PBC-CMTS-MIB

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Organization: Pacific Broadband Communications

Last Updated: 2001-06-21

Category: Cable/DOCSIS, DSL and Broadband

Description: Manages Pacific Broadband Communications CMTS equipment, covering downstream/upstream channel configuration and cable modem registration.

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What Is PBC-CMTS-MIB?

PBC-CMTS-MIB is Pacific Broadband Communications' vendor-specific MIB defining objects common across its CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) product line, used in DOCSIS cable broadband networks to manage headend cable-modem termination equipment. No sample objects were captured for this entry, but per its stated scope this typically means downstream/upstream RF channel parameters and cable modem registration/session tracking shared across PBC CMTS products. Its role in monitoring centers on hardware and RF-channel status - verifying that downstream/upstream channels are operational and cable modems are properly registered - an indicator of headend and network health for the cable plant. As a DOCSIS CMTS platform it very likely depends on or complements standard DOCSIS/CMTS-related IETF MIBs (e.g. DOCS-IF-MIB) for full channel management, even though this module defines PBC-common extensions. It's deployed at cable-operator headends on Pacific Broadband Communications CMTS chassis serving residential/commercial cable-modem subscribers, where PBC-CMTS-MIB SNMP monitoring supports headend and RF-channel health checks.

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Supported Devices

  • Pacific Broadband Communications CMTS chassis

Monitoring Examples

Sample_objects is empty for this module, so no concrete object names can be cited from this dataset; a typical scenario per its stated scope would be checking common CMTS chassis/channel status objects shared across the PBC product line, likely correlated with DOCS-IF-MIB downstream/upstream tables, but this cannot be grounded in specific objects here.

What Can Be Monitored

  • downstream/upstream channel status
  • cable modem registration status
  • CMTS chassis common status
Imported Objects

From DOCS-CABLE-DEVICE-MIB

docsDevEvIdOBJECT-TYPE
docsDevEvLevelOBJECT-TYPE
docsDevEvTextOBJECT-TYPE

From DOCS-IF-MIB

docsIfCmtsCmStatusEntryOBJECT-TYPE
docsIfCmtsCmStatusIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndex
ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From PBC-ENT-MIB

pacificBroadbandMODULE-IDENTITY
pbcCapsOBJECT-IDENTITY
pbcManagementOBJECT-IDENTITY
pbcModuleRegsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From PBC-GENERIC-MIB

pbcCardIfPortIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Gauge32
Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TimeInterval
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB for cable modem termination system (CMTS) management; manages cable network headend operations and statistics.

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