RC-POS-MIB

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Organization: Bay Networks, Rapid-City Group

Last Updated: 2004-07-20

Category: Nortel Enterprise Data, SONET and SDH

Description: Handles Packet over SONET (POS) interface configuration, framing, and alarm status on Bay Networks Rapid-City switches.

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What Is RC-POS-MIB?

RC-POS-MIB is a Bay Networks/Nortel (Rapid-City/Accelar) enterprise MIB managing Packet over SONET (POS) interfaces, covering SONET framing/alarm configuration and detailed traffic statistics for POS ports. It exposes performance counters (input/output errors, unknown protocols, high-capacity octet and unicast/multicast/broadcast packet counts, discards) alongside SONET-specific alarm traps, giving both traffic-performance and physical-layer fault visibility. For hardware/software status monitoring it is squarely a performance-counter and fault MIB: it lets an operator track error rates and discards on POS links to catch a degrading SONET circuit, and the SONET trap notifications flag physical-layer alarms (e.g. loss of signal/frame) as they occur. It builds on general interface statistics concepts similar to IF-MIB's high-capacity counters but is implemented as a Nortel/Bay proprietary enterprise MIB for SONET-equipped Accelar/Passport chassis. It is deployed on Nortel/Bay Networks switches/routers with POS line cards carrying SONET/SDH-framed IP traffic, typically in service-provider backbone or aggregation roles. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the RC-POS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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

Nortel/Bay Networks Accelar/Passport switch with POS line cards

Monitoring Examples

An administrator polls rcStatPosControlTable/rcStatPosControlEntry, indexed by rcStatPosControlPortIndex, watching rcStatPosControlInErrors, rcStatPosControlOutErrors, and rcStatPosControlHCInDiscards to detect a degrading SONET circuit before it fails outright. A rising rcStatPosControlInUnknownProtos count alongside error growth could indicate a framing mismatch with the far-end device, while a rcPosSonetTrap notification would immediately flag a SONET alarm condition such as loss of signal on that port.

What Can Be Monitored

POS input/output error counts
high-capacity traffic counters (octets, unicast/multicast/broadcast)
discard counts
SONET alarm traps

Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex

From RAPID-CITY

EnableValue
rcPos	OBJECT-IDENTITY
rcStat	OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using rcStatPosControlInErrors OID:

Select a Nortel/Bay Networks switch 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 rcStatPosControlInErrors 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. The total number of error pkts received on the interface. 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 between polls, since a rising count of errors, failures, or discards often points to a real underlying problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OIDs

OID symbolic	OID numeric	Type	Access	Description
rcPosLineConfigEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1		not-accessible	Entry containing infomation of Pos Line Config.
NUM rcPosLineConfigIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	pos ifIndex, same as rcPosPppIpxIfIndex.
MAC rcPosLineConfigIpxRemoteMacAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.12	MacAddress	read-write
MAC rcPosLineConfigIpxVlanMacAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.11	MacAddress	read-write
IP rcPosLineConfigLocalIpAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.4	IpAddress	read-write	current local ip addr
MAC rcPosLineConfigLocalMACAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.2	MacAddress	read-write	current local MAC address
T/F rcPosLineConfigLoopBack	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.10	TruthValue	read-write	perform loop-back.
INT rcPosLineConfigLqrThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	config. input quality.
I32 rcPosLineConfigOutQuality	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.8	Integer32	read-write	config. output quality.
ENA rcPosLineConfigPppStp	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.9	EnableValue	read-write	STP PPP encoding enable T/F
IP rcPosLineConfigRemoteIpAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.5	IpAddress	read-write	current remote ip addr
MAC rcPosLineConfigRemoteMACAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.3	MacAddress	read-write	current remote MAC address
INT rcPosLineConfigRemoteReportPeriod	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	config. remote report period.
rcPosLineConfigTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.4		not-accessible	Pos Line Config Table
I32 rcPosLineStatusDeviceRev	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.9	Integer32	read-only
I32 rcPosLineStatusDeviceType	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.8	Integer32	read-only
rcPosLineStatusEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1		not-accessible	Entry containing infomation of Pos Line Status.
NUM rcPosLineStatusIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	pos ifIndex, same as rcPosPppIpxIfIndex.
I32 rcPosLineStatusIpxRoutingProtocol	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.10	Integer32	read-only
IP rcPosLineStatusLocalIpAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.4	IpAddress	read-only	current local ip addr
MAC rcPosLineStatusLocalMACAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.2	MacAddress	read-only	current local MAC address
I32 rcPosLineStatusLocalPeriod	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.7	Integer32	read-only
I32 rcPosLineStatusOutQuality	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.6	Integer32	read-only	current output quality.
IP rcPosLineStatusRemoteIpAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.5	IpAddress	read-only	current remote ip addr
MAC rcPosLineStatusRemoteMACAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3.1.3	MacAddress	read-only	current remote MAC address
rcPosLineStatusTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.3		not-accessible	Pos Line Status Table
rcPosMib	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.0			Enterprise MIB for the Accelar product family.
rcPosOperStatusEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1		not-accessible
NUM rcPosOperStatusIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	pos ifIndex.
I32 rcPosOperStatusLineLqrThreshold	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1.3	Integer32	read-only	.
ENA rcPosOperStatusLinePppStp	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1.5	EnableValue	read-only
I32 rcPosOperStatusLinkMagicNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1.4	Integer32	read-only	.
I32 rcPosOperStatusLqrStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7.1.2	Integer32	read-only	Operational status of pppLqrConfigStatus.
rcPosOperStatusTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.7		not-accessible
rcPosPppIpxEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1		not-accessible
NUM rcPosPppIpxIfIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	port number.
INT rcPosPppIpxIpxcpAdminStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write
OCT rcPosPppIpxNetAddr	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1.4	OCTET STRING	read-write	IPX Network address.
INT rcPosPppIpxOperStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1.3	INTEGER	read-only
INT rcPosPppIpxRoutingProtocol	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1.1.5	INTEGER	read-write
rcPosPppIpxTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.1		not-accessible
INT rcPosSioCardConfigAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6.1.2	INTEGER	read-write
rcPosSioCardConfigEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6.1		not-accessible	Entry containing infomation of Pos Sio Card Config.
STR rcPosSioCardConfigImageFileName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6.1.4	DisplayString	read-only	POS Image file name.
I32 rcPosSioCardConfigSlotIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6.1.1	Integer32	read-only	slot Index.
rcPosSioCardConfigTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6		not-accessible	Pos Sio Card Config Table
INT rcPosSioCardConfigTraceMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.6.1.3	INTEGER	read-write
INT rcPosSonetClockSource	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.8	INTEGER	read-write
rcPosSonetEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1		not-accessible
INT rcPosSonetFraming	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-write
NUM rcPosSonetIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	pos ifIndex.
I32 rcPosSonetOperStatusClockSource	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.11	Integer32	read-only
I32 rcPosSonetOperStatusFraming	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.10	Integer32	read-only
I32 rcPosSonetOperStatusPathSignalLabel	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.14	Integer32	read-only
ENA rcPosSonetOperStatusScramble	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.12	EnableValue	read-only
I32 rcPosSonetOperStatusSectionTrace	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.13	Integer32	read-only
INT rcPosSonetPathSignalLabel	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	config. C2 byte
ENA rcPosSonetScramble	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.9	EnableValue	read-write
INT rcPosSonetSectionGrowth	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-write	config. Z0 byte
INT rcPosSonetSectionTrace	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-write	config. J0 byte
OCT rcPosSonetStsPathTrace	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.6	OCTET STRING	read-write	config. 64/16 byte.
INT rcPosSonetSyncronization	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	config. S1 byte
rcPosSonetTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.2		not-accessible
rcPosSonetTrap	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.5
INT rcPosSonetTrapIndication	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.5.2	INTEGER	read-only	Used to indicate an indication for a Sonet trap.
INT rcPosSonetTrapType	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.26.5.1	INTEGER	read-only	Used to indicate a particular type of Sonet trap.
rcStatPos	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8
rcStatPosControlEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1		not-accessible
C64 rcStatPosControlHCInBroadcastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.8	Counter64	read-only	The number of broadcast packets received from a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCInDiscards	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.9	Counter64	read-only	The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCInMulticastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.7	Counter64	read-only	The number of multicast packets received from a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCInOctets	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.5	Counter64	read-only	The total number of octets received of the interface, including framing characters.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCInUcastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.6	Counter64	read-only	The number of subnetwork-unicast packets received from a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCOutBroadcastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.13	Counter64	read-only	The number of broadcast packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCOutDiscards	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.14	Counter64	read-only	The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCOutMulticastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.12	Counter64	read-only	The number of multicast packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCOutOctets	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.10	Counter64	read-only	The total number of octets trasmitted out of the interface, including framing characters.
C64 rcStatPosControlHCOutUcastPkts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.11	Counter64	read-only	The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted to a subnetwork-unicast address, including those that were discarded or not sent.
C32 rcStatPosControlInErrorsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.2	Counter32	read-only	The total number of error pkts received on the interface.
C32 rcStatPosControlInUnknownProtos	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.3	Counter32	read-only	The number of packets received via the interface which were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol.
C32 rcStatPosControlOutErrors	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.4	Counter32	read-only	The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors.
NUM rcStatPosControlPortIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1.1.1	InterfaceIndex	read-only	A unique value for each port.
rcStatPosControlTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.12.8.1		not-accessible

RFC description

Manages Packet over SONET (POS) interface configuration, framing, and alarm status on Bay Networks Rapid-City switches.

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