DOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsDOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB

Organization: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Last Updated: 2008-05-22

Category: Domain: CATV/Cable, Standard: DOCSIS

Description: Manages DOCSIS 3.0 load balancing across channel bonding groups for optimal cable modem distribution.

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What Is DOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB?

DOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB is a CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 MIB defining CMTS-side load balancing of cable modems across channel-bonding groups to optimize distribution across available channels. It exposes system-wide enable/error status and change-over group objects describing a modem's move, including target frequency, bonding group, and transaction identifiers. Its monitoring value lies in software feature and process status: docsLoadbal3SystemEnable/docsLoadbal3SystemEnableError reveal whether load balancing is running or failed to start, and the change-over group objects reveal whether a specific modem's move between bonding groups succeeded or is stuck mid-transaction, useful for troubleshooting modem redistribution issues rather than hardware sensors. It extends the earlier DOCS-LOADBALANCING-MIB and depends on CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 specifications for bonding-group context. It is deployed on DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS headend equipment in cable operator networks. Engineers can download the DOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in DOCS-LOADBAL3-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS headend equipment

Monitoring Examples

An operator would poll docsLoadbal3SystemEnable and docsLoadbal3SystemEnableError to confirm whether CMTS-wide load balancing is running or has failed to enable; docsLoadbal3ChgOverGroupMacAddress with docsLoadbal3ChgOverGroupInitTech, docsLoadbal3ChgOverGroupdownFrequency, and docsLoadbal3ChgOverGroupTransactionId would be checked to track a specific cable modem's change-over between bonding groups, revealing whether a load-balancing move succeeded or is stuck mid-transaction.

What Can Be Monitored

  • system-wide load balancing enable state
  • load-balancing enable error status
  • modem change-over/move transaction status
  • target bonding group frequency and channel set
Imported Objects

From CLAB-DEF-MIB

clabProjDocsisOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CLAB-TOPO-MIB

NodeName

From DOCS-IF3-MIB

ChannelList
RcpId
docsIf3CmtsCmRegStatusEntryOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMP-TARGET-MIB

SnmpTagList

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

MacAddress
RowPointer
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeStamp
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using docsLoadbal3GrpStatusChgOverSuccess OID:

Select a DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS headend equipment (load balancing, vendor-neutral CableLabs standard) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type docsLoadbal3GrpStatusChgOverSuccess into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. This attribute counts the number of successful Autonomous Load Balancing operations associated with this Load Balancing Group. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS load balancing MIB managing cable modem registration and traffic distribution.

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