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Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Script

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Network Working Group                                            D. Levi
Request for Comments: 2592                               Nortel Networks
Category: Standards Track                               J. Schoenwaelder
                                                         TU Braunschweig
                                                                May 1999


                 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
                    Delegation of Management Scripts

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 (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
   In particular, it describes a set of managed objects that allow the
   delegation of management scripts to distributed managers.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction .................................................   2
   2. The SNMP Management Framework ................................   2
   3. Overview .....................................................   3
   3.1 Terms ......................................................    4
   4. Requirements and Design Issues ..............................    5
   4.1 Script Languages ...........................................    5
   4.2 Script Transfer ............................................    6
   4.3 Script Execution ...........................................    7
   5. The Structure of the MIB .....................................   8
   5.1 The smLanguageGroup ........................................    9
   5.2 The smScriptGroup ..........................................    9
   5.3 The smCodeGroup ............................................   10
   5.4 The smLaunchGroup ..........................................   10
   5.5 The smRunGroup .............................................   11
   6 Definitions ..................................................   11
   7. Usage Examples ...............................................  41
   7.1 Pushing a script via SNMP ..................................   41



Levi & Schoenwaelder        Standards Track
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