ASCEND-MIBXDSLSLOTC-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: DSL and Broadband, Vendor: Ascend/Lucent

Description: Manages xDSL slot card configuration and port assignment in Ascend DSLAM chassis.

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What Is ASCEND-MIBXDSLSLOTC-MIB?

ASCEND-MIBXDSLSLOTC-MIB is a proprietary Ascend module managing xDSL slot card configuration and port assignment within Ascend DSLAM chassis. It exposes configuration data identifying which xDSL line card occupies a given chassis slot and how its ports are assigned/provisioned to subscriber lines. Its monitoring value is primarily hardware-inventory and status oriented: confirming a slot's xDSL card is present, correctly configured, and its ports match expected provisioning, which underlies diagnosing line-card-level hardware faults in a DSLAM. It has no IETF standard counterpart, being tied to Ascend's proprietary modular DSLAM chassis design. It is deployed on Ascend DSLAM chassis provisioning DSL service to end-subscriber lines in broadband access networks, and technicians supporting these DSLAMs typically need an ASCEND-MIBXDSLSLOTC-MIB download to compile into their management tools.

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Supported Devices

  • Ascend DSLAM chassis

Monitoring Examples

No sample_objects were provided for this module, so the following is inferred from its stated purpose. An administrator would poll the xDSL slot/port table to confirm the expected card type occupies a slot and that each port is correctly assigned to a subscriber line, flagging a slot as faulty if it unexpectedly reports no card or a mismatched card type. This is typically monitored alongside per-line xDSL performance and threshold MIBs to correlate hardware inventory with actual line performance.

What Can Be Monitored

  • xDSL slot card presence/type
  • port assignment/provisioning status
  • slot configuration parameters
Imported Objects

From ASCEND-MIB

configurationOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
OIDs

RFC description

Configures xDSL slot parameters on Ascend access servers, including slot addressing and sealing current control.

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