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Management Information Base for network management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
RFC 1158 MIB II May 1990
7. Identification of OBJECT instances for use with the
SNMP ................................................. 126
7.1 ifTable Object Type Names ........................... 127
7.2 atTable Object Type Names ........................... 127
7.3 ipAddrTable Object Type Names ....................... 128
7.4 ipRoutingTable Object Type Names .................... 128
7.5 ipNetToMediaTable Object Type Names ................. 129
7.6 tcpConnTable Object Type Names ...................... 129
7.7 udpTable Object Type Names .......................... 130
7.8 egpNeighTable Object Type Names ..................... 130
8. Acknowledgements .................................... 130
9. References .......................................... 131
10. Security Considerations.............................. 133
11. Author's Address..................................... 133
2. Introduction
As reported in RFC 1052, IAB Recommendations for the
Development of Internet Network Management Standards [1], a
two-prong strategy for network management of TCP/IP-based
internets was undertaken. In the short-term, the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) was to be used to manage
nodes in the Internet community. In the long-term, the use of
the OSI network management framework was to be examined. Two
documents were produced to define the management information:
RFC 1065, which defined the Structure of Management
Information (SMI) [2], and RFC 1066, which defined the
Management Information Base (MIB) [3]. Both of these
documents were designed so as to be compatible with both the
SNMP and the OSI network management framework.
This strategy was quite successful in the short-term:
Internet-based network management technology was fielded, by
both the research and commercial communities, within a few
months. As a result of this, portions of the Internet
community became network manageable in a timely fashion.
As reported in RFC 1109, Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network
Management Review Group [4], the requirements of the SNMP and
the OSI network management frameworks were more different than
anticipated. As such, the requirement for compatibility
between the SMI/MIB and both frameworks was suspended. This
action permitted the operational network management framework,
the SNMP, to respond to new operational needs in the Internet
community by producing this document.
As such, the current network management framework for TCP/IP-
based internets consists of: Structure and Identification of
IETF SNMP Working Group