TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB

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Organization: Nokia

Last Updated: 2016-04-08

Category: Nokia Optical Transport

Description: Manages Nokia Tropic optical line card hardware configuration, state, and performance monitoring.

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What Is TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB?

TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB is a private vendor MIB from Nokia for its Tropic WDM optical transport product line, focused specifically on optical line cards -- covering their hardware configuration, operational state, and performance monitoring at the optical layer (e.g., wavelength/channel parameters). It exposes configuration data for optical card settings alongside operational status and performance counters relevant to optical signal transport. In monitoring terms it is used for both hardware status (card operational/administrative state, presence, alarms) and optical-layer performance (signal quality/power-related metrics implied by 'performance monitoring' in its description), making it central to detecting degrading optical signal quality or a failing optical module before a service-affecting outage. It complements the more general TROPIC-CARD-MIB, adding optics-specific detail, and works alongside the Tropic notification MIBs that raise alarms based on the conditions this module tracks. It is deployed in Nokia Tropic WDM network elements used by carriers for optical transport networks, where TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB SNMP monitoring catches degrading optical signal quality before service is affected.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-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

  • Nokia Tropic WDM optical line card / network element

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were provided for this module, but consistent with its stated purpose an admin would poll optical card performance-monitoring parameters (such as received/transmitted optical power or channel status) to catch a gradually degrading optical signal, and check the card's operational state to confirm it remains in-service rather than flagged with a hardware alarm.

Imported Objects

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TruthValue

From TROPIC-GLOBAL-REG

tnCardModulesOBJECT-IDENTITY
tnOpticalCardMIBOBJECT-IDENTITY

From TROPIC-SHELF-MIB

tnShelfIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From TROPIC-SLOT-MIB

tnSlotIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From TROPIC-TC

TnCommand
TropicLEDColorType
TropicLEDStateType
OIDs

RFC description

Monitors and manages optical card attributes in Nokia WDM network elements. Tracks wavelength-selective switch, DCM cards, and optical port configurations.

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