TROPIC-SHELF-MIB

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Organization: Nokia

Last Updated: 2016-06-03

Category: Nokia Optical Transport

Description: Tracks hardware inventory, power, and environmental status for shelves in Nokia Tropic optical transport systems.

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What Is TROPIC-SHELF-MIB?

TROPIC-SHELF-MIB is a private vendor MIB from Nokia for its Tropic WDM optical transport product line, managing the shelf -- the physical chassis that houses line cards -- covering hardware inventory, power, and environmental status. It exposes inventory data (shelf type, identity), configuration parameters, and environmental/power status readings for the chassis as a whole. In monitoring terms this is a clear hardware-status MIB, tracking chassis-level environmental conditions such as power supply status and likely temperature/fan health (implied by 'environmental status'), which is exactly the data needed to catch a failing power feed or overheating shelf before it takes down every card it houses. It works alongside TROPIC-CARD-MIB and TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB (which describe the cards the shelf contains) and the Tropic notification MIBs that alarm on shelf-level fault conditions. It is deployed in Nokia Tropic WDM optical transport network elements, typically in carrier central offices or points of presence, and documentation on the TROPIC-SHELF-MIB MIB consistently emphasizes this shelf-wide power and environmental role rather than individual card-level detail.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TROPIC-SHELF-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 transport shelf/chassis

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were provided for this module, but consistent with its stated purpose an admin would poll shelf-level power and environmental status objects to confirm redundant power feeds are both healthy and that environmental readings (e.g., temperature) are within normal range, since a shelf-level power or environmental alarm here would put every housed line card at risk simultaneously.

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

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

From TROPIC-GLOBAL-REG

tnShelfMIBOBJECT-IDENTITY
tnShelfModulesOBJECT-IDENTITY

From TROPIC-TC

AluWdmWtClkValues
TnCommand
TnRackSize
TropicCardCLEI
TropicCardManufacturingPartNumber
TropicCardSerialNumber
TropicLEDColorType
TropicLEDStateType
TropicShelfIndexType

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using tnShelfRemainingPowerCapacity OID:

Select a Nokia Tropic WDM optical transport shelf or chassis 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 tnShelfRemainingPowerCapacity 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. It reports the shelf's remaining power budget, in units of 1/10 watt. 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 an Integer32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the remaining capacity drops below the headroom you need for planned card additions, since running low on power budget can block new module installs. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

See also: tnShelfTotal

OIDs

FAQ

What hardware conditions does TROPIC-SHELF-MIB monitor on a Nokia Tropic optical transport shelf?
It covers chassis-level environmental and power status for the shelf that houses the line cards, alongside shelf type/identity and configuration parameters — exactly the data needed to catch a failing power feed or an overheating shelf before it takes down every card it houses.

How does TROPIC-SHELF-MIB relate to the other MIBs used on a Tropic network element?
It works alongside TROPIC-CARD-MIB and TROPIC-OPTICALCARD-MIB, which describe the individual cards the shelf contains, plus the Tropic notification MIBs that alarm on shelf-level fault conditions — so the shelf MIB gives the chassis-wide power/environmental picture while the card MIBs give per-card detail.

RFC description

Manages Nokia Tropic shelf hardware inventory, power, and environmental status for optical transport.

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