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RFC 1902

RFC 1902

Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1902
Obsoletes: 1442
Category: Standards Track

SNMPv2 Working Group
J. Case
SNMP Research, Inc.
K. McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
M. Rose
Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
S. Waldbusser
International Network Services
January 1996

Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)

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
  • 1.1. A Note on Terminology
• 2. Definitions
• 3. Information Modules
  • 3.1. Macro Invocation
    * 3.1.1. Textual Clauses
  • 3.2. IMPORTing Symbols
  • 3.3. Exporting Symbols
  • 3.4. ASN.1 Comments
  • 3.5. OBJECT IDENTIFIER values
• 4. Naming Hierarchy
• 5. Mapping of the MODULE-IDENTITY macro
  • 5.1. Mapping of the LAST-UPDATED clause
  • 5.2. Mapping of the ORGANIZATION clause
  • 5.3. Mapping of the CONTACT-INFO clause
  • 5.4. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause
  • 5.5. Mapping of the REVISION clause
    * 5.5.1. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION sub-clause
  • 5.6. Mapping of the MODULE-IDENTITY value
  • 5.7. Usage Example
• 6. Mapping of the OBJECT-IDENTITY macro
  • 6.1. Mapping of the STATUS clause
  • 6.2. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause
  • 6.3. Mapping of the REFERENCE clause
  • 6.4. Mapping of the OBJECT-IDENTITY value
  • 6.5. Usage Example
• 7. Mapping of the OBJECT-TYPE macro
  • 7.1. Mapping of the SYNTAX clause
    * 7.1.1. Integer32 and INTEGER
    * 7.1.2. OCTET STRING
    * 7.1.3. OBJECT IDENTIFIER
    * 7.1.4. The BITS construct
    * 7.1.5. IpAddress
    * 7.1.6. Counter32
    * 7.1.7. Gauge32
    * 7.1.8. TimeTicks
    * 7.1.9. Opaque
    * 7.1.10. Counter64
    * 7.1.11. Unsigned32
    * 7.1.12. Conceptual Tables
    * 7.1.12.1. Creation and Deletion of Conceptual Rows
  • 7.2. Mapping of the UNITS clause
  • 7.3. Mapping of the MAX-ACCESS clause
  • 7.4. Mapping of the STATUS clause
  • 7.5. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause
  • 7.6. Mapping of the REFERENCE clause
  • 7.7. Mapping of the INDEX clause
  • 7.8. Mapping of the AUGMENTS clause
    * 7.8.1. Relation between INDEX and AUGMENTS clauses
  • 7.9. Mapping of the DEFVAL clause
  • 7.10. Mapping of the OBJECT-TYPE value
  • 7.11. Usage Example
• 8. Mapping of the NOTIFICATION-TYPE macro
  • 8.1. Mapping of the OBJECTS clause
  • 8.2. Mapping of the STATUS clause
  • 8.3. Mapping of the DESCRIPTION clause
  • 8.4. Mapping of the REFERENCE clause
  • 8.5. Mapping of the NOTIFICATION-TYPE value
  • 8.6. Usage Example
• 9. Refined Syntax
• 10. Extending an Information Module
  • 10.1. Object Assignments
  • 10.2. Object Definitions
  • 10.3. Notification Definitions
• 11. Appendix A: de-OSIfying a MIB module
  • 11.1. Managed Object Mapping
    * 11.1.1. Mapping to the SYNTAX clause
    * 11.1.2. Mapping to the UNITS clause
    * 11.1.3. Mapping to the MAX-ACCESS clause
    * 11.1.4. Mapping to the STATUS clause
    * 11.1.5. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
    * 11.1.6. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause
    * 11.1.7. Mapping to the INDEX clause
    * 11.1.8. Mapping to the DEFVAL clause
  • 11.2. Action Mapping
    * 11.2.1. Mapping to the SYNTAX clause
    * 11.2.2. Mapping to the MAX-ACCESS clause
    * 11.2.3. Mapping to the STATUS clause
    * 11.2.4. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
    * 11.2.5. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause
  • 11.3. Event Mapping
    * 11.3.1. Mapping to the STATUS clause
    * 11.3.2. Mapping to the DESCRIPTION clause
    * 11.3.3. Mapping to the REFERENCE clause
• 12. Appendix B: UTC Time Format
• 13. Appendix C: Detailed Sub-typing Rules
  • 13.1. Syntax Rules
  • 13.2. Examples
  • 13.3. Rules for Textual Conventions
• 14. Security Considerations
• 15. Editor's Address
• 16. Acknowledgements
• 17. References
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