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SNMP over OSI

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Network Working Group                                           M. Rose
Request for Comments: 1418                 Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
Obsoletes: 1161, 1283                                        March 1993


                             SNMP over OSI

Status of this Memo

   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. Background .................................................    1
   2. Mapping onto the CLTS ......................................    2
   2.1 Well-known Addresses ......................................    2
   2.2 Traps .....................................................    2
   2.3 Maximum Message Size ......................................    3
   3. Acknowledgements ...........................................    3
   4. References .................................................    3
   5. Security Considerations ....................................    4
   6. Author's Address ...........................................    4

1.  Background

   The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as defined in [1] is
   now used as an integral part of the network management framework for
   TCP/IP-based internets.  Together with its companions standards,
   which define the Structure of Management Information (SMI) [2,3], and
   the Management Information Base (MIB) [4], the SNMP has received
   widespread deployment in many operational networks running the
   Internet suite of protocols.

   It should not be surprising that many of these sites might acquire
   OSI capabilities and may wish to leverage their investment in SNMP
   technology towards managing those OSI components.  This memo
   addresses these concerns by defining a framework for running the SNMP
   in an environment which supports the OSI connectionless-mode
   transport service.

   However, as noted in [5], the preferred mapping for SNMP is onto the
   UDP [6].  This specification is intended for use in environments
   where UDP transport is not available.  No aspect of this
   specification should be construed as a suggestion that, in a



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