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DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions

RFC 1289                  DECnet Phase IV MIB              December 1991


   implementations of these standards in commercially available
   products, it became possible to provide a higher level of effective
   network management in TCP/IP-based internets than previously
   available. With the growth in the use of these standards, network
   managers desired to use this environment as a base for providing
   integrated network management of multi-protocol networks.

   DECnet Phase IV is one widely used protocol which often coexists in
   IP-based internets. This memo provides the mechanisms by which IP-
   based management stations can effectively manage DECnet Phase IV
   based systems (especially router products) in an integrated fashion
   through the use of the standard Internet SMI, MIB and Simple Network
   Management Protocol.

   DECnet Phase IV objects have been defined to be used in conjunction
   with the Internet MIB to allow access and control of these new
   objects by the Internet community. Additional support for other
   DECnet-based protocols such as RBMS (remote bridge management
   software) or other Digital Equipment Corporation Specific Hardware
   platforms is not included in this document.

2.  Selected Objects

   The objects included in this memo have been created from the DIGITAL
   Network Architecture Network Management Functional Specification
   Version 4.0.0 Dated July 1983. An attempt has been made to provide a
   reasonable ordering of these variables into groups. These groups are:

     o  System Group

     o  Network Management Group

     o  Session Group

     o  End Group

     o  Routing Group

     o  Circuit Group

     o  DDCMP Group

     o  DDCMP Multipoint Control Group

     o  Ethernet Group

     o  Counters Group




DECnet Phase IV MIB Working Group