SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-MIB

All MIBs › SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-MIB

Organization: Sonus Networks, Inc.

Last Updated: 2001-02-03

Category: Sonus Networks VoIP Softswitch

Description: Manages Sonus Networks softswitch client service configuration for application server and feature server integration.

Start monitoring vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, any SNMPv3-capable network device (SNMP engine identity/boot/clock status) with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor. Import MIBs, browse SNMP OIDs, create custom SNMP monitors, configure alerts, and monitor any SNMP-enabled network device from a single console.

What Is SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-MIB?

This is a Sonus Networks (now Ribbon Communications) enterprise MIB for the Softswitch Client Services component, a piece of Sonus's VoIP/softswitch product line that mediates communication between the softswitch and external policy or application/feature servers. It exposes configuration data such as reconnection timeouts, switchover behavior, and a table of policy server entries identifying each server's name, IP address, port, administrative state, and operating mode. Administrators use it primarily to monitor and control the operational/administrative status of policy server connections -- for example whether a configured policy server is enabled, in what mode it is running, and whether a manual switchover or reconnect action has been triggered -- functioning as a software-service health and configuration MIB rather than a hardware sensor MIB. It is a self-contained Sonus enterprise module with no strong indication of dependency on other standard MIBs beyond the usual SNMPv2-SMI/TC imports. It is typically deployed in carrier or enterprise VoIP softswitch installations where client services connectivity to external policy servers must be centrally managed and verified. Engineers can download the SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-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

Sonus Networks softswitch
VoIP session border controller/gateway

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll the sonusPscsAdmnTable (via sonusPscsAdmnEntry rows keyed by sonusPscsAdmnNextIndex) to enumerate configured policy servers, checking sonusPscsPolicyServerIpAddress, sonusPscsPolicyServerPortNum, and sonusPscsPolicyServerAdmnState to confirm each server is reachable and administratively up. If sonusPscsSwitchOver is triggered or sonusPscsPolicyServerAdmnState reports a down state unexpectedly, it signals a policy server outage requiring failover investigation. sonusPscsReconnectTimeOut can also be checked to verify how aggressively the softswitch attempts to re-establish a lost policy server session.

What Can Be Monitored

policy server administrative state
policy server IP address and port
policy server operating mode
reconnect timeout setting
switchover status
policy server table index count

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus

From SONUS-COMMON-MIB

sonusEventClass	OBJECT-TYPE
sonusEventDescription	OBJECT-TYPE
sonusEventLevel	OBJECT-TYPE

From SONUS-SMI

sonusServicesMIBs

OBJECT-IDENTITY

From SONUS-TC

SonusName

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using sonusPscsServerReconnects OID:

Select a Sonus Networks softswitch, VoIP session border controller/gateway (policy-server connection 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 sonusPscsServerReconnects 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 number of successful reconnections between the gateway and the Softswitch. 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
sonusSoftswitchClientServicesMIB	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6			The MIB Module for Softswitch Client Services Management.
sonusSoftswitchClientServicesMIBObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1
sonusSoftswitch	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1
sonusPscsConfigObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.1
I32 sonusPscsReconnectTimeOut	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.1.1	Integer32	read-write	The timer parameter for re-attempting connection to a Softswitch that is in the enabled state in seconds.
INT sonusPscsSwitchOver	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.1.2	INTEGER	read-write	Automatic means retries to the previously ACTIVE Softswitch after a switch over.
sonusPscsAdmn	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2
I32 sonusPscsAdmnNextIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.1	Integer32	read-only	The next valid index to use when creating a new sonusPscsAdmnEntry
sonusPscsAdmnTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2		not-accessible	Table of Softswitch admin configurations.
sonusPscsAdmnEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1		not-accessible	List of Softswitch configuration parameters.
I32 sonusPscsPolicyServerIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.1	Integer32	read-only	Identifies the Softswitch entry.
SON sonusPscsPolicyServerName	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.2	SonusName	read-write	The name of this Softswitch.
IP sonusPscsPolicyServerIpAddress	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.3	IpAddress	read-write	IP Address of the Softswitch - this is a required parameter.
I32 sonusPscsPolicyServerPortNum	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.4	Integer32	read-write	This is the port number assigned for the Ip address of the Softswitch.
INT sonusPscsPolicyServerAdmnState	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.5	INTEGER	read-write	Admin State (disabled or enabled) of the Softswitch.
INT sonusPscsPolicyServerMode	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-write	Assignment of the Softswitch to have the active, standby or out of service role. This is the only parameter that may be changed when the Softswitch is ENABLED.
INT sonusPscsPolicyServerAction	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-write	Action assignment of this Softswitch to dry up or remove all the pending transactions when the sonusPscsPolicyServerMode is set to out of service.
I32 sonusPscsTransactionTimer	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.8	Integer32	read-write	The timer parameter for this Softswitch's transaction in milliseconds.
I32 sonusPscsKeepAliveTimer	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.9	Integer32	read-write	The timer parameter for this Softswitch's keep alive exchange in seconds.
I32 sonusPscsRetryTimer	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.10	Integer32	read-write	The timer parameter for this Softswitch's retry connections in milliseconds.
I32 sonusPscsRetries	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.11	Integer32	read-write	The number of reconnection attempts for this Softswitch.
ROW sonusPscsPolicyServerRowStatus	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.2.2.1.12	RowStatus	read-write	This is for SNMP use.
sonusPscsStatusTable	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3		not-accessible	Status Table of the Softswitch
sonusPscsStatusEntry	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1		not-accessible	List of Softswitch status elements.
I32 sonusPscsStatusIndex	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.1	Integer32	read-only	Identifies the Softswitch entry.
INT sonusPscsOperState	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	Operational state of the Softswitch.
I32 sonusPscsAverageTransactionTime	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.3	Integer32	read-only	Records the average time taken in milliseconds for a Softswitch transaction.
C32 sonusPscsServerReconnectsEx	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.4	Counter32	read-only	The number of successful reconnections between the gateway and the Softswitch.
C64 sonusPscsTransactionCompleted	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.5	Counter64	read-only	The number of successful transactions between the gateway and the Softswitch.
C32 sonusPscsTransactionRetryAttempts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.6	Counter32	read-only	The number of transaction retries between the gateway and the Softswitch.
C32 sonusPscsTransactionFailedAttempts	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.7	Counter32	read-only	The number of un-successful transactions between the gateway and the Softswitch.
I32 sonusPscsVersion	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.1.1.3.1.8	Integer32	read-only	The negotiated protocol version between the gateway and the Softswitch.
sonusSoftswitchClientServicesMIBNotifications	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2
sonusSoftswitchClientServicesMIBNotificationsPrefix	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0
NTF sonusSscsInServiceNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.1			This trap indicates a softswitch is now in service.
NTF sonusSscsOutOfServiceNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.2			This trap indicates a softswitch is now out of service.
NTF sonusSscsSwitchoverNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.3			This trap indicates a softswitch has switched over.
NTF sonusSscsRouteFailureNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.4			This trap indicates a route look up has failed.
NTF sonusSscsTransErrorNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.5			This trap indicates a softswitch has a trans error.
NTF sonusSscsRejectIndNotification	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.0.6			This trap indicates a reject indication has been received.
sonusSoftswitchClientServicesMIBNotificationsObjects	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1
INT sonusPscsInServiceReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.1	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why a softswitch is in service.
INT sonusPscsOutOfServiceReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.2	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why the softswitch is out of service.
INT sonusPscsSwitchoverReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.3	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why the softswitch has switch to be the active softswitch.
INT sonusPscsRouteFailureReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.4	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why a route look up has failed.
STR sonusPscsCallInfo	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.5	DisplayString	read-only	Call information content.
INT sonusPscsTranErrorReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.6	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why a transaction has failed.
INT sonusPscsRejectIndReason	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.7	INTEGER	read-only	The reason why a reject ind received.
STR sonusPscsCalledNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.8	DisplayString	read-only	Destination number.
STR sonusPscsCallingNumber	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.9	DisplayString	read-only	Originating number.
STR sonusPscsCarrierCode	1.3.6.1.4.1.2879.2.5.6.2.1.10	DisplayString	read-only	Carrier code.

RFC description

Sonus Networks Softswitch client services management and configuration.

Start monitoring Sonus Networks softswitch, VoIP session border controller/gateway (policy-server connection status) with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor. Import MIBs, browse SNMP OIDs, create custom SNMP monitors, configure alerts, and monitor any SNMP-enabled network device from a single console.

Download SONUS-SOFTSWITCH-CLIENT-SERVICES-MIB