OMNITRON-MIB

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Organization: Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc.

Last Updated: 2015-10-21

Category: Media Converters

Description: Provides SNMP management objects for Omnitron Systems Technology fiber-to-copper media converter devices.

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What Is OMNITRON-MIB?

This is Omnitron Systems Technology's private MIB for its iConverter line of fiber-to-copper media converter chassis and modules, managed via the NetOutlook application. It exposes hardware inventory and chassis data, chassis/slot numbering, chassis type, product type, product name, part number, serial number, and manufacture date, essentially asset and identity information for each installed media-converter module. This directly supports monitoring hardware status: administrators can confirm which converter modules are physically present in each chassis slot, verify serial/part numbers for warranty or replacement purposes, and detect when a module is missing or has been swapped. It's a self-contained vendor MIB with no apparent dependency on external standard MIBs beyond usual SNMPv2-SMI framework conventions. It is typically deployed in metro/enterprise fiber networks where Omnitron iConverter chassis provide media conversion and need centralized hardware-inventory monitoring. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the OMNITRON-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in OMNITRON-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

  • Omnitron iConverter media converter chassis
  • fiber-to-copper media converter module

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls chassisTable / chassisEntry, indexed by chassisnum and slotnum, to read chassistype, prodtype, chassisname, partnum, and serialnum for each installed module, confirming the expected hardware is present in every slot. A slot returning no entry or an unexpected prodtype/serialnum would indicate a missing, failed, or replaced media-converter module needing physical verification.

What Can Be Monitored

  • chassis/slot inventory
  • product type per slot
  • serial number
  • part number
  • manufacture date
Imported Objects

From OMNITRON-TC-MIB

OstModeType
OstPortList
OstPortNumber
OstVlanId
icAgentOBJECT-IDENTITY
omnitronOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
TimeInterval
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using txOctets OID:

Select an Omnitron iConverter media converter chassis (hardware inventory/asset identity) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type txOctets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. Statistics counter - Object name explains its usage. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Management objects for Omnitron iConverter platform including hardware revision, module status, and system configuration on optical converters.

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