Description: This object contains the information that identifies the ADSL port associated with the DMT carrier mask being defined or the terminal, shelf, slot and channel(s) associated with the transceiver they are associated with. It also contains the information on the transceiver channel attributes and Nx64 groups.

For the initial implementation the OCTET representation will be as follows:

octet[0] Version number of the octet representation being used to define this INDEX. The version number for the initial implementation will be 0x01.

For Version number 0x01 the remaining octets will be defined as follows : octet[1] DB specifier octet for the type of channel attribute record being referenced. octet[2] High-order byte of plugin type (see PlugInType). octet[3] Low-order byte of the plugin type. octet[4] Terminal Identifier (see TerminalIdType). octet[5] Shelf Identifier (see ShelfIdType). octet[6] Slot Identifier (see SlotIdType). octet[7] Bits 31..24 of Channel or Port identifier. The channel or port identifier value to access Nx64 provisioning records starts at 128, i.e., the index of the first Nx64 provisioning record is 128, the index of the second one is 129ecu, and so on. octet[8] Bits 23..16 of Channel or Port identifier. octet[9] Bits 15..8 of Channel or Port identifier. octet[10] Bits 7..0 of Channel or Port identifier. octet[11] - [?] The packed DB record index info .. this will depend upon the DB specifier type (octet[1]).