RIVERSTONE-LFAP-MIB

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Organization: Riverstone Networks, Inc

Last Updated: 2001-06-15

Category: Riverstone Networks

Description: Manages Lightweight Flow Aggregation Protocol configuration and flow export on Riverstone routers.

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What Is RIVERSTONE-LFAP-MIB?

RIVERSTONE-LFAP-MIB is a Riverstone Networks enterprise MIB for the Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol (LFAP), which reports traffic flow/accounting data from the router to an external Flow Accounting Service (FAS) server. It exposes the LFAP agent's connection-control state, administrative/operational state, server configuration, polling and batching parameters, and error reporting. For software status monitoring it's specifically useful for tracking whether the flow-export agent itself is healthy — its admin vs. operational state, last error and reason, and whether it has lost contact with its accounting server — rather than device hardware sensors. It is a self-contained Riverstone proprietary protocol with no stated dependency on other flow-export standards such as NetFlow/IPFIX. It's deployed on Riverstone routers used for network flow accounting or billing in ISP or enterprise edge environments. Engineers can download the RIVERSTONE-LFAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in RIVERSTONE-LFAP-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

Riverstone Networks router

Monitoring Examples

An admin polls rsLfapAdminState against rsLfapOperState to confirm the LFAP agent is administratively enabled and actually running, checking rsLfapLastError/rsLfapLastErrorReason when it isn't. rsLfapLostContactInterval combined with an unresponsive rsLfapActiveServer reveals that the router has lost its connection to the flow accounting server and is queuing data locally, risking data loss as rsLfapMaxTxQueueSize fills if the outage persists.

What Can Be Monitored

LFAP agent admin/operational state
last error and reason
active accounting server
poll interval
batch size and interval
transmit queue size

Imported Objects

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From RIVERSTONE-SMI-MIB

riverstoneMibs

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using rsLfapStatsTcpConnects OID:

Select a Riverstone Networks router (Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol agent status) 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 rsLfapStatsTcpConnects 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. This is the number of successul TCP connections the LFAP agent made to a FAS. 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
rsLfapMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19			This MIB module defines the enterprise protocol Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol. It provides the following capabilities: 1. Report general LFAP connection state on the equipment, which would be called Connection Control Entity (CCE). 2. Report and configure LFAP agent. 3. Report and configure an external server, which would be called Flow Accounting Service (FAS). 4. Provide LFAP statistics per FAS. Copyright (C) Riverstone Networks, Inc 2001
rsLfapMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1
rsLfapAgentState	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1
BIT rsLfapCapabilities	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.1	Bits	read-only	The capabilities of the LFAP agent on the equipment (CCE). The LFAP agent is a LFAP client.
T/F rsLfapAdminState	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.2	TruthValue	read-write	The administrative status of LFAP agent on the CCE. The value true would start the LFAP agent. And false would stop the LFAP agent.
RSO rsLfapOperState	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.3	RSOperState	read-only	The operational state of the LFAP agent on the CCE.
RSL rsLfapLastError	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.4	RSLfapErrorCode	read-only	Current error status detected by the LFAP agent on the CCE.
STR rsLfapLastErrorReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.5	SnmpAdminString	read-only	Current error reason detected by the LFAP agent on the CCE. This string is suitable for display to an operator.
RSL rsLfapActiveServer	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.1.6	RsLfapServerInst	read-only	This indicates which FAS is connected to the LFAP agent on the CCE.
rsLfapAgentCfg	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2
I32 rsLfapPollInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.1	Integer32	read-write	The rate to send accounting information to the FAS by the LFAP agent.
I32 rsLfapBatchSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.2	Integer32	read-write	The number of records sent per batch to the FAS.
I32 rsLfapBatchInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.3	Integer32	read-write	The time in seconds to send flow-create and flow-delete information to the FAS server.
I32 rsLfapLostContactInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.4	Integer32	read-write	Amount of time to wait before considering the TCP connection lost.
I32 rsLfapServerRetryInterval	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.5	Integer32	read-write	The rate at which to retry a connection to a FAS.
I32 rsLfapMaxTxQueueSize	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.6	Integer32	read-write	Number of messages that can be queued for transmit before messages are dropped.
RST rsLfapTaskPriority	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.2.7	RsTaskPriority	read-write	This helps a task scheduler on the CCE in scheduling the LFAP agent relative to other tasks on the CCE.
rsLfapServerCfg	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3
TIK rsLfapServerStaticLastChanged	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.2	TimeTicks	read-only	The value of sysUpTime at the time of the last change to any field or row in the rsLfapServerStaticTable.
rsLfapServerStaticTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3		not-accessible	This table is used to configure FAS server(s) on the CCE.
rsLfapServerStaticEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3.1		not-accessible	Each entry would represent the configuration of an external FAS on the CCE. Rows added to this table persist across system restarts.
RSL rsLfapServerStaticIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3.1.1	RsLfapServerInst	not-accessible	A unique value to index each LFAP server instance defined in this table.
IPt rsLfapServerStaticAddressType	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3.1.2	InetAddressType	read-create	The type of address found in rsLfapServerStaticAddress
IP rsLfapServerStaticAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3.1.3	InetAddress	read-create	The IP address of a system acting as a FAS
ROW rsLfapServerStaticStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.3.3.1.4	RowStatus	read-create	Install and delete rows in this table using this object.
rsLfapStats	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4
rsLfapStatsTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1		not-accessible	This table contains one row per FAS server.
rsLfapStatsEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1		not-accessible	On the CCE, each entry contains LFAP statistics collected by the LFAP agent relating to a FAS. Each entry is indexed by the FAS server index (rsLfapServerStaticIndex).
T/F rsLfapStatsSessionUp	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.1	TruthValue	read-only	The current state of the TCP connection between the LFAP agent on the CCE and an external server (FAS) identified by rsLfapServerStaticIndex. If a connection from the CCE is established with the FAS, then its value would be true. Otherwise it would be false.
TIK rsLfapStatsSessionChangedAt	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.2	TimeTicks	read-only	The value of sysUpTime when rsLfapStatsSessionUp last changed state.
C32 rsLfapStatsTcpConnectsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.3	Counter32	read-only	This is the number of successul TCP connections the LFAP agent made to a FAS.
C32 rsLfapStatsTcpConnectFails	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.4	Counter32	read-only	This is the number of FAILED TCP connections the LFAP agent made to connect to a FAS.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxVRs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.5	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Version Request(VR) sent by the CCE to a FAS.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxVRAs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.6	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Version Request Acknowledge (VRA) sent.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxFARs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.7	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Flow Activation Records (FAR) sent. TBD: specify ref clause.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxFUNs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.8	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Flow Update Notification (FUN) sent.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxARs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.9	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Administrative Request(AR) sent.
C32 rsLfapStatsTxARAs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.10	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of Administrative Request Acknowledge (ARA) sent.
I32 rsLfapStatsMsgsInTxQueue	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.11	Integer32	read-only	This object contains the number of messages currently in the send queue.
C32 rsLfapStatsDropsInTxQueue	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.12	Counter32	read-only	This object represents the number of messages dropped by the LFAP agent in the transmitting queue for this FAS.
C32 rsLfapStatsDropsInTxQueueWhenUp	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.13	Counter32	read-only	This object represents the number of messages dropped by the LFAP agent in the send queue for this FAS while the connection between the CCE and the FAS is up.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxVRs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.14	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of VRs received.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxVRAs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.15	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of VRAs received.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxFARs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.16	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of FARs received.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxFUNs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.17	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of FUNs received.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxARs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.18	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of ARs received by the CCE from a FAS.
C32 rsLfapStatsRxARAs	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.19	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of ARAs received.
I32 rsLfapStatsMsgsInRxQueue	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.20	Integer32	read-only	This object contains the number of messages currently in the receive queue.
C32 rsLfapStatsInvalidMsgsRx	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.21	Counter32	read-only	This object is the sum of corrupt and erroneous messages received.
C32 rsLfapStatsMsgsUnknownRx	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.22	Counter32	read-only	This object contains the number of unknown LFAP message types received.
C64 rsLfapStatsTxLostPackets	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.23	Counter64	read-only	The count of packets not accounted for and thus not recorded by the LFAP server.
C64 rsLfapStatsTxLostOctets	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.24	Counter64	read-only	The count of octets not accounted for and thus not recorded by the LFAP server.
TIK rsLfapStatsLostAt	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.25	TimeTicks	read-only	On the CCE, the sysUpTime when the LFAP agent last lost trasmitted FAR/FUN messages. On the FAS, it would be the last time when the server lost received FAR/FUN messages.
C32 rsLfapStatsActiveFlows	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.26	Counter32	read-only	Number of active flows being tracked per FAS.
G32 rsLfapStatsFlowRate	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.27	Gauge32	read-only	Number of flows being setup per second. This value is calculated as an exponentially decaying average over 30 second intervals
G32 rsLfapStatsActiveFlowsPeak	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.28	Gauge32	read-only	High water mark for number of active flows being tracked by LFAP.
G32 rsLfapStatsMsgsInTxQueuePeak	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.29	Gauge32	read-only	High water mark for queue depth.
TIK rsLfapStatsFlowsPeakTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.4.1.1.30	TimeTicks	read-only	The value of sysUpTime when max number of flows being reported on was reached.
rsLfapDiag	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.5
T/F rsRunLfapSelfTest	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.1.5.1	TruthValue	read-write	When set to true, CCE performs self diagsnostic of accounting subsystem. Requires rsLfapAdminState to be set to false. Upon completion, rsLfapLastError will indicate test results.
rsLfapMIBEvents	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.2
rsLfapMIBEventsPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.2.0
NTF rsLfapNoServer	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.2.0.1			The LFAP agent or a LFAP client has tried to connect to all servers in rsLfapStatsServerStaticTable and has failed.
NTF rsLfapLostMessage	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.2.0.2			When a LFAP client first drops messages due to no connected server, send this event. No additional events are sent until the value of rsLfapStatsSessionChangedAt value has changed.
NTF rsLfapQueueFull	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.2.0.3			Accounting data may be lost when the CCE queue reaches capacity. rsLfapStatsSessionUp indicates the typical case where there the connection to a FAS is lost. A second case is where the rate of inserts into the queue exceeds the rate at which the FAS is processing them. This can be caused by flow control of the underlying TCP session. Send only one rsLfapStatsQueueFull notification per 1000 messages.
rsLfapConformance	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3
rsLfapCompliances	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.1
rsLfapAgentCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.1.1			This compliance statement for implementing this MIB on the CCE. Some objects also do not need to be implemeted if the LFAP agent is v4.
rsLfapServerCompliance	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.1.2			This compliance statement for implementing this MIB on a FAS. Some objects in rsLfapStatsGroup would not apply to the FAS. TBD.
rsLfapGroups	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2
rsLfapAgentStateGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.1			The collection of objects used to represent the desired and actual state of the LFAP agent.
rsLfapAgentCfgGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.2			The collection of objects used to represent the configuration of the LFAP agent.
rsLfapServerStaticGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.3			The collection of objects used to represent the configuration of a LFAP server.
rsLfapStatsGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.4			The collection of objects used to represent the statistics of a LFAP server.
rsLfapDiagGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.5			The collection of objects used to represent LFAP diagnostics.
rsLfapNotificationGroup	1.3.6.1.4.1.5567.2.19.3.2.6			The collection of notifications for RS LFAP MIB.

RFC description

Implements Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol for flow monitoring and server reporting.

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