ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB

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Organization: IETF ADSL MIB Working Group

Last Updated: 2002-12-10

Category: DSL and Broadband, Network Interfaces

Description: Adds extension objects for ADSL line management, supplementing ADSL-LINE-MIB with further objects for administering Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line interfaces.

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What Is ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB?

ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB is a vendor-neutral IETF standards-track MIB published as RFC 3440, defining supplemental managed objects that extend the earlier ADSL-LINE-MIB (RFC 2662). It exposes additional configuration and status objects for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line interfaces not covered by the base MIB, generally covering line-rate, framing/annex mode, and alarm/threshold extensions. As a line-interface extension MIB it is used to monitor the operational and fault status of ADSL physical interfaces — link state, rate adaptation, and error/alarm conditions — rather than general chassis hardware health. It has an explicit, acknowledged dependency on ADSL-LINE-MIB (RFC 2662), which it supplements rather than replaces. It is deployed on any standards-compliant DSL access equipment (DSLAMs, ADSL modems/routers) from any vendor that implements the IETF ADSL MIB suite, and consulting the ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB OID list alongside the base ADSL-LINE-MIB gives a fuller register of both rate/alarm extension objects and the original channel objects.

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Supported Devices

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer — applies to ADSL DSLAMs and ADSL modems/routers

Monitoring Examples

An operator managing a DSLAM would poll this extension MIB's rate and alarm-configuration objects alongside the base ADSL-LINE-MIB's channel tables to get a fuller picture of an individual subscriber's line performance. Because no sample objects were available for this module, a typical use is cross-referencing extension objects with the base MIB's line-status counters to detect a line that has re-trained repeatedly or fallen back to a lower sync rate. Such behavior typically indicates copper-pair noise, distance, or cross-talk issues on the subscriber loop.

What Can Be Monitored

  • ADSL line rate/rate-adaptation mode
  • line alarm/threshold configuration
  • framing/annex mode
  • line status extension counters
Imported Objects

From ADSL-LINE-MIB

adslAtucIntervalEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslAtucPerfDataEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslAturIntervalEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslAturPerfDataEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslLineAlarmConfProfileEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslLineConfProfileEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslLineEntryOBJECT-TYPE
adslMIBMODULE-IDENTITY

From ADSL-TC-MIB

AdslPerfCurrDayCount
AdslPerfPrevDayCount

From PerfHist-TC-MIB

PerfCurrentCount
PerfIntervalCount

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

FAQ

What does ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB add on top of the base ADSL-LINE-MIB when monitoring a DSLAM?
As RFC 3440's supplement to RFC 2662, it exposes additional line-rate, framing/annex mode, and alarm/threshold objects not covered by the original ADSL-LINE-MIB, giving an operator a fuller picture of an ADSL interface's rate-adaptation behavior and configured alarm thresholds.

How is ADSL-LINE-EXT-MIB used to troubleshoot a DSL line?
An engineer checks the line's rate-adaptation mode and framing/annex configuration alongside its alarm/threshold objects to confirm the interface is running in the expected mode and to see whether any configured line alarms have crossed threshold -- pointing to physical-layer link issues rather than chassis-level hardware faults.

RFC description

Defines extension managed objects for ADSL line management, supplementing the ADSL-LINE-MIB with additional objects for managing Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line interfaces.

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