Description: The value of this MIB object indicates the service interruption impact assessment of the corresponding eSAFE device as determined by the current status of the eSAFE device, in accordance with the directives provided in the eSAFE specification.

If esafeDevServiceIntImpact is set to significant (1), it indicates that the corresponding eSAFE device (as per the eSAFE specification) identifies a significant impact on the active services at the given point in time. This impact level is highly recommended for critical or real-time services, though the impact assessment is left to the directives provided by the associated eSAFE specification.

If esafeDevServiceIntImpact is set to none (2), it indicates that the corresponding eSAFE device (as per the eSAFE specification) identifies no significant impact on the services offered at the given point in time.

If esafeDevServiceIntImpact is unsupported(3), it indicates that the corresponding eSAFE device has no known interfaces to support this feature or the eSAFE specification does not recommend this feature.

If the eSAFE specification specifies the use of this mechanism then it MUST define definitive states for the impacts (significant or none) and the value of unsupported(3) MUST not be used by the eDOCSIS device for that eSAFE interface.

However, if the corresponding eSAFE specification does not provide any directives then the value MUST be set to unsupported(3).

If there exists multiple services being offered by an eSAFE device (Either multiple services or multiple instances of the same service), this MIB MUST indicate the highest possible impact and other impact information SHOULD be populated in the associated esafeDevServiceIntImpactInfo table.