IPCDN Cable Device MIB Update

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IPCDN Cable Device MIB Update

• Richard Woundy
• Richard_Woundy_at_cable.comcast.com

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Previous RFC2669 Changes

• IPv6 support via RFC 3291
• Deprecation, replacement, or mirroring of IPv4
  address objects
• Should this be revisited?
• Adoption of SNMP Coexistence MIBs
• Deprecation of docsDevNmAccessTable
• Augmentation of the SNMPv3 VACM table for
  interface matching
• Modification of interface selection objects
• Deprecation of interface pointer objects, with
  additional DESCRIPTION text to describe current
  DOCSIS expectation, e.g. IfIndex value 1 means
  all CPE-side interfaces
• Addition of interface bit set objects
• Convenience enumeration via InterfaceSet objects

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Recent RFC2669 Changes

• Addition of docsDevNmAccessTrapVersion
• Support SNMPv1 versus v2 traps
• Modification of docsDevNmAccessIp and
  docsDevNmAccessIpMask
• Use 0.0.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.255 for
  any NMS
• Addition of RFC1858/3128 filtering implications
• Support TFTP or HTTP for device software
  downloads
• Addition of docsDevSwServerTransportProtocol and
  docsDevSwFilenameURL
• Modification of other docsDevSoftware object
  DESCRIPTIONs
• Addition of docsDevIgmpModeControl
• Passive versus active IGMP modem operation
• Addition of docsDevMaxCpe
• Maximum number of CPEs granted network access
  across the CM