RC-IP-BGP-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

All MIBsRC-IP-BGP-MIB

Organization: Bay Networks, Rapid-City Group

Last Updated: 2008-08-28

Category: BGP, Nortel Enterprise Data

Description: Manages BGP peer configuration, session state, and prefix statistics on Bay Networks Rapid-City series routing switches.

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What Is RC-IP-BGP-MIB?

RC-IP-BGP-MIB is a Bay Networks/Nortel enterprise MIB for the Accelar (Rapid-City) product family that manages BGP routing configuration and behavior, extending beyond the standard BGP4-MIB with vendor-specific policy controls. It exposes general BGP process settings such as local AS number, administrative status, default metric and local preference, route-reflector and confederation configuration, and various best-path selection tie-breaking behaviors. Rather than physical sensors, it supports software/protocol-state monitoring: administrators can confirm the BGP process is administratively enabled (rcIpBgpGeneralGroupAdminStatus), verify routing policy settings match intent, and detect misconfigurations affecting route selection or redistribution. It complements the standard IETF BGP4-MIB by adding Accelar/Rapid-City-specific policy knobs, so it has an implicit dependency on standard BGP MIB concepts. It is deployed on Bay Networks/Nortel Accelar routing switches running BGP in service-provider or large enterprise core/edge roles. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the RC-IP-BGP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in RC-IP-BGP-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

  • Bay Networks/Nortel Accelar (Rapid-City) routing switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator checks rcIpBgpGeneralGroupAdminStatus and rcIpBgpGeneralGroupLocalAs to confirm the BGP process is enabled with the expected AS number, and inspects rcIpBgpGeneralGroupAutoPeerRestart and rcIpBgpGeneralGroupSynchronization settings when diagnosing unexpected peer flaps or route advertisement issues. rcIpBgpRouteReflectorGroup and rcIpBgpConfederationGroup objects are polled to verify route-reflector/confederation topology configuration matches the network's intended BGP hierarchy, helping catch a misconfigured router that could cause routing loops or suboptimal path selection.

What Can Be Monitored

  • BGP admin status
  • local AS number
  • default metric/local preference
  • route reflector configuration
  • confederation configuration
  • best-path selection settings
Imported Objects

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From RAPID-CITY

EnableValue
rcStatOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RC-IP-MIB

rcIpBgpOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using rcStatBgpStarts OID:

Select a Bay Networks/Nortel Accelar (Rapid-City) routing switch (BGP process/policy configuration) 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 rcStatBgpStarts into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the number of times BGP connection started. 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

Manages BGP routing protocol configuration and monitoring on Nortel/Bay Networks Rapid-City Accelar devices.

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Download RC-IP-BGP-MIB