PEAKFLOW-SP-MIB

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Organization: Arbor Networks, Inc.

Last Updated: 2013-08-19

Category: Security

Description: Manages Arbor Networks Peakflow SP service-provider traffic analysis platform, providing flow-based anomaly alerts and network-wide visibility data.

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What Is PEAKFLOW-SP-MIB?

PEAKFLOW-SP-MIB supports Arbor Networks' Peakflow SP platform, a service-provider-grade traffic analysis and DDoS/anomaly detection system deployed by ISPs and large enterprises. It exposes flow-collection and routing-visibility data: collector and router inventory, monitored interfaces, and BGP-related event and instability notifications. Rather than reporting classic hardware health like CPU or fan status, its monitoring value centers on software/service-level state -- BGP session instability events, route-attribute changes, and traffic anomaly durations that indicate the health of the network being observed and of the Peakflow collection pipeline itself. It depends conceptually on BGP and interface identification conventions (ifIndex-style interface references) shared with standard routing MIBs, since its traps reference specific routers and interfaces by index. It is typically deployed at ISP or large-enterprise network operations centers as part of a centralized traffic-anomaly and DDoS-detection monitoring system. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the PEAKFLOW-SP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in PEAKFLOW-SP-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

  • Arbor Networks Peakflow SP appliance
  • service-provider traffic analysis / DDoS detection platform

Monitoring Examples

An NOC would monitor spBGPEvent and spBGPInstability traps carrying spBGPTrapName, spBGPTrapPrefix, spBGPTrapOldAttributes, and spBGPTrapNewAttributes to detect route flapping or hijack-like attribute changes on a monitored spRouter. Correlating spInterface and spInterfaceIndex with spDuration lets an analyst see how long an anomalous traffic condition persisted on a given collector's monitored interface. A burst of spBGPTrapEvent notifications referencing the same spBGPTrapPrefix in a short window would indicate route instability worth escalating.

What Can Be Monitored

  • BGP instability events
  • BGP route attribute changes
  • monitored router/interface inventory
  • anomaly event duration
  • collector status
Imported Objects

From ARBOR-SMI

arbornetworksProductsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From PEAKFLOW-DOS-MIB

pdosAnomalyClassificationOBJECT-TYPE
pdosAnomalyDirectionOBJECT-TYPE
pdosAnomalyDurationOBJECT-TYPE
pdosAnomalyStartOBJECT-TYPE
pdosUrlOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using deviceTotalFlows OID:

Select an Arbor Networks traffic analysis/DDoS detection appliance 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 deviceTotalFlows into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the accumulative flow count per SP device. 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

Provides management and monitoring of Arbor Peakflow SP DDoS detection and mitigation appliance operations and anomaly alerts.

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