PRVT-SWITCH-EV-PROP-MIB

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Organization: BATM Advanced Communication

Last Updated: 2011-01-26

Category: Network Fault Management

Description: Manages BATM Advanced Communication switch event propagation rules for fault notification forwarding across network domains.

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What Is PRVT-SWITCH-EV-PROP-MIB?

This is a proprietary BATM Advanced Communication (Telco Systems) MIB module for carrier Ethernet switches that governs the "Event Propagation" feature, which relays fault or state-change events from one switch to designated remote peers. It exposes configuration data in profile and session tables — mapping a triggering event to a remote peer, an action, and an optional revertive action — plus timers that control how propagation is held and restored. Because it governs whether and how a hardware or link fault on one node is forwarded to another, it is used to monitor the health and activity of the automated fault-forwarding mechanism itself (active propagation sessions, suppressed/held events) rather than expose generic device counters like temperature or CPU. It builds on standard SNMPv2 textual conventions and row-status conformance mechanisms (SNMPv2-TC/SNMPv2-CONF) to define its tables and does not appear to require any other vendor MIB. It is typically deployed on BATM/Telco Systems metro/access Ethernet switches participating in protection rings or dual-homed topologies, where coordinated event forwarding between nodes is part of the fault-management design. Engineers can download the PRVT-SWITCH-EV-PROP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in PRVT-SWITCH-EV-PROP-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

BATM/Telco Systems carrier Ethernet switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll prvtEventPropagationProfileTable (via prvtEventPropagationProfileEntry/prvtEventPropagationProfileIndex) to confirm which prvtEventPropagationEvent is mapped to a given prvtEventPropagationRemotePeerType/RemotePeerID and action (prvtEventPropagationActionID/prvtEventPropagationRevertiveActionID). Checking prvtEventPropagationProfileRowStatus confirms whether that mapping is actively provisioned. Watching prvtEventPropagationSessionTable shows whether a session is currently propagating a fault, and comparing observed delay against the configured prvtEventPropagationHoldTimer/prvtEventPropagationWaitRestoreTimer would reveal a misconfigured timer causing event flapping or slow fault recovery.

What Can Be Monitored

event propagation profile configuration
active propagation sessions
remote peer mapping
hold/wait-restore timers
propagation row status

Imported Objects

From PRVT-SWITCH-MIB

switch

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using prvtEventPropagationLastActionCounter OID:

Select a BATM/Telco Systems carrier Ethernet switch (event propagation to remote peers) 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 prvtEventPropagationLastActionCounter 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. Counts the number of actions that occured. 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

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
prvtEventPropagation	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166			This MIB provides control over the Event Propagation feature
prvtEvPropNotifications	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.0
NTF prvtEvPropAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.0.1			This trap should be sent whenever an action is performed.
NTF prvtEvPropRevert	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.0.2			This trap should be sent whenever a revert action is performed.
prvtEvPropObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1
prvtEventPropagationProfile	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1
prvtEventPropagationProfileTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1		not-accessible	Profile table that holds the settings for the Event Propagation
prvtEventPropagationProfileEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1		not-accessible	NONE
U32 prvtEventPropagationProfileIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	This is an unique identifier of the Event Propagation profile table.
INT prvtEventPropagationEvent	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	This leaf defines the type of event that will be monitored.
INT prvtEventPropagationRemotePeerType	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	The peer type onto which the event is generated.
STR prvtEventPropagationRemotePeerID	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.4	DisplayString	read-write	Remote peer ID
INT prvtEventPropagationActionID	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	Defines the action to be take in case of an event.
INT prvtEventPropagationRevertiveActionID	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	Defines the revertive action to be take in case of an event.
ROW prvtEventPropagationProfileRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.7	RowStatus	read-create	Creation/delete/edit of the Event Propagation profile.
U32 prvtEventPropagationHoldTimer	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.8	Unsigned32	read-write	The action is performed after a period defined by the hold-off timer. The value is represented in milliseconds. A value of '0' depicts no wait period before performing the set action.
U32 prvtEventPropagationWaitRestoreTimer	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.1.1.1.9	Unsigned32	read-write	The revertive action is performed after a period defined by the wait-to-restore timer. The value is represented in seconds. A value of '0' depicts no wait period before a revertive action is performed.
prvtEventPropagationSession	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2
prvtEventPropagationSessionTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1		not-accessible	Session table that holds the settings for the Event Propagation
prvtEventPropagationSessionEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1		not-accessible	NONE
U32 prvtEventPropagationSessionIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.1	Unsigned32	not-accessible	This is an unique identifier of the Event Propagation Session table.
INT prvtEventPropagationSessionTargetType	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	The type of target this session affects.
STR prvtEventPropagationSessionTargetID	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.3	DisplayString	read-write	The targetID of this session. It is held in a string that is represented as follows: port - UUSSPP SAP - ServiceID/UUSSPP:c-vlan:s-vlan e.g.: port - 1101, 1207, 1310 SAP - 1/1101:1:22, 23/1112:24-26, 2756/1112:utag
C32 prvtEventPropagationLastActionCounterEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.4	Counter32	read-only	Counts the number of actions that occured.
C32 prvtEventPropagationLastRevertiveActionCounter	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.5	Counter32	read-only	Counts the number of revertive actions that occured.
ROW prvtEventPropagationSessionRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.1.2.1.1.6	RowStatus	read-create	Creation/delete/edit of the Event Propagation session.
prvtEvPropConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2
prvtEvPropCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.1
prvtEvPropCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.1.1			The compliance statement for support of the Event Propagation MIB module.
prvtEvPropGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.2
prvtEvPropProfileGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.2.1			Objects for the Event Propagation profiles group.
prvtEvPropSessionGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.2.2			Objects for the Event Propagation sessions group.
prvtEvPropNotificationsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.738.1.5.166.2.2.3			Objects for the Event Propagation notifications group.

RFC description

Provides control and management of event propagation and trap generation features on network switches.

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