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Host Resources MIB

RFC 2790                   Host Resources MIB                 March 2000


   o   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].

   o   A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573 [RFC 2573]
       and the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2575
       [RFC 2575].

   A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework
   can be found in RFC 2570 [RFC 2570].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

   This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
   MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
   translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
   equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
   translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
   information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
   SMIv1 during the translation process.  However, this loss of machine
   readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
   MIB.

2.  Host Resources MIB

   The Host Resources MIB defines a uniform set of objects useful for
   the management of host computers.  Host computers are independent of
   the operating system, network services, or any software application.

   The Host Resources MIB defines objects which are common across many
   computer system architectures.

   In addition, there are objects in the SNMPv2-MIB [RFC 1907] and IF-MIB
   [RFC 2233] which also provide host management functionality.
   Implementation of the System and Interfaces groups is mandatory for
   implementors of the Host Resources MIB.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED","MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].







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