POLICY-DEVICE-AUX-MIB

Description: Defines auxiliary IETF RAP policy device objects for storing policy rule data downloaded from policy servers.

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POLICY-DEVICE-AUX-MIB is a vendor-neutral IETF standards MIB from the RAP (Resource Allocation Protocol) policy framework, defining auxiliary objects that support policy-based provisioning of network devices, particularly storing policy rule data downloaded from a policy server. It exposes a policy interface table mapping interfaces to role combinations, along with storage type and row status for policy configuration entries, plus conformance groups for compliance. Its monitoring value is configuration/software-state focused: confirming which interfaces have policy roles assigned and whether policy rule rows are active, rather than exposing hardware sensors. It explicitly depends on the broader IETF policy-based networking framework (COPS/RAP) and is meant to be used alongside core policy-device MIBs. It is deployed on network devices participating in centralized, policy-server-driven QoS or access-control provisioning. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the POLICY-DEVICE-AUX-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

An administrator would poll policyInterfaceTable/policyInterfaceEntry rows keyed by policyInterfaceIfIndex to check policyInterfaceRoleCombo, which defines the policy role(s) applied to that interface, alongside policyInterfaceStorage and policyInterfaceStatus to confirm the row is permanently stored and active. An interface showing an unexpected or missing policyInterfaceRoleCombo would indicate that policy provisioning from the policy server failed to apply correctly to that interface.

Provides infrastructure for policy-based provisioning of network devices using roles and role-combinations to enable device configuration and management.