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SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information

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Network Working Group                                         F. Strauss
Request for Comments: 3780                               TU Braunschweig
Category: Experimental                                  J. Schoenwaelder
                                         International University Bremen
                                                                May 2004


      SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information

Status of this Memo

   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
   Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines the base SMIng (Structure of Management
   Information, Next Generation) language.  SMIng is a data definition
   language that provides a protocol-independent representation for
   management information.  Separate RFCs define mappings of SMIng to
   specific management protocols, including SNMP.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       1.1.  The History of SMIng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       1.2.  Terms of Requirement Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   2.  SMIng Data Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       2.1.  Identifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.  Base Types and Derived Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       3.1.  OctetString. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       3.2.  Pointer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       3.3.  ObjectIdentifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       3.4.  Integer32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       3.5.  Integer64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       3.6.  Unsigned32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       3.7.  Unsigned64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       3.8.  Float32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       3.9.  Float64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       3.10. Float128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       3.11. Enumeration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       3.12. Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17



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