TROPIC-SOFTWARE-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Nokia

Last Updated: 2016-02-29

Category: Nokia Optical Transport

Description: Manages Nokia Tropic software version, upgrade state, and package management for optical transport.

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What Is TROPIC-SOFTWARE-MIB?

TROPIC-SOFTWARE-MIB is part of Nokia's Tropic DWDM MIB suite, dedicated to software loading, version tracking, and package management on the optical transport network element. It exposes objects describing installed software versions, upgrade/loading state, and package management operations. Its monitoring focus is explicitly software status: tracking which software version is active, whether an upgrade is in progress or has completed, and whether a package load has succeeded or failed, which is critical for coordinating firmware rollouts across a DWDM network without service disruption. It complements the hardware-focused Tropic MIBs (such as TROPIC-AMPLIFIER-MIB and TROPIC-OCH-MIB) as the software-management counterpart within the same suite. It is deployed on Nokia DWDM optical transport network elements in service-provider optical backbone networks. Engineers can download the TROPIC-SOFTWARE-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in TROPIC-SOFTWARE-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 (Alcatel-Lucent) Tropic DWDM optical transport network element

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were provided for this module. Based on its description as the Software Loading MIB, an admin would typically poll the active software version and upgrade/loading-state objects to confirm a firmware package has been successfully loaded and activated, with a stalled or failed loading state indicating an upgrade that needs to be retried or rolled back.

What Can Be Monitored

  • active software version
  • software upgrade/loading state
  • package management status
Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue

From TROPIC-GLOBAL-REG

tnSoftwareMIBOBJECT-IDENTITY
tnSystemModulesOBJECT-IDENTITY

From TROPIC-SHELF-MIB

tnShelfIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From TROPIC-SLOT-MIB

tnSlotIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From TROPIC-TC

AluWdmTransferProtocol
TnCommand
TropicShelfIndexType
TropicSlotIndexType
OIDs

RFC description

Software loading and firmware management MIB for Nokia TROPIC network elements.

Start monitoring Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent) Tropic DWDM optical transport network element (software version/upgrade-state 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.

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