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Network Working Group F. Kastenholz Request for Comments: 1643 FTP Software, Inc. Obsoletes: 1623, 1398 July 1994 STD: 50 Category: Standards Track

               Definitions of Managed Objects for
               the Ethernet-like Interface Types

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.

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 defines objects for managing ethernet-like objects.

This memo also includes a MIB module. This MIB module corrects minor errors in the earlier versions of this MIB: RFC 1623 [20], and RFC 1398 [15].

The SNMP Network Management Framework

The SNMP Network Management Framework consists of three major components. They are:

  o    STD 16/RFC 1155 [3] which defines the SMI, the mechanisms
       used for describing and naming objects for the purpose of
       management.  STD 16/RFC 1212 [13] defines a more concise
       description mechanism, which is wholly consistent with
       the SMI.
  o    RFC 1156 [4] which defines MIB-I, the core set of managed
       objects for the Internet suite of protocols.  STD 17/RFC
       1213 [6] defines MIB-II, an evolution of MIB-I based on
       implementation experience and new operational
       requirements.
  o    STD 15/RFC 1157 [5] which defines the SNMP, the protocol
       used for network access to managed objects.

The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of experimentation and evaluation.

Object Definitions

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7] defined in the SMI [16]. In particular, each object object type is named by an OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name. The object type together with an object instance serves to uniquely identify a specific instantiation of the object. For human convenience, we often use a textual string, termed the descriptor, to refer to the object type.

Change Log

This section enumerates changes made to RFC 1398 to produce this document.

(1)   A section describing the applicability of various parts
      of RFC 1573 to ethernet-like interfaces has been added.
(2)   A minor error in the description of the TDR test was
      fixed.
(3)   A loopback test was defined to replace the standard
      loopback test that was defined in RFC 1229.
(4)   The description of dot3CollFrequencies was made a bit
      clearer.
(5)   A new object, EtherChipset, has been added. This object
      replaces the ifExtnsChipSet object, which has been
      removed per the Interface MIB Evolution effort.
(6)   Several minor editorial changes, spelling corrections,
      grammar and punctuation corrections, and so forth, were
      made.

Overview

Instances of these object types represent attributes of an interface to an ethernet-like communications medium. At present, ethernet-like media are identified by three values of the ifType object in the Internet-standard MIB:

     ethernet-csmacd(6)
     iso88023-csmacd(7)
     starLan(11)

For these interfaces, the value of the ifSpecific variable in the MIB-II [6] has the OBJECT IDENTIFIER value:

  dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFER ::= { transmission 7 }

The definitions presented here are based on the IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Specification [9], as originally interpreted by Frank Kastenholz then of Interlan in [10]. Implementors of these MIB objects should note that the IEEE document explicitly describes (in the form of Pascal pseudocode) when, where, and how various MAC attributes are measured. The IEEE document also describes the effects of MAC actions that may be invoked by manipulating instances of the MIB objects defined here.

To the extent that some of the attributes defined in [9] are represented by previously defined objects in the Internet-standard MIB or in the Generic Interface Extensions MIB [11], such attributes are not redundantly represented by objects defined in this memo. Among the attributes represented by objects defined in other memos are the number of octets transmitted or received on a particular interface, the number of frames transmitted or received on a particular interface, the promiscuous status of an interface, the MAC address of an interface, and multicast information associated with an interface.

Relation to RFC 1213

This section applies only when this MIB is used in conjunction with the "old" (i.e., pre-RFC 1573) interface group.

The relationship between an ethernet-like interface and an interface in the context of the Internet-standard MIB is one-to-one. As such, the value of an ifIndex object instance can be directly used to identify corresponding instances of the objects defined herein.

Relation to RFC 1573

RFC 1573, the Interface MIB Evolution, requires that any MIB which is an adjunct of the Interface MIB, clarify specific areas within the Interface MIB. These areas were intentionally left vague in RFC 1573 to avoid over constraining the MIB, thereby precluding management of certain media-types.

Section 3.3 of RFC 1573 enumerates several areas which a media- specific MIB must clarify. Each of these areas is addressed in a following subsection. The implementor is referred to RFC 1573 in order to understand the general intent of these areas.

Layering Model

This MIB does not provide for layering. There are no sublayers.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

  I could forsee the development of an 802.2 and enet-transceiver
  MIB.  They could be higher and lower sublayers, respectively.  All
  that THIS document should do is allude to the possibilities and
  urge the implementor to be aware of the possibility and that they
  may have requirements which supersede the requirements in this
  document.

Virtual Circuits

This medium does not support virtual circuits and this area is not applicable to this MIB.

ifTestTable

This MIB defines two tests for media which are instumented with this MIB; TDR and Loopback. Implementation of these tests is not required. Many common interface chips do not support one or both of these tests.

These two tests are provided as a convenience, allowing a common method to invoke the test.

Standard MIBs do not include objects in which to return the results of the TDR test. Any needed objects MUST be provided in the vendor specific MIB.

ifRcvAddressTable

This table contains all IEEE 802.3 addresses, unicast, multicast, and broadcast, for which this interface will receive packets and forward them up to a higher layer entity for local consumption. The format of the address, contained in ifRcvAddressAddress, is the same as for ifPhysAddress.

In the event that the interface is part of a MAC bridge, this table does not include unicast addresses which are accepted for possible forwarding out some other port. This table is explicitly not intended to provide a bridge address filtering mechanism.

ifPhysAddress

This object contains the IEEE 802.3 address which is placed in the source-address field of any Ethernet, Starlan, or IEEE 802.3 frames that originate at this interface. Usually this will be kept in ROM on the interface hardware. Some systems may set this address via software.

In a system where there are several such addresses the designer has a tougher choice. The address chosen should be the one most likely to be of use to network management (e.g. the address placed in ARP responses for systems which are primarily IP systems).

If the designer truly can not chose, use of the factory- provided ROM address is suggested.

If the address can not be determined, an octet string of zero length should be returned.

The address is stored in binary in this object. The address is stored in "canonical" bit order, that is, the Group Bit is positioned as the low-order bit of the first octet. Thus, the first byte of a multicast address would have the bit 0x01 set.

ifType

This MIB applies to interfaces which have any of the following three ifType values:

     ethernet-csmacd(6)
     iso88023-csmacd(7)
     starLan(11)

Interfaces with any of these ifType values map to the EtherLike-MIB in the same manner. The EtherLike-MIB applies equally to all three types; there are no implementation differences.

Definitions

EtherLike-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

  IMPORTS
      Counter, Gauge         FROM RFC1155-SMI
      ifIndex, transmission  FROM RFC1213-MIB
      OBJECT-TYPE            FROM RFC-1212;
   -- This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as
   -- defined in RFC-1212.
  dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 }
  -- the Ethernet-like Statistics group
   dot3StatsTable  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF Dot3StatsEntry
        ACCESS     not-accessible
        STATUS     mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
         "Statistics for a collection of ethernet-like
         interfaces attached to a particular system."
        ::= { dot3 2 }
   dot3StatsEntry   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Dot3StatsEntry
        ACCESS      not-accessible
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
          "Statistics for a particular interface to an
          ethernet-like medium."
        INDEX     { dot3StatsIndex }
        ::= { dot3StatsTable 1 }
   Dot3StatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        dot3StatsIndex                      INTEGER,
        dot3StatsAlignmentErrors            Counter,
        dot3StatsFCSErrors                  Counter,
        dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames      Counter,
        dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames    Counter,
        dot3StatsSQETestErrors              Counter,
        dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions      Counter,
        dot3StatsLateCollisions             Counter,
        dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions        Counter,
        dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors  Counter,
        dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors         Counter,
        dot3StatsFrameTooLongs              Counter,
        dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   Counter,
        dot3StatsEtherChipSet               OBJECT IDENTIFIER
   }
   dot3StatsIndex   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      INTEGER
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
          "An index value that uniquely identifies an
          interface to an ethernet-like medium.  The
          interface identified by a particular value of
          this index is the same interface as identified
          by the same value of ifIndex."
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 1 }
   dot3StatsAlignmentErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     Counter
        ACCESS     read-only
        STATUS     mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
         "A count of frames received on a particular
         interface that are not an integral number of
         octets in length and do not pass the FCS check.
         The count represented by an instance of this
         object is incremented when the alignmentError
         status is returned by the MAC service to the
         LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
         which multiple error conditions obtain are,
         according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
         Layer Management, counted exclusively according
         to the error status presented to the LLC."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 2 }
   dot3StatsFCSErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Counter
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames received on a particular
        interface that are an integral number of octets
        in length but do not pass the FCS check.
        The count represented by an instance of this
        object is incremented when the frameCheckError
        status is returned by the MAC service to the
        LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
        which multiple error conditions obtain are,
        according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
        Layer Management, counted exclusively according
        to the error status presented to the LLC."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 3 }
   dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Counter
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of successfully transmitted frames on
        a particular interface for which transmission
        is inhibited by exactly one collision.
        A frame that is counted by an instance of this
        object is also counted by the corresponding
        instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
        ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
        and is not counted by the corresponding
        instance of the dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames
        object."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 4 }
   dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Counter
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of successfully transmitted frames on
        a particular interface for which transmission
         is inhibited by more than one collision.
        A frame that is counted by an instance of this
        object is also counted by the corresponding
        instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
        ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
        and is not counted by the corresponding
        instance of the dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames
        object."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 5 }
   dot3StatsSQETestErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     Counter
        ACCESS     read-only
        STATUS     mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR
        message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a
        particular interface. The SQE TEST ERROR
        message is defined in section 7.2.2.2.4 of
        ANSI/IEEE 802.3-1985 and its generation is
        described in section 7.2.4.6 of the same
        document."
        REFERENCE
        "ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985 Carrier Sense
        Multiple Access with Collision Detection Access
        Method and Physical Layer Specifications"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 6 }
   dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Counter
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames for which the first
        transmission attempt on a particular interface
        is delayed because the medium is busy.
        The count represented by an instance of this
        object does not include frames involved in
        collisions."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 7 }
   dot3StatsLateCollisions   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Counter
        ACCESS      read-only
        STATUS      mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "The number of times that a collision is
        detected on a particular interface later than
        512 bit-times into the transmission of a
        packet.
        Five hundred and twelve bit-times corresponds
        to 51.2 microseconds on a 10 Mbit/s system. A
        (late) collision included in a count
        represented by an instance of this object is
        also considered as a (generic) collision for
        purposes of other collision-related
        statistics."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 8 }
   dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames for which transmission on a
        particular interface fails due to excessive
        collisions."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 9 }
   dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames for which transmission on a
        particular interface fails due to an internal
        MAC sublayer transmit error. A frame is only
        counted by an instance of this object if it is
        not counted by the corresponding instance of
        either the dot3StatsLateCollisions object, the
        dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions object, or the
        dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object.
        The precise meaning of the count represented by
        an instance of this object is implementation-
        specific.  In particular, an instance of this
        object may represent a count of transmission
        errors on a particular interface that are not
        otherwise counted."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 10 }
   dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "The number of times that the carrier sense
        condition was lost or never asserted when
        attempting to transmit a frame on a particular
        interface.
        The count represented by an instance of this
        object is incremented at most once per
        transmission attempt, even if the carrier sense
        condition fluctuates during a transmission
        attempt."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 11 }
   -- { dot3StatsEntry 12 } is not assigned
   dot3StatsFrameTooLongs   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames received on a particular
        interface that exceed the maximum permitted
        frame size.
        The count represented by an instance of this
        object is incremented when the frameTooLong
        status is returned by the MAC service to the
        LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
        which multiple error conditions obtain are,
        according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
        Layer Management, counted exclusively according
        to the error status presented to the LLC."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 13 }
   -- { dot3StatsEntry 14 } is not assigned
   -- { dot3StatsEntry 15 } is not assigned
   dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of frames for which reception on a
        particular interface fails due to an internal
        MAC sublayer receive error. A frame is only
        counted by an instance of this object if it is
        not counted by the corresponding instance of
        either the dot3StatsFrameTooLongs object, the
        dot3StatsAlignmentErrors object, or the
        dot3StatsFCSErrors object.
        The precise meaning of the count represented by
        an instance of this object is implementation-
        specific.  In particular, an instance of this
        object may represent a count of receive errors
        on a particular interface that are not
        otherwise counted."
        REFERENCE
        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 16 }
   dot3StatsEtherChipSet   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        ACCESS        read-only
        STATUS        mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "This object contains an OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        which identifies the chipset used to
        realize the interface. Ethernet-like
        interfaces are typically built out of
        several different chips. The MIB implementor
        is presented with a decision of which chip
        to identify via this object. The implementor
        should identify the chip which is usually
        called the Medium Access Control chip.
        If no such chip is easily identifiable,
        the implementor should identify the chip
        which actually gathers the transmit
        and receive statistics and error
        indications. This would allow a
        manager station to correlate the
        statistics and the chip generating
        them, giving it the ability to take
        into account any known anomalies
        in the chip."
        ::= { dot3StatsEntry 17 }
   -- the Ethernet-like Collision Statistics group
   -- Implementation of this group is optional; it is appropriate
   -- for all systems which have the necessary metering
   dot3CollTable  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    SEQUENCE OF Dot3CollEntry
        ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A collection of collision histograms for a
        particular set of interfaces."
        ::= { dot3 5 }
   dot3CollEntry  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Dot3CollEntry
        ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A cell in the histogram of per-frame
        collisions for a particular interface.  An
        instance of this object represents the
        frequency of individual MAC frames for which
        the transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
        particular interface is accompanied by a
        particular number of media collisions."
        INDEX     { ifIndex, dot3CollCount }
        ::= { dot3CollTable 1 }
   Dot3CollEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        dot3CollCount        INTEGER,
        dot3CollFrequencies  Counter
   }
   -- { dot3CollEntry 1 } is no longer in use
   dot3CollCount  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    INTEGER (1..16)
        ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "The number of per-frame media collisions for
        which a particular collision histogram cell
        represents the frequency on a particular
        interface."
        ::= { dot3CollEntry 2 }
   dot3CollFrequencies   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX    Counter
        ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS    mandatory
        DESCRIPTION
        "A count of individual MAC frames for which the
        transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
        particular interface occurs after the
        frame has experienced exactly the number
        of collisions in the associated
        dot3CollCount object.
        For example, a frame which is transmitted
        on interface 77 after experiencing
        exactly 4 collisions would be indicated
        by incrementing only dot3CollFrequencies.77.4.
        No other instance of dot3CollFrequencies would
        be incremented in this example."
        ::= { dot3CollEntry 3 }
   --  802.3 Tests
   dot3Tests   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 6 }
   dot3Errors  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 7 }
   --  TDR Test
   -- The Time-Domain Reflectometry (TDR) test is specific
   -- to ethernet-like interfaces with the exception of
   -- 10BaseT and 10BaseF. The TDR value may be useful
   -- in determining the approximate distance to a cable fault.
   -- It is advisable to repeat this test to check for a
   -- consistent resulting TDR value, to verify that there
   -- is a fault.
   dot3TestTdr OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 1 }
   -- A TDR test returns as its result the time interval,
   -- measured in 10 MHz ticks or 100 nsec units, between
   -- the start of TDR test transmission and the subsequent
   -- detection of a collision or deassertion of carrier.  On
   -- successful completion of a TDR test, the result is
   -- stored as the value of the appropriate instance of the
   -- MIB object dot3TestTdrValue, and the OBJECT IDENTIFIER
   -- of that instanceis stored in the corresponding instance
   -- of ifExtnsTestCode (thereby indicating where the
   -- result has been stored).
   -- Loopback Test
   -- Another test is the full-duplex loopback test.
   -- This test configures the MAC chip and executes
   -- an internal loopback test of memory, data paths,
   -- and the MAC chip logic.  This loopback test can
   -- only be executed if the interface is offline.
   -- Once the test has completed, the MAC chip should
   -- be reinitialized for network operation, but it
   -- should remain offline.
   dot3TestLoopBack OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 2 }
   -- If an error occurs during a test, the object
   -- ifTestResult (defined in RFC1573) will be set
   -- to failed(7).  The following two OBJECT
   -- IDENTIFIERs may be used to provided more
   -- information as values for ifTestCode.
            -- couldn't initialize MAC chip for test
   dot3ErrorInitError     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 1 }
            -- expected data not received (or not
            -- received correctly) in loopback test
   dot3ErrorLoopbackError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 2 }
   -- RFC1573 does away with the interface chipset object.
   -- The following OBJECT IDENTIFIER definitions are
   -- retained for purposes of backwards compatibility
   -- with pre-RFC1573 systems.
   --  802.3 Hardware Chipsets
   -- The object ifExtnsChipSet is provided in RFC1229 to
   -- identify the MAC hardware used to communcate on an
   -- interface.  The following hardware chipsets are
   -- provided for 802.3:
   dot3ChipSets          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 8 }
   dot3ChipSetAMD        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 1 }
   dot3ChipSetAMD7990    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 1 }
   dot3ChipSetAMD79900   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 2 }
   dot3ChipSetAMD79C940  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 3 }
   dot3ChipSetIntel      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 2 }
   dot3ChipSetIntel82586 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 1 }
   dot3ChipSetIntel82596 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 2 }
   dot3ChipSetSeeq       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 3 }
   dot3ChipSetSeeq8003   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetSeeq 1 }
   dot3ChipSetNational      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 4 }
   dot3ChipSetNational8390  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                              { dot3ChipSetNational 1 }
   dot3ChipSetNationalSonic OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                              { dot3ChipSetNational 2 }
   dot3ChipSetFujitsu       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 5 }
   dot3ChipSetFujitsu86950  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                              { dot3ChipSetFujitsu 1 }
   dot3ChipSetDigital       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 6 }
   dot3ChipSetDigitalDC21040  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                              { dot3ChipSetDigital 1 }
   -- For those chipsets not represented above, OBJECT IDENTIFIER
   -- assignment is required in other documentation, e.g., assignment
   -- within that part of the registration tree delegated to
   -- individual enterprises (see RFC1155).

END

Acknowledgements

This document was produced by the Ethernet MIB Working Group.

This document is based on the Proposed Standard Ethernet MIB, RFC 1284 [14], of which Jihn Cook of Chipcom was the editor. The Ethernet MIB Working Group gathered implementation experience of the variables specified in RFC 1284 and used that information to develop this revised MIB.

RFC 1284, in turn, is based on a document written by Frank Kastenholz

of Interlan entitled IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft M compatible MIB for TCP/IP Networks [10]. This document has been modestly reworked, initially by the SNMP Working Group, and then by the Transmission Working Group, to reflect the current conventions for defining objects for MIB interfaces. James Davin, of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, and Keith McCloghrie of Hughes LAN Systems, contributed to later drafts of this memo. Marshall Rose of Performance Systems International, Inc. converted the document into its current concise format. Anil Rijsinghani of DEC contributed text that more adequately describes the TDR test. Thanks to Frank Kastenholz of Interlan and Louis Steinberg of IBM for their experimentation.

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   Trusted Information Systems, Hughes LAN Systems, April 1993.
 [18] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol
   Operations for version 2 of the Simple Network Management
   Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1448, SNMP Research, Inc., Hughes LAN
   Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon
   University, April 1993.
 [19] McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, "Evolution of the Interfaces
   Group of MIB-II", RFC 1573, Hughes LAN Systems, FTP Software,
   January 1994.
 [20] Kastenholz, F., "Definitions of Managed Objects for the
   Ethernet-like Interface Types", STD 50, RFC 1623, FTP Software,
   Inc., May 1994.

Security Considerations

Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Author's Address

Frank Kastenholz FTP Software, Inc. 2 High Street North Andover, Mass, USA 01845

Phone: 508-685-4000 EMail: [email protected]