PDN-TC

Defines textual conventions and common data types shared across all Paradyne Networks MIB modules.

PDN-TC is a textual-conventions module published by Paradyne Networks (a manufacturer of DSL, T1/T3, and WAN access equipment) defining shared data types and enumerations reused consistently across the vendor's full family of MIB modules, indicated by the pdyn OID root it establishes. It defines no scalars or tables of its own; rather it standardizes conventions such as status enumerations, line-type codes, or alarm-severity values that Paradyne's functional WAN/DSL device MIBs import when reporting line status, modem/interface state, and alarm conditions. Its contribution to hardware/software status monitoring is indirect but foundational, ensuring consistent decoding of line/interface status and alarm severity values reported by the vendor's other device-specific MIBs (e.g. for DSL/T1 line cards or WAN access units). As a textual-conventions module it is a dependency consumed by other Paradyne MIBs rather than depending on external standards itself. It is deployed as a compile-time prerequisite whenever an NMS loads any Paradyne Networks WAN access, DSL, or T1/T3 device MIB, and any PDN-TC OID browsed directly resolves to a type definition rather than a live value, reflecting its purely foundational role.

The only sample object present, pdyn, is the enterprise OID root rather than a data object, confirming this module's purpose is to define the naming/type foundation (and root arc) for the vendor's MIB family rather than expose pollable values. An admin would never query PDN-TC directly for status; instead an NMS compiles it before loading dependent Paradyne device MIBs that report DSL/T1 line status, modem interface state, or alarm conditions using the types defined here. Its practical value is ensuring consistent interpretation of those status/alarm enumerations across the whole Paradyne product line.

Paradyne enterprise textual convention MIB defining shared SNMP data types and constants for use across Paradyne MIB modules.