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Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base



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Network Working Group                                      S. Waldbusser
Request for Comments: 1271                    Carnegie Mellon University
                                                           November 1991


         Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base

Status of this Memo

   This memo is an extension to the SNMP MIB.  This RFC specifies an IAB
   standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests
   discussion and suggestions for improvements.  Please refer to the
   current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the
   standardization state and status of this protocol.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   1. Abstract ..............................................    2
   2. The Network Management Framework.......................    2
   3. Objects ...............................................    2
   3.1 Format of Definitions ................................    3
   4. Overview ..............................................    3
   4.1 Remote Network Management Goals ......................    3
   4.2 Textual Conventions ..................................    5
   4.3 Structure of MIB .....................................    5
   4.3.1 The Statistics Group ...............................    6
   4.3.2 The History Group ..................................    6
   4.3.3 The Alarm Group ....................................    6
   4.3.4 The Host Group .....................................    6
   4.3.5 The HostTopN Group .................................    6
   4.3.6 The Matrix Group ...................................    7
   4.3.7 The Filter Group ...................................    7
   4.3.8 The Packet Capture Group ...........................    7
   4.3.9 The Event Group ....................................    7
   5. Control of Remote Network Monitoring Devices ..........    7
   5.1 Resource Sharing Among Multiple Management Stations ..    8
   5.2 Row Addition Among Multiple Management Stations ......    9
   6. Definitions ...........................................   10
   7. Acknowledgments .......................................   80
   8. References ............................................   80
   Security Considerations...................................   81
   Author's Address..........................................   81








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