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Network Working Group F. Kastenholz
Request for Comments: 1623 FTP Software, Inc.
Obsoletes: 1398 May 1994
STD: 50
Category: Standards Track
Definitions of Managed Objects for
the Ethernet-like Interface Types
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................. 1
1. The SNMP Network Management Framework ................. 2
1.1 Object Definitions ................................... 2
2. Change Log ............................................ 2
3. Overview .............................................. 3
3.1 Relation to RFC 1213 ................................. 4
3.2 Relation to RFC 1573 ................................. 4
3.2.1 Layering Model ..................................... 4
3.2.2 Virtual Circuits ................................... 4
3.2.3 ifTestTable ........................................ 4
3.2.4 ifRcvAddressTable .................................. 5
3.2.5 ifPhysAddress ...................................... 5
3.2.6 ifType ............................................. 6
4. Definitions ........................................... 6
5. Acknowledgements ...................................... 16
6. References ............................................ 17
7. Security Considerations ............................... 19
8. Author's Address ...................................... 19
Introduction
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it defines objects for managing ethernet-like objects.
This memo also includes a MIB module. This MIB module corrects minor
errors in the earlier version of this MIB: RFC 1398 [15].
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1. The SNMP Network Management Framework
The SNMP Network Management Framework consists of three major
components. They are:
o STD 16/RFC 1155 [3] which defines the SMI, the mechanisms
used for describing and naming objects for the purpose of
management. STD 16/RFC 1212 [13] defines a more concise
description mechanism, which is wholly consistent with
the SMI.
o RFC 1156 [4] which defines MIB-I, the core set of managed
objects for the Internet suite of protocols. STD 17/RFC
1213 [6] defines MIB-II, an evolution of MIB-I based on
implementation experience and new operational
requirements.
o STD 15/RFC 1157 [5] which defines the SNMP, the protocol
used for network access to managed objects.
The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
experimentation and evaluation.
1.1. Object Definitions
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7]
defined in the SMI [16]. In particular, each object object type is
named by an OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name.
The object type together with an object instance serves to uniquely
identify a specific instantiation of the object. For human
convenience, we often use a textual string, termed the descriptor, to
refer to the object type.
2. Change Log
This section enumerates changes made to RFC 1398 to produce this
document.
(1) A section describing the applicability of various parts
of RFC 1573 to ethernet-like interfaces has been added.
(2) A minor error in the description of the TDR test was
fixed.
(3) A loopback test was defined to replace the standard
loopback test that was defined in RFC 1229.
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(4) The description of dot3CollFrequencies was made a bit
clearer.
(5) A new object, EtherChipset, has been added. This object
replaces the ifExtnsChipSet object, which has been
removed per the Interface MIB Evolution effort.
(6) Several minor editorial changes, spelling corrections,
grammar and punctuation corrections, and so forth, were
made.
3. Overview
Instances of these object types represent attributes of an interface
to an ethernet-like communications medium. At present, ethernet-like
media are identified by three values of the ifType object in the
Internet-standard MIB:
ethernet-csmacd(6)
iso88023-csmacd(7)
starLan(11)
For these interfaces, the value of the ifSpecific variable in the
MIB-II [6] has the OBJECT IDENTIFIER value:
dot3 OBJECT IDENTIFER ::= { experimental 3 }
The definitions presented here are based on the IEEE 802.3 Layer
Management Specification [9], as originally interpreted by Frank
Kastenholz then of Interlan in [10]. Implementors of these MIB
objects should note that the IEEE document explicitly describes (in
the form of Pascal pseudocode) when, where, and how various MAC
attributes are measured. The IEEE document also describes the
effects of MAC actions that may be invoked by manipulating instances
of the MIB objects defined here.
To the extent that some of the attributes defined in [9] are
represented by previously defined objects in the Internet-standard
MIB or in the Generic Interface Extensions MIB [11], such attributes
are not redundantly represented by objects defined in this memo.
Among the attributes represented by objects defined in other memos
are the number of octets transmitted or received on a particular
interface, the number of frames transmitted or received on a
particular interface, the promiscuous status of an interface, the MAC
address of an interface, and multicast information associated with an
interface.
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3.1. Relation to RFC 1213
This section applies only when this MIB is used in conjunction with
the "old" (i.e., pre-RFC 1573) interface group.
The relationship between an ethernet-like interface and an interface
in the context of the Internet-standard MIB is one-to-one. As such,
the value of an ifIndex object instance can be directly used to
identify corresponding instances of the objects defined herein.
3.2. Relation to RFC 1573
RFC 1573, the Interface MIB Evolution, requires that any MIB which is
an adjunct of the Interface MIB, clarify specific areas within the
Interface MIB. These areas were intentionally left vague in RFC 1573
to avoid over constraining the MIB, thereby precluding management of
certain media-types.
Section 3.3 of RFC 1573 enumerates several areas which a media-
specific MIB must clarify. Each of these areas is addressed in a
following subsection. The implementor is referred to RFC 1573 in
order to understand the general intent of these areas.
3.2.1. Layering Model
This MIB does not provide for layering. There are no sublayers.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
I could forsee the development of an 802.2 and enet-transceiver
MIB. They could be higher and lower sublayers, respectively. All
that THIS document should do is allude to the possibilities and
urge the implementor to be aware of the possibility and that they
may have requirements which supersede the requirements in this
document.
3.2.2. Virtual Circuits
This medium does not support virtual circuits and this area is not
applicable to this MIB.
3.2.3. ifTestTable
This MIB defines two tests for media which are instumented with this
MIB; TDR and Loopback. Implementation of these tests is not
required. Many common interface chips do not support one or both of
these tests.
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These two tests are provided as a convenience, allowing a common
method to invoke the test.
Standard MIBs do not include objects in which to return the results
of the TDR test. Any needed objects MUST be provided in the vendor
specific MIB.
3.2.4. ifRcvAddressTable
This table contains all IEEE 802.3 addresses, unicast, multicast, and
broadcast, for which this interface will receive packets and forward
them up to a higher layer entity for local consumption. The format
of the address, contained in ifRcvAddressAddress, is the same as for
ifPhysAddress.
In the event that the interface is part of a MAC bridge, this table
does not include unicast addresses which are accepted for possible
forwarding out some other port. This table is explicitly not
intended to provide a bridge address filtering mechanism.
3.2.5. ifPhysAddress
This object contains the IEEE 802.3 address which is placed in the
source-address field of any Ethernet, Starlan, or IEEE 802.3 frames
that originate at this interface. Usually this will be kept in ROM
on the interface hardware. Some systems may set this address via
software.
In a system where there are several such addresses the designer has a
tougher choice. The address chosen should be the one most likely to
be of use to network management (e.g. the address placed in ARP
responses for systems which are primarily IP systems).
If the designer truly can not chose, use of the factory- provided ROM
address is suggested.
If the address can not be determined, an octet string of zero length
should be returned.
The address is stored in binary in this object. The address is
stored in "canonical" bit order, that is, the Group Bit is positioned
as the low-order bit of the first octet. Thus, the first byte of a
multicast address would have the bit 0x01 set.
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3.2.6. ifType
This MIB applies to interfaces which have any of the following three
ifType values:
ethernet-csmacd(6)
iso88023-csmacd(7)
starLan(11)
Interfaces with any of these ifType values map to the EtherLike-MIB
in the same manner. The EtherLike-MIB applies equally to all three
types; there are no implementation differences.
4. Definitions
EtherLike-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
Counter, Gauge FROM RFC1155-SMI
transmission FROM RFC1213-MIB
OBJECT-TYPE FROM RFC-1212;
-- This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as
-- defined in RFC-1212.
dot3 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 }
-- the Ethernet-like Statistics group
dot3StatsTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF Dot3StatsEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Statistics for a collection of ethernet-like
interfaces attached to a particular system."
::= { dot3 2 }
dot3StatsEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Dot3StatsEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Statistics for a particular interface to an
ethernet-like medium."
INDEX { dot3StatsIndex }
::= { dot3StatsTable 1 }
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Dot3StatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
dot3StatsIndex INTEGER,
dot3StatsAlignmentErrors Counter,
dot3StatsFCSErrors Counter,
dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames Counter,
dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames Counter,
dot3StatsSQETestErrors Counter,
dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions Counter,
dot3StatsLateCollisions Counter,
dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions Counter,
dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors Counter,
dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors Counter,
dot3StatsFrameTooLongs Counter,
dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors Counter
}
dot3StatsIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"An index value that uniquely identifies an
interface to an ethernet-like medium. The
interface identified by a particular value of
this index is the same interface as identified
by the same value of ifIndex."
::= { dot3StatsEntry 1 }
dot3StatsAlignmentErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames received on a particular
interface that are not an integral number of
octets in length and do not pass the FCS check.
The count represented by an instance of this
object is incremented when the alignmentError
status is returned by the MAC service to the
LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
which multiple error conditions obtain are,
according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
Layer Management, counted exclusively according
to the error status presented to the LLC."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 2 }
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dot3StatsFCSErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames received on a particular
interface that are an integral number of octets
in length but do not pass the FCS check.
The count represented by an instance of this
object is incremented when the frameCheckError
status is returned by the MAC service to the
LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
which multiple error conditions obtain are,
according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
Layer Management, counted exclusively according
to the error status presented to the LLC."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 3 }
dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of successfully transmitted frames on
a particular interface for which transmission
is inhibited by exactly one collision.
A frame that is counted by an instance of this
object is also counted by the corresponding
instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
and is not counted by the corresponding
instance of the dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames
object."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 4 }
dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of successfully transmitted frames on
a particular interface for which transmission
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is inhibited by more than one collision.
A frame that is counted by an instance of this
object is also counted by the corresponding
instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
and is not counted by the corresponding
instance of the dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames
object."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 5 }
dot3StatsSQETestErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR
message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a
particular interface. The SQE TEST ERROR
message is defined in section 7.2.2.2.4 of
ANSI/IEEE 802.3-1985 and its generation is
described in section 7.2.4.6 of the same
document."
REFERENCE
"ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985 Carrier Sense
Multiple Access with Collision Detection Access
Method and Physical Layer Specifications"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 6 }
dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames for which the first
transmission attempt on a particular interface
is delayed because the medium is busy.
The count represented by an instance of this
object does not include frames involved in
collisions."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 7 }
dot3StatsLateCollisions OBJECT-TYPE
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SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The number of times that a collision is
detected on a particular interface later than
512 bit-times into the transmission of a
packet.
Five hundred and twelve bit-times corresponds
to 51.2 microseconds on a 10 Mbit/s system. A
(late) collision included in a count
represented by an instance of this object is
also considered as a (generic) collision for
purposes of other collision-related
statistics."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 8 }
dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames for which transmission on a
particular interface fails due to excessive
collisions."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 9 }
dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames for which transmission on a
particular interface fails due to an internal
MAC sublayer transmit error. A frame is only
counted by an instance of this object if it is
not counted by the corresponding instance of
either the dot3StatsLateCollisions object, the
dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions object, or the
dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object.
The precise meaning of the count represented by
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an instance of this object is implementation-
specific. In particular, an instance of this
object may represent a count of transmission
errors on a particular interface that are not
otherwise counted."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 10 }
dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The number of times that the carrier sense
condition was lost or never asserted when
attempting to transmit a frame on a particular
interface.
The count represented by an instance of this
object is incremented at most once per
transmission attempt, even if the carrier sense
condition fluctuates during a transmission
attempt."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 11 }
-- { dot3StatsEntry 12 } is not assigned
dot3StatsFrameTooLongs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames received on a particular
interface that exceed the maximum permitted
frame size.
The count represented by an instance of this
object is incremented when the frameTooLong
status is returned by the MAC service to the
LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
which multiple error conditions obtain are,
according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
Layer Management, counted exclusively according
to the error status presented to the LLC."
REFERENCE
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"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 13 }
-- { dot3StatsEntry 14 } is not assigned
-- { dot3StatsEntry 15 } is not assigned
dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of frames for which reception on a
particular interface fails due to an internal
MAC sublayer receive error. A frame is only
counted by an instance of this object if it is
not counted by the corresponding instance of
either the dot3StatsFrameTooLongs object, the
dot3StatsAlignmentErrors object, or the
dot3StatsFCSErrors object.
The precise meaning of the count represented by
an instance of this object is implementation-
specific. In particular, an instance of this
object may represent a count of receive errors
on a particular interface that are not
otherwise counted."
REFERENCE
"IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
::= { dot3StatsEntry 16 }
dot3StatsEtherChipSet OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This object contains an OBJECT IDENTIFIER
which identifies the chipset used to
realize the interface. Ethernet-like
interfaces are typically built out of
several different chips. The MIB implementor
is presented with a decision of which chip
to identify via this object. The implementor
should identify the chip which is usually
called the Medium Access Control chip.
If no such chip is easily identifiable,
the implementor should identify the chip
which actually gathers the transmit
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and receive statistics and error
indications. This would allow a
manager station to correlate the
statistics and the chip generating
them, giving it the ability to take
into account any known anomalies
in the chip."
::= { dot3StatsEntry 17 }
-- the Ethernet-like Collision Statistics group
-- Implementation of this group is optional; it is appropriate
-- for all systems which have the necessary metering
dot3CollTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF Dot3CollEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of collision histograms for a
particular set of interfaces."
::= { dot3 5 }
dot3CollEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Dot3CollEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A cell in the histogram of per-frame
collisions for a particular interface. An
instance of this object represents the
frequency of individual MAC frames for which
the transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
particular interface is accompanied by a
particular number of media collisions."
INDEX { ifIndex, dot3CollCount }
::= { dot3CollTable 1 }
Dot3CollEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
dot3CollCount INTEGER,
dot3CollFrequencies Counter
}
-- { dot3CollEntry 1 } is no longer in use
dot3CollCount OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (1..16)
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ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The number of per-frame media collisions for
which a particular collision histogram cell
represents the frequency on a particular
interface."
::= { dot3CollEntry 2 }
dot3CollFrequencies OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A count of individual MAC frames for which the
transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
particular interface occurs after the
frame has experienced exactly the number
of collisions in the associated
dot3CollCount object.
For example, a frame which is transmitted
on interface 77 after experiencing
exactly 4 collisions would be indicated
by incrementing only dot3CollFrequencies.77.4.
No other instance of dot3CollFrequencies would
be incremented in this example."
::= { dot3CollEntry 3 }
-- 802.3 Tests
dot3Tests OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 6 }
dot3Errors OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 7 }
-- TDR Test
-- The Time-Domain Reflectometry (TDR) test is specific
-- to ethernet-like interfaces with the exception of
-- 10BaseT and 10BaseF. The TDR value may be useful
-- in determining the approximate distance to a cable fault.
-- It is advisable to repeat this test to check for a
-- consistent resulting TDR value, to verify that there
-- is a fault.
dot3TestTdr OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 1 }
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-- A TDR test returns as its result the time interval,
-- measured in 10 MHz ticks or 100 nsec units, between
-- the start of TDR test transmission and the subsequent
-- detection of a collision or deassertion of carrier. On
-- successful completion of a TDR test, the result is
-- stored as the value of the appropriate instance of the
-- MIB object dot3TestTdrValue, and the OBJECT IDENTIFIER
-- of that instanceis stored in the corresponding instance
-- of ifExtnsTestCode (thereby indicating where the
-- result has been stored).
-- Loopback Test
-- Another test is the full-duplex loopback test.
-- This test configures the MAC chip and executes
-- an internal loopback test of memory, data paths,
-- and the MAC chip logic. This loopback test can
-- only be executed if the interface is offline.
-- Once the test has completed, the MAC chip should
-- be reinitialized for network operation, but it
-- should remain offline.
dot3TestLoopBack OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 2 }
-- If an error occurs during a test, the object
-- ifTestResult (defined in RFC1573) will be set
-- to failed(7). The following two OBJECT
-- IDENTIFIERs may be used to provided more
-- information as values for ifTestCode.
-- couldn't initialize MAC chip for test
dot3ErrorInitError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 1 }
-- expected data not received (or not
-- received correctly) in loopback test
dot3ErrorLoopbackError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 2 }
-- RFC1573 does away with the interface chipset object.
-- The following OBJECT IDENTIFIER definitions are
-- retained for purposes of backwards compatibility
-- with pre-RFC1573 systems.
-- 802.3 Hardware Chipsets
-- The object ifExtnsChipSet is provided in RFC1229 to
-- identify the MAC hardware used to communcate on an
-- interface. The following hardware chipsets are
-- provided for 802.3:
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dot3ChipSets OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 8 }
dot3ChipSetAMD OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 1 }
dot3ChipSetAMD7990 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 1 }
dot3ChipSetAMD79900 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 2 }
dot3ChipSetAMD79C940 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 3 }
dot3ChipSetIntel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 2 }
dot3ChipSetIntel82586 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 1 }
dot3ChipSetIntel82596 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 2 }
dot3ChipSetSeeq OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 3 }
dot3ChipSetSeeq8003 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetSeeq 1 }
dot3ChipSetNational OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 4 }
dot3ChipSetNational8390 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ dot3ChipSetNational 1 }
dot3ChipSetNationalSonic OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ dot3ChipSetNational 2 }
dot3ChipSetFujitsu OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 5 }
dot3ChipSetFujitsu86950 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ dot3ChipSetFujitsu 1 }
dot3ChipSetDigital OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 6 }
dot3ChipSetDigitalDC21040 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ dot3ChipSetDigital 1 }
-- For those chipsets not represented above, OBJECT IDENTIFIER
-- assignment is required in other documentation, e.g., assignment
-- within that part of the registration tree delegated to
-- individual enterprises (see RFC1155).
END
5. Acknowledgements
This document was produced by the Ethernet MIB Working Group.
This document is based on the Proposed Standard Ethernet MIB, RFC
1284 [14], of which Jihn Cook of Chipcom was the editor. The
Ethernet MIB Working Group gathered implementation experience of the
variables specified in RFC 1284 and used that information to develop
this revised MIB.
RFC 1284, in turn, is based on a document written by Frank Kastenholz
of Interlan entitled IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft M compatible
MIB for TCP/IP Networks [10]. This document has been modestly
reworked, initially by the SNMP Working Group, and then by the
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Transmission Working Group, to reflect the current conventions for
defining objects for MIB interfaces. James Davin, of the MIT
Laboratory for Computer Science, and Keith McCloghrie of Hughes LAN
Systems, contributed to later drafts of this memo. Marshall Rose of
Performance Systems International, Inc. converted the document into
its current concise format. Anil Rijsinghani of DEC contributed text
that more adequately describes the TDR test. Thanks to Frank
Kastenholz of Interlan and Louis Steinberg of IBM for their
experimentation.
6. References
[1] Cerf, V., "IAB Recommendations for the Development of Internet
Network Management Standards", RFC 1052, NRI, April 1988.
[2] Cerf, V., "Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network Management Review
Group", RFC 1109, NRI, August 1989.
[3] Rose M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets", STD 16, RFC
1155, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May
1990.
[4] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, "Management Information Base for
Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1156, Hughes
LAN Systems, Performance Systems International, May 1990.
[5] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple
Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, SNMP Research,
Performance Systems International, Performance Systems
International, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, May 1990.
[6] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base
for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", STD 17, RFC
1213, Performance Systems International, March 1991.
[7] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1),
International Organization for Standardization, International
Standard 8824, December 1987.
[8] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Notation One
(ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization,
International Standard 8825, December 1987.
[9] IEEE, "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management", November 1988.
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[10] Kastenholz, F., "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft compatible MIB
for TCP/IP Networks", electronic mail message to mib-
wg@nnsc.nsf.net, 9 June 1989.
[11] McCloghrie, K., Editor, "Extensions to the Generic-Interface
MIB", RFC 1229, Hughes LAN Systems, Inc., May 1991.
[12] IEEE, "Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications",
ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985.
[13] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems,
March 1991.
[14] Cook, J., Editor, "Definitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet-
Like Interface Types", RFC 1284, Chipcom Corporation, December
1991.
[15] Kastenholz, F., "Definitions of Managed Objects for the Etheret-
like Interface Types", RFC 1398, FTP Software, Inc., January
1993.
[16] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure
of Management Information for version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1442, SNMP Research, Inc.,
Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon
University, April 1993.
[17] Galvin, J., and K. McCloghrie, "Administrative Model for version
2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1445,
Trusted Information Systems, Hughes LAN Systems, April 1993.
[18] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol
Operations for version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1448, SNMP Research, Inc., Hughes LAN
Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon
University, April 1993.
[19] McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, "Evolution of the Interfaces
Group of MIB-II", RFC 1573, Hughes LAN Systems, FTP Software,
January 1994.
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7. Security Considerations
Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
8. Author's Address
Frank Kastenholz
FTP Software, Inc.
2 High Street
North Andover, Mass, USA 01845
Phone: 508-685-4000
EMail: kasten@ftp.com
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