Baseline Privacy Interface Management Information Base for DOCSIS Compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems
RFC 3083
Network Working Group R. Woundy
Request for Comments: 3083 Cisco Systems
Category: Informational March 2001
Baseline Privacy Interface Management Information Base
for DOCSIS Compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it defines a basic set of managed objects for SNMP-
based (Simple Network Management Protocol) management of the Baseline
Privacy Interface (BPI), which provides data privacy for DOCSIS 1.0
(Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications) compliant Cable
Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems. This MIB is defined as
an extension to the DOCSIS Radio Frequency Interface MIB, RFC 2670.
This memo specifies a MIB module in a manner that is compliant to the
SMIv2 (Structure of Management Information Version 2). The set of
objects is consistent with the SNMP framework and existing SNMP
standards.
CableLabs requires the implementation of this MIB in DOCSIS 1.0 cable
modems that implement the Baseline Privacy Interface, as a
prerequisite for DOCSIS 1.0 certification.
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Table of Contents
1 The SNMP Management Framework ................................... 2
2 Glossary ........................................................ 3
2.1 Authorization key ............................................. 3
2.2 BPI ........................................................... 4
2.3 BPI+ .......................................................... 4
2.4 CATV .......................................................... 4
2.5 CM ............................................................ 4
2.6 CMTS .......................................................... 4
2.7 DOCSIS ........................................................ 4
2.8 Downstream .................................................... 4
2.9 Head-end ...................................................... 4
2.10 MAC Packet ................................................... 4
2.11 MCNS ......................................................... 5
2.12 RF ........................................................... 5
2.13 SID .......................................................... 5
2.14 TEK .......................................................... 5
2.15 Upstream ..................................................... 5
3 Overview ........................................................ 5
3.1 Structure of the MIB .......................................... 5
3.2 Management requirements ....................................... 6
3.3 Textual convention ............................................ 7
4 Definitions ..................................................... 8
5 Acknowledgments ................................................ 40
6 References ..................................................... 40
7 Security Considerations ........................................ 42
8 Intellectual Property .......................................... 43
9 Author's Address ............................................... 44
10 Full Copyright Statement ...................................... 45
1. The SNMP Management Framework
The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
components:
o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [1].
o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in STD
16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4]. The
second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD 58, RFC 2578
[5], RFC 2579 [6] and RFC 2580 [7].
o Message protocols for transferring management information. The
first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP
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message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and RFC
1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is called
SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and RFC 2574
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