Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) - CISE

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o plStpCard: Card index.
o plStpEnable: Enables/disables the Spanning Tree protocol.
o plStpProtocolVersion: Chooses either using STP (IEEE 802.1d) or RSTP (IEEE 802.1w). The
RSTP version is compatible to STP on a per-port basis. Values: “STP”, RSTP”.
o plStpPtpExtA: Sets the point-to-point flag on EXTA. This port will be considered point-to-point,
thus candidate for rapid transition to forwarding. Set by default when EXTA is connected to
backplane.
o plStpPtpExtB: Sets the point-to-point flag on EXTB. This port will be considered point-to-point,
thus candidate for rapid transition to forwarding. Set by default when EXTB is connected to
backplane.
o plStpFrontier: Enables/disables the Spanning Tree Frontier . This feature drops all the STP
messages on an EXT interface. Values: “NONE”, “EXTA”, EXTB”.
plSecurity
o plSecurityConsoleSerial: Enables or disables the serial console access to the modem.
o plSecurityConsoleTelnet: Enables or disables the telnet console access to the modem.
o plSecurityConsoleAuthTable: Table containing the IP addresses from which telnet clients may
access this
12.2 AUTO-CONFIGURATION AND PROVISIONING
12.2.1 Auto-configuration purpose
The purpose of the auto-configuration process is the complete automation of the deployment of the BPL network:
• Medium Voltage equipment
• Low Voltage Repeaters and Home Gateways
• CPEs
With the auto-configuration mechanism no prior pre-configuration of any modem is required.
12.2.2 Auto-configuration process overview
The objective of the auto-configuration process is the centralized management of a BPL network using
configuration files stored in a centralized database that are transferred to each node when it boots. These files
contain all of the information that a node needs to know to work as expected.
Below is a brief description of the process:
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