics & Testing, Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport
Description: Provides SNMP objects for PORS access point testing and loopback diagnostics on Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport switches.
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What Is Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-PorsTestApMIB?
Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-PorsTestApMIB provides SNMP objects for PORS (Packet-over-Ring) access point testing and loopback diagnostics on Nortel MsCarrier MscPassport switches. Its objects are focused narrowly on invoking and reading back test/loopback operations against a ring access point rather than general configuration data. This makes the MIB a direct hardware-diagnostics tool, used to run loopback tests against an access point to confirm the physical ring interface hardware is functioning correctly, the software equivalent of a manual loopback test performed remotely via SNMP. It follows the RowStatus/component conventions and proprietary test-object patterns common to the MsCarrier MscPassport MIB suite. It is deployed on MscPassport switches connected via ring transport, invoked by operators troubleshooting suspected physical-layer faults on a ring access point. Engineers can download the Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-PorsTestApMIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Nortel MsCarrier Passport switch (ring/PORS access point)
Monitoring Examples
An operator suspecting a faulty ring access point invokes the test objects under porsTestApMIB to run a loopback test against the suspect port, then reads back the pass/fail result to confirm whether the physical interface hardware is functioning. This diagnostic is typically run before dispatching a technician, since a failed loopback strongly implicates the local hardware rather than the far-end ring segment.
What Can Be Monitored
- loopback test results
- access point test status
Imported Objects
From Nortel-MsCarrier-MscPassport-UsefulDefinitionsMIB
| mscPassportMIBs | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From RFC-1212
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OIDs
RFC description
Path Oriented Routing System (PORS) test application MIB for Nortel MscPassport. Test module for PORS functionality.
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