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The Interfaces Group MIB
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RFC 2863 The Interfaces Group MIB June 2000
7 Acknowledgements ............................................. 64
8 References ................................................... 64
9 Security Considerations ...................................... 66
10 Authors' Addresses .......................................... 67
11 Changes from RFC 2233 ....................................... 67
12 Notice on Intellectual Property ............................. 68
13 Full Copyright Statement .................................... 69
1. Introduction
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing Network
Interfaces. This memo discusses the 'interfaces' group of MIB-II
[17], especially the experience gained from the definition of
numerous media-specific MIB modules for use in conjunction with the '
interfaces' group for managing various sub-layers beneath the
internetwork-layer. It specifies clarifications to, and extensions
of, the architectural issues within the MIB-II model of the '
interfaces' group. This memo obsoletes RFC 2233, the previous
version of the Interfaces Group MIB.
The key words "MUST" and "MUST NOT" in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [16].
2. The SNMP Network Management Framework
The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
components:
o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [1].
o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
STD 16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4].
The second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD 58, which
consists of RFC 2578 [5], RFC 2579 [6] and RFC 2580 [7].
o Message protocols for transferring management information. The
first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the
SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and
RFC 1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is
called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and
RFC 2574 [12].
McCloghrie & Kastenholz Standards Track