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The Interfaces Group MIB

RFC 2863                The Interfaces Group MIB               June 2000


   7 Acknowledgements .............................................   64
   8 References ...................................................   64
   9 Security Considerations ......................................   66
   10 Authors' Addresses ..........................................   67
   11 Changes from RFC 2233 .......................................   67
   12 Notice on Intellectual Property .............................   68
   13 Full Copyright Statement ....................................   69

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 managed objects used for managing Network
   Interfaces.  This memo discusses the 'interfaces' group of MIB-II
   [17], especially the experience gained from the definition of
   numerous media-specific MIB modules for use in conjunction with the '
   interfaces' group for managing various sub-layers beneath the
   internetwork-layer.  It specifies clarifications to, and extensions
   of, the architectural issues within the MIB-II model of the '
   interfaces' group.  This memo obsoletes RFC 2233, the previous
   version of the Interfaces Group MIB.

   The key words "MUST" and "MUST NOT" in this document are to be
   interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [16].

2.  The SNMP Network Management Framework

   The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
   components:

      o  An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [1].

      o  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 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4].
         The second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD 58, which
         consists of RFC 2578 [5], RFC 2579 [6] and RFC 2580 [7].

      o  Message protocols for transferring management information.  The
         first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
         described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8].  A second version of the
         SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
         protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and
         RFC 1906 [10].  The third version of the message protocol is
         called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and
         RFC 2574 [12].




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