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Organization: Ericsson AB.
Last Updated: 2013-03-28
Category: SNMP Agent Infrastructure, Vendor: Ericsson
Description: Documents Ericsson SmartEdge SNMP agent capabilities for the IETF AgentX protocol MIB on SmartEdge series BRAS.
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What Is RBN-IETF-AGENTX-CAP?
RBN-IETF-AGENTX-CAP is an Ericsson AGENT-CAPABILITIES module documenting how the SNMP master agent on the Redback/Ericsson SmartEdge series of Broadband Remote Access Servers (BRAS) implements the standard IETF AgentX subagent-extensibility protocol MIB. It carries no data objects of its own; it is a compliance/reference document rather than a source of polled metrics, describing SNMP management-plane software behavior instead of hardware sensors. Its monitoring relevance is indirect: it tells an NMS or MIB compiler which AgentX groups the master agent actually implements, which matters for tracking whether subagent registration and extensibility status can be seen at all on this software platform. It explicitly depends on and only makes sense alongside the IETF AGENTX-MIB it documents conformance to. It is typically shipped as reference documentation with the SmartEdge/SSR SNMP agent software so integrators know what to expect before polling AgentX-related branches. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the RBN-IETF-AGENTX-CAP file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Ericsson/Redback SmartEdge Multi-service Edge Router (MSER)
- SmartEdge Metro Ethernet (SM) platform
- Smart Service Router (SSR)
Monitoring Examples
Because sample_objects is empty for this module, there are no OBJECT-TYPEs to poll directly; instead a tool would consult this AGENT-CAPABILITIES clause to see which AgentX groups are supported, then poll the corresponding objects in the underlying AGENTX-MIB. An administrator troubleshooting a missing subagent-provided MIB branch on a SmartEdge router would check this capabilities statement first to confirm the master agent claims support for that group. It functions as a reference artifact rather than an active monitoring target.
What Can Be Monitored
- AgentX protocol support level
- master agent implementation scope
- SNMP subagent extensibility conformance
Imported Objects
From RBN-SMI
| rbnCapabilities | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| AGENT-CAPABILITIES |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
SNMP Agent Extensibility Protocol (AgentX) master agent capabilities for Ericsson systems implementing RFC 2741.
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