Technical Summary
This document defines Management Information Base (MIB) modules for
use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets.
This document describes extensions to the Ethernet-like Interfaces
MIB and MAU MIB modules with a set of objects for managing Ethernet
in the First Mile Copper (EFMCu) interfaces 10PASS-TS and 2BASE-TL,
defined in IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004 (note: IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004 has
been integrated into IEEE Std 802.3-2005). In addition a set of
objects is defined, describing cross-connect capability of a managed
device with multi-layer (stacked) interfaces, extending the stack
management objects in the Interfaces Group MIB and the Inverted Stack
Table MIB modules.
Working Group Summary
The process was somewhat time consuming because many of the 802.3
domain experts do not attend the IETF f2f meetings on a regular basis
anymore. Nevertheless, the WG chair believes that we have had
sufficient participation from IETF and IEEE 802.3 people to request
publication of this MIB document as a Proposed Standard. It is also
expected for this document to be the last work item before the Working
Group conclusion.
Protocol Quality
Preliminary implementations have been claimed to exist.
Since various MIB doctors were active participants/reviewers, no
dedicated MIB doctor review was performed. Well known MIB doctors who
have reviewed this document include Bert Wijnen, Dan Romascanu, Keith
McCloghrie, Mike Heard.
In addition, the WGLC was forwarded to IEEE 802.3 and ADSLMIB WG.