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



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Network Working Group                                      K. McCloghrie
Request for Comments: 1213                      Hughes LAN Systems, Inc.
Obsoletes: RFC 1158                                              M. Rose
                                       Performance Systems International
                                                                 Editors
                                                              March 1991


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

Status of this Memo

   This memo defines the second version of the Management Information
   Base (MIB-II) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-
   based internets.  This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol
   for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
   for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB
   Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status
   of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   1. Abstract...............................................    2
   2. Introduction ..........................................    2
   3. Changes from RFC 1156 .................................    3
   3.1 Deprecated Objects ...................................    3
   3.2 Display Strings ......................................    4
   3.3 Physical Addresses ...................................    4
   3.4 The System Group .....................................    5
   3.5 The Interfaces Group .................................    5
   3.6 The Address Translation Group ........................    6
   3.7 The IP Group .........................................    6
   3.8 The ICMP Group .......................................    7
   3.9 The TCP Group ........................................    7
   3.10 The UDP Group .......................................    7
   3.11 The EGP Group .......................................    7
   3.12 The Transmission Group ..............................    8
   3.13 The SNMP Group ......................................    8
   3.14 Changes from RFC 1158 ................. .............    9
   4. Objects ...............................................   10
   4.1 Format of Definitions ................................   10
   5. Overview ..............................................   10
   6. Definitions ...........................................   12
   6.1 Textual Conventions ..................................   12
   6.2 Groups in MIB-II .....................................   13
   6.3 The System Group .....................................   13



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