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Category: Network Management
Description: Manages system clock configuration, NTP server settings, and time-zone parameters on Paradyne Networks xDSL devices.
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What Is PDN-DEVICE-TIME-MIB?
PDN-DEVICE-TIME-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Paradyne Networks for configuring and monitoring system date/time and NTP synchronization on its xDSL access equipment. It exposes the device's current date and time, the configured NTP server IP address, NTP operating mode, and an NTP synchronization status flag, along with associated trap definitions. Its monitoring emphasis is on software/system status - specifically confirming the device's clock is correctly synchronized to an NTP source (devNTPSynchronised), which matters because accurate timestamps underpin correlation of alarms, logs, and performance data across the access network. It is a small, focused enterprise MIB with no apparent dependency on standard IETF time-related MIBs, implementing its own NTP client status objects instead. It's deployed on Paradyne DSL access multiplexers and related xDSL equipment in telco networks where accurate time synchronization across many devices is operationally important, and a PDN-DEVICE-TIME-MIB download lets administrators load the module into their MIB browser to monitor it directly.
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Supported Devices
- Paradyne Networks xDSL access equipment
Monitoring Examples
An operator would poll devNTPSynchronised to confirm a device has successfully locked to its configured devNTPServerIP, and check devDateAndTime to verify the resulting local clock value is correct; a device stuck with devNTPSynchronised false would indicate an NTP reachability or configuration problem reflected in devNTPMode. The devTimeMIBTraps notification group would alert the NMS if synchronization is lost after initially being established.
What Can Be Monitored
- current date/time
- NTP server configuration
- NTP synchronization status
- NTP operating mode
Imported Objects
From PDN-HEADER-MIB
| pdn-time |
From PDN-TC
| NTPMode |
From RFC-1212
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From RFC1155-SMI
| IpAddress |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DateAndTime |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages device time synchronization via NTP configuration including server IP, mode, and synchronization interval.
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