SNA-SDLC-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsSNA-SDLC-MIB

Organization: IETF SNA DLC MIB Working Group

Last Updated: 1994-11-15

Category: SNA and Legacy Protocols

Description: Defines managed objects for managing SNA Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) ports and link stations.

IPNetwork Monitor uses several OIDs from this MIB in network discovery and polling the applicable devices. Start monitoring SNA-SDLC-MIB with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor.

What Is SNA-SDLC-MIB?

SNA-SDLC-MIB is an IETF SNA DLC MIB Working Group standard MIB managing SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) devices. Its admin table, keyed by port, records name, role, type, topology, initial status, activation timeout, pause, service limit, and slow-poll timer, mirrored by an operational table showing current values plus slow-poll method, last-modify time, and last-fail time/cause. As a configuration/status MIB it lets an administrator confirm SDLC port configuration and diagnose port failures on standards-compliant SNA gateway equipment. It is deployed on standards-compliant SNA/SDLC gateway equipment. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the SNA-SDLC-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SNA-SDLC-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

  • Standards-compliant SNA/SDLC gateway equipment

Monitoring Examples

An administrator checks sdlcPortOperLastFailTime and sdlcPortOperISTATUS to diagnose an SDLC port failure on standards-compliant SNA gateway equipment.

What Can Be Monitored

  • SDLC port configuration and failure history
Imported Objects

From RFC1213-MIB

ifAdminStatus
ifIndex
ifOperStatus
mib-2

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

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

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TimeInterval

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using sdlcPortStatsPhysicalFailures OID:

Select a standards-compliant SNA/SDLC gateway equipment (SDLC port configuration/fault 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 sdlcPortStatsPhysicalFailures 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 object reflects the total number of times this port has failed due to its physical media since port startup. 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

RFC description

Manages Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) devices for SNA network communication and link stations.

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