ZhoneAAL2-MIB

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Organization: Zhone Technologies, Inc.

Last Updated: 2004-03-02

Category: Zhone Technologies CPE

Description: Manages Zhone ATM Adaptation Layer 2 circuit configuration and performance statistics for voice-over-ATM services.

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What Is ZhoneAAL2-MIB?

ZhoneAAL2-MIB is a Zhone Technologies enterprise MIB implementing the ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2) MIB, covering configuration and performance statistics for AAL2 circuits carrying voice traffic over ATM (Voice over ATM) on Zhone access equipment. It exposes configuration objects for AAL2 circuit/channel setup and performance counters tracking cell/packet statistics on those circuits. Its primary monitoring value is around software/circuit-level performance rather than physical hardware sensors: administrators track AAL2 channel performance statistics (error counts, utilization) to ensure voice quality is maintained over ATM transport. It builds on the standard ATM-MIB (RFC 2515) and AAL2 signaling conventions, since AAL2 circuits are carried over underlying ATM virtual connections defined by those standards. It is deployed on Zhone ATM-based access/aggregation platforms in legacy carrier networks still carrying voice traffic over ATM infrastructure, such as DSLAMs or multiservice access nodes with voice gateway functions, where ZhoneAAL2-MIB SNMP monitoring helps catch voice-quality degradation early.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in ZhoneAAL2-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

  • Zhone ATM access/aggregation platform

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided in the source data, but a MIB of this kind would typically expose an AAL2 circuit/channel table with per-circuit performance counters for cell loss, errored seconds, or channel utilization. An administrator would poll these counters to detect degraded voice quality on a given AAL2 channel, correlating rising error counts with subscriber complaints of choppy or dropped calls.

What Can Be Monitored

  • AAL2 circuit/channel configuration
  • AAL2 performance/error counters
  • channel utilization
Imported Objects

From ATM-MIB

atmVclVciOBJECT-TYPE
atmVclVpiOBJECT-TYPE

From ATM-TC-MIB

AtmVcIdentifier
AtmVorXAdminStatus
AtmVorXLastChange
AtmVorXOperStatus
AtmVpIdentifier

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From Zhone

zhoneAtmOBJECT-IDENTITY

From ZHONE-GEN-SUBSCRIBER

subVoiceAal2CidOBJECT-TYPE

From Zhone-TC

ZhoneRowStatus
OIDs

RFC description

ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2) MIB for voice and data transmission over ATM networks.

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