A MIB to configure the Port-Track feature. When a link goes down, all the services which depend on the link are notified of the outage. The loss of this link may be an indirect failure to the end devices attached to the switch. The concept behind the Port-Track feature is to create a direct failure on the ports connected to end devices on event of such indirect failures. One more ports can be 'tracked' in terms of their operational status. The cptPortTrackTable lets the user associate which port(s) need to be tracked to the ports that will be tracking them. cptPortForceShutTable, lets the user configure the forced-shut mode of the linked-port.