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TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview - IBM Redbooks

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17.1.1 The Management Information Base (MIB)<br />

The management information base defines a set of objects which can be<br />

monitored or managed using an SNMP implementation. The current MIB, MIB-II,<br />

is defined in RFC 1213 <strong>and</strong> replaces the MIB-I definition outlined in RFC 1156. It<br />

is updated by RFCs 4022, 4113, <strong>and</strong> 4293. MIB-II defines the groups of<br />

information which should be made available in any SNMP implementation in a<br />

<strong>TCP</strong>/<strong>IP</strong> based network. These groups are as shown in Table 17-1.<br />

Table 17-1 Group names <strong>and</strong> descriptions available in an SNMP implementation<br />

Group name Description of objects within the group RFC defining<br />

the group’s<br />

MIB<br />

System Basic system information, such as the system’s<br />

name, description, <strong>and</strong> how much time has passed<br />

since the last time the system was restarted.<br />

Interfaces Information about network interfaces, including a<br />

list of interfaces, <strong>and</strong> statistics specific to these<br />

interfaces.<br />

RFC 3418<br />

RFC 2863<br />

<strong>IP</strong> Information <strong>and</strong> statistics on <strong>IP</strong> traffic. RFC 4293<br />

ICMP Statistics on ICMP input <strong>and</strong> output. RFC 4293<br />

<strong>TCP</strong> General information about the <strong>TCP</strong> layer (such as<br />

timeout values <strong>and</strong> the total number of <strong>TCP</strong><br />

connections) as well as information about specific<br />

<strong>TCP</strong> connections (such as the connection’s state,<br />

addresses, <strong>and</strong> ports).<br />

UDP General information about the UDP layer (such as<br />

the number of UDP packets sent <strong>and</strong> delivered) as<br />

well as information about specific UDP usage<br />

(such as addresses <strong>and</strong> ports).<br />

RFC 4022<br />

RFC 4113<br />

EGP Statistics on external gateway protocol traffic. RFC 1156<br />

RFC 1213<br />

Transmission This group is not yet implemented, but was created<br />

as a placeholder for when Internet-st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

definitions for managing transmission media<br />

emerge.<br />

RFC 1213<br />

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