POLICY-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsPOLICY-MIB

Category: QoS

Description: Provides network policy rule management objects including classifier definitions, action types, and policy application targets.

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What Is POLICY-MIB?

POLICY-MIB is a vendor-neutral network policy management MIB that defines objects for managing IP policy rules, including classifier definitions, action types, and the targets to which policies are applied on a networking device. It primarily exposes configuration data - policy list identity, name, validity status, checksum, and row-status for provisioning lifecycle management - rather than hardware sensors or performance counters. Its monitoring value lies in configuration/software status: ipPolicyListValidityStatus and ipPolicyListRowStatus let an operator confirm whether a policy list is correctly provisioned and active on a given slot, while ipPolicyListChecksum can be used to detect unexpected configuration drift between devices or after a reload. It depends on standard SNMPv2 RowStatus textual conventions for table lifecycle management defined in the base SMIv2 RFCs—rather than one dedicated POLICY-MIB RFC of its own—and is typically used alongside interface or QoS MIBs that reference the policy lists it defines. It is deployed on routers and switches that support device-level traffic policy/classifier provisioning via SNMP, often across a chassis with multiple line-card slots.

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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • routers and switches supporting policy-based traffic classification

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would poll ipPolicyListTable/ipPolicyListEntry, keyed by ipPolicyListSlot and ipPolicyListID, to check ipPolicyListValidityStatus and ipPolicyListRowStatus, confirming a policy list named via ipPolicyListName is valid and active on a given slot. ipPolicyListChecksum would be compared across devices or before/after a change to detect unintended configuration drift, and ipPolicyListDefaultOperation would be checked to see what action applies when no classifier matches. A policy list stuck in an invalid ipPolicyListValidityStatus would reveal a provisioning error that is preventing the policy from taking effect on that slot.

What Can Be Monitored

  • policy list validity status
  • policy list row/provisioning status
  • policy list checksum (drift detection)
  • default policy operation
  • policy ownership/tracking of changes
Imported Objects

From GEN-MIB

lannetOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
PhysAddress
OIDs

RFC description

IETF standard MIB for management and enforcement of network policies including QoS and access control policies.

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