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Physical Topology MIB
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Network Working Group A. Bierman
Request for Comments: 2922 Cisco Systems, Inc.
Category: Informational K. Jones
Nortel Networks
September 2000
Physical Topology MIB
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
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
physical topology identification and discovery.
Table of Contents
1 The SNMP Network Management Framework ............................2
2 Overview .........................................................3
2.1 Terms ..........................................................3
2.2 Design Goals ...................................................5
3 Topology Framework ...............................................6
3.1 Devices and Topology Agents ....................................6
3.2 Topology Mechanisms ............................................7
3.3 Future Considerations ..........................................7
4 Physical Topology MIB ............................................7
4.1 Persistent Identifiers .........................................8
4.2 Relationship to Entity MIB .....................................8
4.3 Relationship to Interfaces MIB .................................9
4.4 Relationship to RMON-2 MIB .....................................9
4.5 Relationship to Bridge MIB .....................................9
4.6 Relationship to Repeater MIB ...................................9
4.7 MIB Structure .................................................10
4.7.1 ptopoData Group .............................................10
4.7.2 ptopoGeneral Group ..........................................10
4.7.3 ptopoConfig Group ...........................................10
4.8 Physical Topology MIB Definitions .............................10
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