TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB

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Organization: Nokia

Last Updated: 2010-01-01

Category: Nokia Optical Transport

Description:

Manages Nokia Tropic overall system configuration, identity, and operational status for optical transport.

Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From TROPIC-GLOBAL-REG

tnSystemOBJECT-IDENTITY

What Is TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB?

TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB is a Nokia module (from the Tropic Networks optical-transport lineage) intended to manage overall system configuration, identity, and operational status of Tropic-branded optical transport platforms. In its current form it is a minimal stub exposing system-identity data rather than a full complement of environmental or performance objects. The single confirmed object, tnSysSwitchId, identifies a specific switch instance within a managed system, which is foundational for correlating other status data -- uptime, alarms, card health -- reported by companion Tropic MIBs to a particular chassis. It depends on the shared TROPIC-TC textual-conventions module for its base data types. It is deployed in optical transport network elements running Nokia/Tropic switching equipment in service-provider backbone or metro networks, and the TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB OID tree currently holds just this single tnSysSwitchId object beneath the module root.

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

What Can Be Monitored

  • system switch identifier (tnSysSwitchId)

Supported Devices

  • Nokia/Tropic Networks optical transport switches

Monitoring Examples

Given the stub nature of this module, the only confirmed monitorable object is tnSysSwitchId, which an admin would poll to determine which physical switch instance a management session or alarm report refers to in a multi-switch system. Full system health data such as uptime or card status is expected to live in other Tropic system/hardware MIBs, not confirmed here. No richer monitoring scenario is fabricated beyond this single identity object.

OIDs
OID symbolicOID numericTypeAccessDescription
tropicSystemMIB1.3.6.1.4.1.7483.2.1.1Stub for TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB providing tnSysSwitchId.
I32 tnSysSwitchId1.3.6.1.4.1.7483.2.1.1.1Integer32read-onlyThe switch identifier for this network element.

FAQ

What can I actually monitor with TROPIC-SYSTEM-MIB on a Nokia/Tropic optical transport switch?
In its current stub form it exposes a single confirmed object, tnSysSwitchId, which identifies a specific switch instance within a managed system.

Why would tnSysSwitchId still matter if it's the only object in the module?
It's foundational for correlating other status data -- uptime, alarms, card health -- reported by companion Tropic MIBs to a particular chassis, so even a single-object stub plays a role in tying together a larger optical-transport monitoring picture.

RFC description

Vendor-specific system management MIB for Ciena Tropic platform system configuration and operational status.

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