RFC 2465 (rfc2465) - Page 1 of 38


Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group



Alternative Format: Original Text Document



Network Working Group                                        D. Haskin
Request for Comments: 2465                                   S. Onishi
Category: Standards Track                           Bay Networks, Inc.
                                                         December 1998


             Management Information Base for IP Version 6:
                 Textual Conventions and General Group

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.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document is one in the series of documents that provide MIB
   definitions for for IP Version 6.  Specifically, the IPv6 MIB textual
   conventions as well as the IPv6 MIB General group is defined in this
   document.

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the IPv6-based
   internets.

   This document specifies a MIB module in a manner that is both
   compliant to the SNMPv2 SMI, and semantically identical to the peer
   SNMPv1 definitions.

Table of Contents

   1.  The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework .............    2
   1.1   Object Definitions ................................    2
   2.  Overview ............................................    2
   3.  IPv6 Address Representation .........................    3
   4.  Definition of Textual Conventions ...................    4
   5.  The IPv6 General Group ..............................    5
   6.  Acknowledgments .....................................   36
   7.  References ..........................................   36
   8.  Security Considerations .............................   37
   9.  Authors' Addresses...................................   37



Haskin & Onishi             Standards Track