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Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB

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RFC 2720          Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB       October 1999


   10 References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
   11 Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
   12 Full Copyright Statement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

1  Introduction

   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 objects for managing and collecting data
   from network Realtime Traffic Flow Meters, as described in [RTFM-
   ARC].

   The MIB is 'basic' in the sense that it provides more than enough
   information for everyday traffic measurment.  Furthermore, it can be
   easily extended by adding new attributes as required.  The RTFM
   Working group is actively pursuing the development of the meter in
   this way.

2  The SNMP Management Framework

   The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
   components:

   - An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [RFC 2571].

   - Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
     purpose of management.  The first version of this Structure of
     Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in STD
     16, RFC 1155 [RFC 1155], STD 16, RFC 1212 [RFC 1212] and RFC 1215
     [RFC 1215].  The second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD
     58, RFC 2578 [RFC 2578], RFC 2579 [RFC 2579] and RFC 2580 [RFC 2580].

   - Message protocols for transferring management information.  The
     first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
     described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC 1157].  A second version of the
     SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
     protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [RFC 1901] and
     RFC 1906 [RFC 1906].  The third version of the message protocol is
     called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [RFC 1906], RFC 2572
     [RFC 2572] and RFC 2574 [RFC 2574].

   - Protocol operations for accessing management information.  The
     first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
     described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC 1157].  A second set of protocol
     operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
     [RFC 1905].





Brownlee                    Standards Track
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