Stormwatch - Motorola SB5101 Reference Manual

SB5101 Cable Modem Overview

8 Stormwatch

Stormwatch is a diagnostic tool to monitor and troubleshoot Cable Modems from the CPE or Head-
End.
Stormwatch provides a real-time visual status of SURFboard Cable Modems it also provides the
status of the standard SNMP objects on any DOCSIS Modem
Stormwatch monitors Cable Modem via SNMP objects
Stormwatch can be CPE or Head-end based
The Stormwatch application allows for one time load, or a permanent installation. It is also
available in two versions one of which is read only and the other is read write. In the read only
version the drop down tags which allow options to be changed do not appear hence there is no
way to modify modem parameters.
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