TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2002-11-04

Description: TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-MIB module

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What Is TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-MIB?

TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-MIB is a vendor-neutral, general-purpose SNMP MIB that provides a meta-monitoring mechanism for tracking changes to other MIB tables on an SNMP-managed device (an SNMP agent). Rather than exposing hardware or protocol-specific data itself, it exposes registration and change-tracking objects: a network management station (NMS) registers interest in specific tables, and the MIB records modifications such as row additions, deletions, and updates, along with change counters and timestamps. Its monitoring value is indirect but useful for software and configuration state awareness -- it lets an NMS detect that some other table's data or a device's configuration has changed without continuously polling every table, effectively acting as a change-of-state signal layered on top of configuration and inventory data. It depends inherently on the SNMP framework (RFC 2578 SMIv2) and on whatever target tables are registered for tracking, since it does not define hardware objects of its own. It is typically deployed in NMS platforms that need scalable polling strategies, allowing the manager to poll one lightweight tracking table to decide which of many larger tables actually need a full re-fetch. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TABLE-MODIF-TRACKING-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

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • SNMP-managed network devices and hosts in general

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were supplied for this module, so no concrete object names can be grounded here. Conceptually, an NMS would register interest in a target table (for example an interface or routing table) and then poll the corresponding tracking entry to see an incremented modification counter or updated last-change timestamp, signaling that a full poll of the tracked table is warranted. Because the source data provided no object names, a more detailed technical example is not fabricated.

What Can Be Monitored

  • table row addition/deletion events
  • table modification counters
  • last-changed timestamps per tracked table
  • registration status of tracked tables
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-TC

Unsigned32

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue
VariablePointer
OIDs

RFC description

Tracks and monitors modifications to SNMP agent MIB tables, enabling change notification and row-level tracking.

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