All MIBs › BRCM-HOMEPLUG-FACTORY-MIB
Organization: Broadcom Corporation
Last Updated: 2004-12-21
Category: Cable/DOCSIS
Description: Defines factory and calibration objects for Broadcom HomePlug powerline networking chipsets.
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What Is BRCM-HOMEPLUG-FACTORY-MIB?
BRCM-HOMEPLUG-FACTORY-MIB is a Broadcom vendor-specific MIB for factory-provisioning of HomePlug powerline-networking chipsets embedded in Broadcom-based cable modems and gateways. It exposes low-level factory-configuration objects, including the HomePlug adapter's MAC address and its device/network encryption key passwords used to secure and pair powerline network segments. This is a configuration/provisioning MIB rather than a runtime performance or environmental-health MIB; it is used during manufacturing or field provisioning to confirm the powerline interface is correctly identified and keyed, not for ongoing monitoring of uptime, CPU, or environmental sensors. It sits within the same Broadcom private MIB tree as BRCM-CABLEDATA-PRIVATE-MIB, and access to it is typically gated by that MIB's enable-key mechanism. It's typically deployed in Broadcom-based residential gateways or cable modems that include an integrated HomePlug powerline-networking chipset. Engineers can download the BRCM-HOMEPLUG-FACTORY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Broadcom-based residential gateway/cable modem with integrated HomePlug powerline chipset
Monitoring Examples
A technician provisioning a device would read homeplugFactMacAddress to confirm the powerline chipset's factory-assigned MAC address matches inventory records, and set homeplugFactDEKPassword and homeplugFactNEKPassword to configure the device and network encryption keys the HomePlug adapter needs to join or secure its powerline network segment. This is primarily a one-time factory-test operation rather than continuous monitoring, since these are static provisioning values rather than counters.
What Can Be Monitored
- HomePlug chipset MAC address
- device encryption key (DEK) configuration
- network encryption key (NEK) configuration
Imported Objects
From BRCM-CABLEDATA-FACTORY-MIB
| cableDataFactory | MODULE-IDENTITY |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| Unsigned32 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DisplayString | |
| MacAddress | |
| TruthValue |
OIDs
RFC description
Broadcom HomePlug factory settings management including MAC address and encryption key configuration.
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