Network Working Group K. McCloghrie Request for Comments: 2037 A. Bierman Category: Standards Track Cisco Systems October 1996 Entity MIB using SMIv2 Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................. 2 2. The SNMP Network Management Framework ..................... 2 2.1 Object Definitions ....................................... 2 3. Overview .................................................. 3 3.1 Terms .................................................... 4 3.2 Relationship to Community Strings ........................ 5 3.3 Relationship to Proxy Mechanisms ......................... 5 3.4 Relationship to a Chassis MIB ............................ 5 3.5 Relationship to the Interfaces MIB ....................... 6 3.6 Relationship to the Other MIBs ........................... 6 3.7 Relationship to Naming Scopes ............................ 6 3.8 Multiple Instances of the Entity MIB ..................... 7 3.9 Re-Configuration of Entities ............................. 7 3.10 MIB Structure ........................................... 7 3.10.1 entityPhysical Group .................................. 8 3.10.2 entityLogical Group ................................... 8 3.10.3 entityMapping Group ................................... 8 3.10.4 entityGeneral Group ................................... 9 3.10.5 entityNotifications Group ............................. 9 3.11 Multiple Agents ......................................... 9 4. Definitions ............................................... 10 5. Usage Examples ............................................ 26 5.1 Router/Bridge ............................................ 26 5.2 Repeaters ................................................ 30 6. Acknowledgements .......................................... 33 7. References ................................................ 34 8. Security Considerations ................................... 35 9. Authors' Addresses ........................................ 35 McCloghrie & Bierman Standards Track