RFC 2578 (rfc2578) - Page 2 of 43


Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)



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RFC 2578                         SMIv2                        April 1999


   3.2 IMPORTing Symbols .........................................14
   3.3 Exporting Symbols .........................................14
   3.4 ASN.1 Comments ............................................14
   3.5 OBJECT IDENTIFIER values ..................................15
   3.6 OBJECT IDENTIFIER usage ...................................15
   3.7 Reserved Keywords .........................................16
   4 Naming Hierarchy ............................................16
   5 Mapping of the MODULE-IDENTITY macro ........................17
   5.1 Mapping of the LAST-UPDATED clause ........................17
   5.2 Mapping of the ORGANIZATION clause ........................17
   5.3 Mapping of the CONTACT-INFO clause ........................18
   5.4 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause .........................18
   5.5 Mapping of the REVISION clause ............................18
   5.5.1 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION sub-clause ...................18
   5.6 Mapping of the MODULE-IDENTITY value ......................18
   5.7 Usage Example .............................................18
   6 Mapping of the OBJECT-IDENTITY macro ........................19
   6.1 Mapping of the STATUS clause ..............................19
   6.2 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause .........................20
   6.3 Mapping of the REFERENCE clause ...........................20
   6.4 Mapping of the OBJECT-IDENTITY value ......................20
   6.5 Usage Example .............................................20
   7 Mapping of the OBJECT-TYPE macro ............................20
   7.1 Mapping of the SYNTAX clause ..............................21
   7.1.1 Integer32 and INTEGER ...................................21
   7.1.2 OCTET STRING ............................................21
   7.1.3 OBJECT IDENTIFIER .......................................22
   7.1.4 The BITS construct ......................................22
   7.1.5 IpAddress ...............................................22
   7.1.6 Counter32 ...............................................23
   7.1.7 Gauge32 .................................................23
   7.1.8 TimeTicks ...............................................24
   7.1.9 Opaque ..................................................24
   7.1.10 Counter64 ..............................................24
   7.1.11 Unsigned32 .............................................25
   7.1.12 Conceptual Tables ......................................25
   7.1.12.1 Creation and Deletion of Conceptual Rows .............26
   7.2 Mapping of the UNITS clause ...............................26
   7.3 Mapping of the MAX-ACCESS clause ..........................26
   7.4 Mapping of the STATUS clause ..............................27
   7.5 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause .........................27
   7.6 Mapping of the REFERENCE clause ...........................27
   7.7 Mapping of the INDEX clause ...............................27
   7.8 Mapping of the AUGMENTS clause ............................29
   7.8.1 Relation between INDEX and AUGMENTS clauses .............30
   7.9 Mapping of the DEFVAL clause ..............................30
   7.10 Mapping of the OBJECT-TYPE value .........................31
   7.11 Usage Example ............................................32


McCloghrie, et al.          Standards Track