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Organization: Nortel Networks
Last Updated: 2000-04-14
Category: DSL and Broadband
Description: Nortel Networks Aptis DSL concentrator base MIB defining core system objects.
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What Is APTIS-MIB?
This is the base enterprise MIB from Nortel Networks' Aptis product line, a DSL access concentrator platform, defining the root object identifiers and core system structure under which other Aptis-specific MIBs are organized. With no module description or sample objects captured, it likely serves primarily as a namespace/registration MIB rather than exposing extensive monitorable data itself, so an APTIS-MIB download mainly obtains OID namespace definitions rather than a rich set of pollable objects. Where such base MIBs do expose objects, they typically cover core chassis/system identification, such as system uptime, software version, and chassis inventory, that other Aptis MIBs build upon for detailed hardware and service monitoring. It functions as the foundational dependency for other APTIS-* enterprise MIBs in the Nortel DSL concentrator MIB family. It's typically deployed as a supporting MIB wherever Nortel Aptis DSL concentrators are managed via SNMP in DSL access network deployments.
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Supported Devices
- Nortel Networks Aptis DSL access concentrator
Monitoring Examples
An SNMP management platform would load APTIS-MIB first so that OID branches referenced by other Aptis MIBs, covering DSL line cards, ports, or system status, resolve correctly. Without confirmed sample objects, specific polling scenarios cannot be detailed here, but in practice a base MIB of this type typically anchors chassis identity and software version objects used across the broader Aptis product MIB set.
What Can Be Monitored
- base system/chassis identification (root MIB for other Aptis MIBs; specific objects not captured)
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| enterprises |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
OIDs
RFC description
Nortel Aptis enterprise MIB defining management objects for Aptis network access server products.
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