OMNI-gx2EDFA-MIB

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Category: Cable/DOCSIS

Description: Manages the Cisco/Scientific-Atlanta GX2 EDFA erbium-doped fiber amplifier module in HFC optical node deployments.

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What Is OMNI-gx2EDFA-MIB?

OMNI-gx2EDFA-MIB is a Cisco/Scientific-Atlanta MIB for the GX2 EDFA (erbium-doped fiber amplifier) module used in hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) optical nodes in cable TV/broadband networks. It is used to monitor and configure the optical amplifier module's operating parameters and hardware health rather than any networking/routing data. Its central use is hardware status monitoring: optical output power, pump laser status/temperature, and module alarm/fault conditions that indicate amplifier degradation or failure, which directly affects downstream signal quality for subscribers on that node. As part of Cisco's HFC/optical-node product family it likely shares enterprise MIB conventions with other Scientific-Atlanta/Cisco cable-plant equipment MIBs (e.g. environmental/inventory MIBs for the node chassis). It is deployed in cable operator HFC plants, at optical nodes housing a GX2 EDFA amplifier module. Engineers can download the OMNI-gx2EDFA-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in OMNI-gx2EDFA-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

  • Cisco/Scientific-Atlanta GX2 EDFA optical amplifier module
  • HFC optical node

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects or module description text were provided for this MIB. Given that it manages an EDFA module, the realistic monitoring value would be polling optical output power and pump-laser temperature/status to catch amplifier degradation before it impacts downstream signal levels to subscribers, but no concrete table or object names can be honestly cited from the data given here.

What Can Be Monitored

  • optical output power
  • pump laser status/temperature
  • amplifier alarm/fault state
Imported Objects

From GX2HFC-MIB

gx2EDFAOBJECT-IDENTITY

From NLS-BBNIDENT-MIB

giOBJECT-IDENTITY
motproxiesOBJECT-IDENTITY

From NLSBBN-TRAPS-MIB

trapChangedObjectIdOBJECT-TYPE
trapChangedValueDisplayStringOBJECT-TYPE
trapChangedValueIntegerOBJECT-TYPE
trapIdentifierOBJECT-TYPE
trapNETrapLastTrapTimeStampOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemAdminStateOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemAlarmStatusOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemAvailStatusOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemModelNumberOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemOperStateOBJECT-TYPE
trapNetworkElemSerialNumOBJECT-TYPE
trapPerceivedSeverityOBJECT-TYPE
trapTextOBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
IpAddress
TimeTicks

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
sysUpTime
OIDs

RFC description

Ciena Omni gx2 EDFA (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier) MIB managing optical amplifier status and performance metrics.

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