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Management Information Base for network management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II

RFC 1158                         MIB II                         May 1990


   7. Identification of OBJECT instances for use with  the
      SNMP .................................................  126
   7.1 ifTable Object Type Names ...........................  127
   7.2 atTable Object Type Names ...........................  127
   7.3 ipAddrTable Object Type Names .......................  128
   7.4 ipRoutingTable Object Type Names ....................  128
   7.5 ipNetToMediaTable Object Type Names .................  129
   7.6 tcpConnTable Object Type Names ......................  129
   7.7 udpTable Object Type Names ..........................  130
   7.8 egpNeighTable Object Type Names .....................  130
   8.  Acknowledgements ....................................  130
   9.  References ..........................................  131
   10. Security Considerations..............................  133
   11. Author's Address.....................................  133

2.  Introduction

   As reported in RFC 1052, IAB Recommendations for the
   Development of Internet Network Management Standards [1], a
   two-prong strategy for network management of TCP/IP-based
   internets was undertaken.  In the short-term, the Simple
   Network Management Protocol (SNMP) was to be used to manage
   nodes in the Internet community.  In the long-term, the use of
   the OSI network management framework was to be examined.  Two
   documents were produced to define the management information:
   RFC 1065, which defined the Structure of Management
   Information (SMI) [2], and RFC 1066, which defined the
   Management Information Base (MIB) [3].  Both of these
   documents were designed so as to be compatible with both the
   SNMP and the OSI network management framework.

   This strategy was quite successful in the short-term:
   Internet-based network management technology was fielded, by
   both the research and commercial communities, within a few
   months.  As a result of this, portions of the Internet
   community became network manageable in a timely fashion.

   As reported in RFC 1109, Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network
   Management Review Group [4], the requirements of the SNMP and
   the OSI network management frameworks were more different than
   anticipated.  As such, the requirement for compatibility
   between the SMI/MIB and both frameworks was suspended.  This
   action permitted the operational network management framework,
   the SNMP, to respond to new operational needs in the Internet
   community by producing this document.

   As such, the current network management framework for TCP/IP-
   based internets consists of: Structure and Identification of



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