RFC 1595 (rfc1595) - Page 3 of 59
Definitions of Managed Objects for the SONET/SDH Interface Type
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RFC 1595 SONET/SDH Objects March 1994
The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
experimentation and evaluation.
This specification makes also use of:
RFC 1443 [2] which defines textual conventions for the
specification of managed objects.
RFC 1444 [3] which defines conformance statements for the
specification of managed objects.
2. Objects
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. In particular, each object has a name, a syntax,
and an encoding. The name is an object identifier, an
administratively assigned name, which specifies an object type. 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 OBJECT
DESCRIPTOR, to also refer to the object type.
The syntax of an object type defines the abstract data structure
corresponding to that object type. The ASN.1 language is used for
this purpose. However, the SMI RFC 1442 purposely restricts the
ASN.1 constructs which may be used. These restrictions are
explicitly made for simplicity.
The encoding of an object type is simply how that object type is
represented using the object type's syntax. Implicitly tied to the
notion of an object type's syntax and encoding is how the object type
is represented when being transmitted on the network. The SMI
specifies the use of the basic encoding rules of ASN.1 [8], subject
to the additional requirements imposed by the SNMP.
2.1. Format of Definitions
Section 4 contains contains the specification of all object types
contained in this MIB module. The object types are defined using the
conventions defined in the SMI, as amended by the extensions
specified in the SNMPv2 SMI.
AToM MIB Working Group