All MIBs › ZYXEL-IPV6-MIB
Organization: Enterprise Solution ZyXEL
Last Updated: 2012-07-01
Category: ZyXEL Routing and IP Services
Description: Manages ZyXEL IPv6 interface configuration and address assignment for dual-stack network deployments.
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What Is ZYXEL-IPV6-MIB?
This MIB belongs to the ZyXEL switch family and covers IPv6 interface configuration, supporting dual-stack network deployments where the switch's management or routed interfaces need IPv6 addressing alongside IPv4. It exposes configuration objects for assigning and managing IPv6 addresses on interfaces, likely including address type (e.g., static, DHCPv6, autoconfigured) and interface-level enable/disable of IPv6. This MIB is used to monitor the software/configuration state of IPv6 connectivity: confirming that the correct IPv6 address is assigned to the correct interface and that IPv6 is enabled where expected, which is important for validating dual-stack rollouts and troubleshooting IPv6 reachability issues. It logically depends on the standard interface table and likely parallels concepts from IETF's IP-MIB/IPV6-MIB for general IPv6 management, adapted to ZyXEL's device model. It is typically deployed in enterprise or SMB networks transitioning to or running dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 environments on ZyXEL switches. Engineers can download the ZYXEL-IPV6-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- ZyXEL LAN switch
Monitoring Examples
An administrator would poll the IPv6 interface configuration table to verify the assigned IPv6 address and prefix length on a given management or routed interface matches the intended addressing plan. If an interface expected to have IPv6 enabled shows it disabled or with no address assigned, that would explain a failure to reach the switch over IPv6 for management purposes. Comparing configured addresses against a DHCPv6 or SLAAC-derived expectation also helps catch address-assignment misconfigurations during a dual-stack rollout.
What Can Be Monitored
- IPv6 address assignment per interface
- IPv6 enable/disable status
- address assignment method (static/auto)
Imported Objects
From INET-ADDRESS-MIB
| InetAddress | |
| InetAddressType |
From P-BRIDGE-MIB
| EnabledStatus |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| RowStatus |
From ZYXEL-ES-SMI
| esMgmt | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages IPv6 protocol settings on ZyXEL enterprise network devices.
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