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Category: DSL and Broadband, Textual Conventions and Registries
Description: Defines textual conventions for ADSL Subscriber Access Multiplexer MIB modules.
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What Is ASAM-TC-MIB?
ASAM-TC-MIB is a textual-convention (TC) support module defining shared data types used across the ADSL Subscriber Access Multiplexer (ASAM) family of MIBs, a naming pattern historically associated with Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia DSLAM products. It defines no managed objects of its own; instead it supplies TEXTUAL-CONVENTION type definitions that other ASAM MIB modules import and reuse for consistent data typing. It has no direct role in monitoring hardware or software status — there are no runtime objects, counters, or traps in this module; its sole function is to standardize data types for the 'real' ASAM MIBs that expose actual DSLAM status and configuration. By design this module is a dependency imported by other ASAM-* MIB modules (configuration and status MIBs for the DSLAM chassis/line cards) rather than standing alone. It's present wherever an ASAM/DSLAM platform's full MIB suite is loaded by a MIB compiler or NMS, as a required supporting module rather than a standalone monitored entity. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the ASAM-TC-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- ADSL Subscriber Access Multiplexer (ASAM) / DSLAM platform — vendor-neutral naming, historically associated with Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia DSLAM products
Monitoring Examples
This module is type-definition-only — it contains no runtime data objects or tables (sample_objects is empty) — so there is no monitoring scenario to describe; its only function is to be IMPORTed by other ASAM MIBs that supply the actual DSLAM status and configuration objects.
Imported Objects
From RFC1155-SMI
| Gauge |
From SYSTEM-MIB
| asam |
RFC description
Defines shared textual conventions for Alcatel MIB modules including profile indexing.
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