RE: Questions on SIG draft-08

> 1. pktcSigDevToneType currently defined as follows:
> 
>    pktcSigDevToneType        OBJECT-TYPE   
>        SYNTAX       INTEGER {   
>                     busy(1),   
>                     ........
>                     userDefined3(20),  
>                     userDefined4(21)  
>                     }   
>        MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible  
>        STATUS       current   
...
> The object is defined as being "not-accessable".

This was also the case in previous versions of the draft,
and did not seem to cause trouble?


> 2.  pktcSigDevToneNumFrequencies currently defined as
> follows:
> 
> pktcSigDevToneNumFrequencies    OBJECT-TYPE   
>     SYNTAX       INTEGER(5..16)  
>     MAX-ACCESS   read-write   
>     STATUS       current   
>     DESCRIPTION   
>       "This MIB Object specifies the number of frequencies 
>        supported by the PacketCable MTA for each tone type."   
>     ::={ pktcSigDevConfigObjects 33}   
> 
> As there are multiple tone types defined in the SIG MIB
> draft-08 for MTAs, which one is being referred to in this
> object's description ?  For exmaple, which tone type the
> value being set would correspond to ?  Also, what if NMS
> tries to set the value of the number of frequencies NOT
> supported by the MTA ? 

Although I'm not one of the authors of these objects, I
suppose that they meant that this would be a pre-configured
value to indicate the MTA's capabilities, i.e. to tell the
NMS how many frequencies the MTA supports at a maximum. If
this is indeed the case, then the object should not be
read-write, but read-only instead.


Regards,

David

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