DVB-CABLE-NIU-MIB

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Organization: IETF IPCDN Working Group DVB/DAVIC Interoperability Consortium Technical Working Group

Last Updated: 2001-02-03

Description: MIB for DVB cable Network Interface Unit (NIU) device management, covering configuration, addressing, and operational status for DVB/DAVIC cable subscriber units

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What Is DVB-CABLE-NIU-MIB?

DVB-CABLE-NIU-MIB is a vendor-neutral DVB/DAVIC standards MIB for the Network Interface Unit (NIU), the cable modem-like subscriber terminal defined by the EuroModem specification for DVB return-channel cable systems. It builds on standard MIB-II (RFC 1213) and adds objects for NIU configuration, network addressing, and operational status specific to DVB cable broadband subscriber units. Its monitoring focus is on the operational and connectivity health of the subscriber terminal: confirming the unit is provisioned with correct network addressing, reporting its DVB-specific operational state, and (via the underlying MIB-II dependency) exposing basic interface and system uptime status. This module explicitly depends on MIB-II (RFC 1213) as a foundation, layering DVB/EuroModem-specific objects on top. It is deployed on DVB cable subscriber premises equipment (NIUs) managed by a cable operator's head-end network management system in European DVB/DAVIC-based broadband cable deployments. Engineers implementing or auditing this functionality typically reference the DVB-CABLE-NIU-MIB RFC/standard documentation for the authoritative specification.

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Supported Devices

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB (DVB/DAVIC EuroModem spec)
  • applies to DVB cable Network Interface Units (subscriber cable modems/terminals)

Monitoring Examples

No sample object names were included in the available source, so specific OIDs cannot be confirmed; based on the module description an operator would typically poll NIU addressing and operational-state objects to confirm a subscriber unit is registered and online, alongside the standard MIB-II ifTable/sysUpTime objects it depends on for basic interface and uptime status. A NIU reporting a non-operational or unregistered state would indicate a provisioning or return-channel connectivity problem at that subscriber's location.

What Can Be Monitored

  • NIU network address/provisioning status
  • NIU operational state
  • basic interface status (via MIB-II)
  • system uptime (via MIB-II)
Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
InterfaceIndexOrZero
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
experimental

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB for DVB cable NIU (Network Interface Unit) management and monitoring.

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