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Organization: Enterprise Solution ZyXEL
Last Updated: 2012-07-01
Category: ZyXEL QoS and Traffic Management
Description: Manages ZyXEL egress queuing methods including WRR, SPQ, and WFQ for traffic scheduling on ports.
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What Is ZYXEL-QUEUING-METHOD-MIB?
ZYXEL-QUEUING-METHOD-MIB is a ZyXEL enterprise MIB that governs the egress queue scheduling behavior of ZyXEL switches and routers, covering methods like Weighted Round Robin (WRR), Strict Priority Queuing (SPQ), and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ). It exposes configuration-oriented data describing which scheduling algorithm and queue weights are applied per port or globally, rather than hardware sensor data. Its monitoring value is mainly in verifying QoS configuration state on a device (which queuing discipline is active) rather than reporting faults or environmental health, though misconfigured queuing can be correlated with congestion symptoms seen elsewhere. It is a ZyXEL-specific extension with no stated dependency on other standard MIBs beyond the base ZyXEL enterprise tree. Typical deployment is on ZyXEL switches where administrators need to confirm or audit traffic-prioritization settings for voice, video, or business-critical traffic. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the ZYXEL-QUEUING-METHOD-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- ZyXEL switch
- ZyXEL router
Monitoring Examples
Because no object names were provided in sample_objects, only the module description text is available, describing a queuing-method subtree; a realistic use would be reading the active per-port queuing method (WRR/SPQ/WFQ selection and associated weights) to confirm QoS policy is correctly applied before diagnosing packet drops on congested links. Without concrete table/object names, specific OID-level detail cannot be honestly given here.
What Can Be Monitored
- active queuing method (WRR/SPQ/WFQ)
- per-port queue configuration
- queue weight settings
Imported Objects
From BRIDGE-MIB
| dot1dBasePort | OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From ZYXEL-ES-SMI
| esMgmt | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
ZyXEL queuing method for port outgoing queue configuration and weighted scheduling.
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