RC-IP-PIM-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor

All MIBsRC-IP-PIM-MIB

Organization: Bay Networks, Rapid-City Group

Last Updated: 2009-04-09

Category: Nortel Enterprise Data

Description:

Manages PIM multicast routing, rendezvous points, and neighbor state on Bay Networks Rapid-City series switches.

Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From RAPID-CITY

EnableValue

From RC-IP-MIB

rcIpPimOBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TruthValue

What Is RC-IP-PIM-MIB?

RC-IP-PIM-MIB is a Bay Networks/Nortel Rapid-City "Accelar" enterprise MIB managing PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) routing, including rendezvous points, bootstrap router state, and neighbor state on Accelar-series switches. It exposes global PIM configuration (mode, timers), rendezvous-point and bootstrap-router (BSR) configuration and state, and interface-table sizing objects. It is used to monitor the software/protocol-level status of multicast routing — whether PIM is enabled, which router currently holds the bootstrap-router role, and configured RP/timer values — helping detect multicast routing convergence issues or RP failures, rather than any physical hardware attribute. As a Rapid-City/Accelar family enterprise MIB, it is designed to be used alongside sibling rc-* MIBs such as RC-TLS-MIB on the same switch platform, and its concepts parallel the standard PIM-MIB. It is deployed by service providers and enterprises running Bay Networks/Nortel Accelar/Passport switches, where RC-IP-PIM-MIB SNMP polling supports IP multicast routing such as video or streaming distribution.

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

What Can Be Monitored

  • PIM global enable/mode
  • current bootstrap router
  • rendezvous point configuration
  • PIM timers
  • interface table utilization

Supported Devices

  • Bay Networks/Nortel Accelar/Passport switches

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll rcIpPimGlobalEnable and rcIpPimGlobalMode to confirm PIM is active in the expected mode, then check rcIpPimCurrBsr to see which router currently holds the bootstrap-router role, and rcIpPimGlobalStaticRP against rcIpPimGlobalCRPADVTimeOut to verify rendezvous-point configuration and advertisement timing. An unexpected change in rcIpPimCurrBsr, or a rendezvous point stuck at rcIpPimGlobalDiscardDataTimeOut, would indicate a multicast routing convergence problem in the network.

OIDs
OID symbolicOID numericTypeAccessDescription
rcIpPimMib1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.0Enterprise MIB for the Accelar product family.
rcIpPimGlobal1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1
T/F rcIpPimGlobalEnable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.1TruthValueread-writeenable feature
INT rcIpPimGlobalMode1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.2INTEGERread-writePIM global mode
T/F rcIpPimGlobalMbr1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.3TruthValueread-writeenable/disable pim multicast border router feature
I32 rcIpPimGlobalRegisterSuppTimer1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.4Integer32read-writeEach source's DR maintains, per (S,G), a Register- Suppression-timer in seconds. The Register- Suppression-timer is started by the Register-Stop message; upon expiration, the source's DR resumes sending data packets to the RP, encapsulated in the Register message.
I32 rcIpPimGlobalInterfaceTableSize1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.5Integer32read-onlytable size
I32 rcIpPimGlobalUniRouteChgTimeOut1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.6Integer32read-writeThis timer allows a better tuning on how fast the routing information is going to get updated from RTM (the frequency at which the RTM is polled for routing information updates).
I32 rcIpPimGlobalDiscardDataTimeOut1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.7Integer32read-writeThis timer is used to discard data until the Join is received from the RP. A ipmc discard record is created and deleted once the timer expires and/or when a Join is received.
I32 rcIpPimGlobalCRPADVTimeOut1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.8Integer32read-writeRouters configured as candidate RPs use this timer to periodically send C-RP-Adv messages. Upon expiry, a C-RP-Adv message is sent to the elected BSR.
I32 rcIpPimGlobalBootStrapPeriod1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.9Integer32read-writeAt the elected BSR, this is the interval between originating Bootstrap messages.
T/F rcIpPimGlobalStaticRP1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.10TruthValueread-writeEnable/Disable Static RP feature.
INT rcIpPimGlobalActivityChkInterval1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.11INTEGERread-writeActivity check interval for polling PIM SG traffic activity information.
I32 rcIpPimGlobalFwdCacheTimeOut1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.12Integer32read-writePIM forward cache expiry value in seconds. This value is going to be used in aging PIM mroutes in seconds
ENA rcIpPimGlobalFastJoinPrune1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.13EnableValueread-writePim Fast Join Prune.
T/F rcIpPimGlobalStaticRPSpecificRt1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.14TruthValueread-writeEnable/Disable Static RP specific route feature.
T/F rcIpPimGlobalOperEnable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.1.15TruthValueread-onlyIndicates whether PIM is operationally enabled.
rcIpPimTable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2not-accessibleIP Pim table
rcIpPimEntry1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1not-accessibleAn entry of Ip Pim Table.
NUM rcIpPimIfIndex1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.1InterfaceIndexread-onlyport
T/F rcIpPimEnable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.2TruthValueread-writeenable interface
INT rcIpPimMode1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.3INTEGERread-writeInterface PIM mode
I32 rcIpPimHelloInterval1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.4Integer32read-writefrq. at which hello sent.
I32 rcIpPimJoinPruneInterval1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.5Integer32read-writeInterface PIM prune interval
I32 rcIpPimCBSRPreference1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.6Integer32read-writeInterface PIM CBSR preference
INT rcIpPimIntfType1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.2.1.7INTEGERread-writePim interface type.
rcIpPimInterfaceTable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3not-accessibleIP Pim table
rcIpPimInterfaceEntry1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3.1not-accessibleAn entry of Ip Pim Interface Table.
NUM rcIpPimInterfaceIfIndex1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3.1.1InterfaceIndexread-onlyport
INT rcIpPimInterfaceOperState1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3.1.2INTEGERread-onlyThe current operational state of this PIM interface. This object is deprecated in favor of ifOperStatus.
INT rcIpPimInterfaceType1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3.1.3INTEGERread-writePim interface type.
T/F rcIpPimInterfaceCBSREnable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.3.1.4TruthValueread-writeEnable/disable Candidate BSR on pim local interface.
rcIpPimStaticRPTable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4not-accessibleThe table lists all the RPs configured statically for various IP multicast groups.
rcIpPimStaticRPEntry1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1not-accessibleAn entry (conceptual row) in the rcIpPimStaticRPTable.
IP rcIpPimStaticRPGroupAddress1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1.1IpAddressread-onlyThe IP multicast group address which, when combined with rcIpPimStaticRPGroupMask, identifies a group prefix for which rcIpPimStaticRPAddress is a static-RP.
IP rcIpPimStaticRPGroupMask1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1.2IpAddressread-onlyThe multicast group address mask which, when combined with rcIpPimStaticRPGroupAddress, identifies a group prefix for which rcIpPimStaticRPAddress is a static-RP.
IP rcIpPimStaticRPAddress1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1.3IpAddressread-onlyThe (unicast) address of the static-RP.
ROW rcIpPimStaticRPRowStatus1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1.4RowStatusread-createThe status of this row, by which new entries may be created, or old entries deleted from this table.
INT rcIpPimStaticRPStatus1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.4.1.5INTEGERread-onlyThe status of StaticRP.
rcIpPimCurrBsr1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5
IP rcIpPimCurrBsrAddress1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5.1IpAddressread-onlyCurrent BSR address
I32 rcIpPimCurrBsrFragmentTag1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5.2Integer32read-onlyCurrent BSR Fragment Tag
IP rcIpPimCurrBsrHashMask1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5.3IpAddressread-onlyCurrent BSR Hash Mask value
I32 rcIpPimCurrBsrPriority1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5.4Integer32read-onlyCurrent BSR Priority
I32 rcIpPimCurrBsrBootStrapTimer1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.5.5Integer32read-onlyCurrent BSR Boot Strap Timer
rcIpPimVirtualNbrTable1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.6not-accessibleTable listing the router's virtual PIM neighbors
rcIpPimVirtualNbrEntry1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.6.1not-accessibleAn entry in the virtual PIM neighbors' table.
IP rcIpPimVirtualNbrAddress1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.6.1.1IpAddressnot-accessibleThe IP address of the virtual PIM neighbor for which this entry contains information.
NUM rcIpPimVirtualNbrIfIndex1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.6.1.2InterfaceIndexread-createThe value of ifIndex for the PIM interface in which this virtual neighbor is created. This value is mandatory while trying to create a virtual PIM neighbor.
ROW rcIpPimVirtualNbrRowStatus1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.8.16.6.1.3RowStatusread-createTo create/delete an entry in the virtual PIM neighbors' table.

RFC description

Manages Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) configuration and statistics for RC-series routers or network devices.

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