RFC 2669 (rfc2669) - Page 1 of 55
DOCSIS Cable Device MIB Cable Device Management Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems
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Network Working Group M. St. Johns, Ed.
Request for Comments: 2669 @Home Network
Category: Proposed Standard August 1999
DOCSIS Cable Device MIB
Cable Device Management Information Base
for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and
Cable Modem Termination Systems
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it defines a basic set of managed objects for SNMP-
based management of DOCSIS 1.0 compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem
Termination Systems.
This memo specifies a MIB module in a manner that is compliant to the
SNMP SMIv2 [5][6][7]. The set of objects is consistent with the SNMP
framework and existing SNMP standards.
This memo is a product of the IPCDN working group within the Internet
Engineering Task Force. Comments are solicited and should be
addressed to the working group's mailing list at
and/or the author.
Table of Contents
1 The SNMP Management Framework ................................... 2
2 Glossary ........................................................ 3
2.1 CATV .......................................................... 3
2.2 CM ............................................................ 3
2.3 CMTS .......................................................... 4
2.4 DOCSIS ........................................................ 4
St. Johns Standards