The initialization status of the MAC and PLS
(Physical Layer Signalling) subsystems for a
particular interface. The value initialized(1)
signifies that the subsystems for a particular
interface have been previously initialized; the
value uninitialized(2) signifies that they have
not been previously initialized.
Each alteration of an instance of this object to
either of the values initialized(1) or
uninitialized(2) is analogous to an invocation of
the initializeMAC action defined in [9] and has
the effect of (re-)initializing the MAC and PLS
subsystems for the associated interface. In
particular,
all management counters pertaining to the MAC
and PLS subsystems for said interface are
reset to zero;
the receive and transmit layer management
state variables (receiveEnabled and
transmitEnabled in [9]) are set to enable
reception and transmission of frames;
the promiscuous receive function is disabled;
and
multicast reception is disabled.