ELECTROLINE-DHT-ENET-MIB

        
This MIB, located under the DHT-EXTENSION branch
contains the interface for the ENET module.
Enet is a Network Monitoring Package that allows the DHT to test
the network's performance at the DOCSIS, IP & VoIP levels
        
Theory Of operation:
The DHT controlled by this MIB sends or receives a test stream to/from
another test endpoint.  A measurement application is responsible to control
both endpoints to setup compatible test streams and to gather results
from both endpoints.  The measurement application can implement the other 
endpoint as well such as in the case of the EnetToolbox Server.
        
The Enet Module is a licensed feature.  The dhtEnetCapabilities branch is 
used by the DHT to advertised its capabilities in terms of available & 
licensed features. enetLicenseKey MIB is used by the server to send the 
license key that will activate the selected feature set.
        
The DHT can implement enetMaxTestInstance simultaneous test streams.  Each 
test stream is controlled by a separate entry in the enetTestControlTable.
This table contains a series of controls that enable the server to set two 
basic types of tests:  raw UDP packets test & RTP tests.  Raw UDP tests can
be used to test packet loss and throughput while RTP tests can be used to 
simultate a VoIP connection and estimate the equivalent call quality.  Some
controls are used only for VoIP tests, see comments in each MIB description
for details.
        
From the DHT's point of view, each test stream has three possible directions:
transmission, reception or loopback.  The direction is inferred from the 
enetTestSenderIP & enetTestReceiverIP MIBs, the DHT will detect its address 
in one of the two MIB and set itself up accordingly.  When none of the two 
MIB contains the DHT's address a mirror (loopback) mode is used.
        
The enetCurrentResultsTable displays the test results for each test 
instance.  The results are refreshed periodically during the test at 
enetPollingInterval value.  The results are cumulative from the start of the
test.  enetResultsStatus, shows if the test is in-progress or completed.
The measuring application is responsible to verify the integrity of the test 
results, No mechanism is provided to avoid a third application from changing
the test parameters.  However if the results shown in enetCurrentResultsTable
are not corresponding to the current setup found in enetTestControlTable the 
enetResultsStatus MIB will indicate that the results are inconsistent.
    

Source file

ELECTROLINE-DHT-ENET-MIB

Last revised

1 Aug 2006, 00:00 UTC

Identity

dhtEnetMib

Base OID

1.3.6.1.4.1.5802.1.3.1.2.5.1.12