Network Working Group                                      F. Kastenholz
Request for Comments: 1398                            FTP Software, Inc.
Obsoletes: 1284                                             January 1993


                  Definitions of Managed Objects for
                  the Ethernet-like Interface Types

Status of this Memo

  This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet
  community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
  Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
  Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

  This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
  for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets.
  In particular, it defines objects for managing ethernet-like objects.

Table of Contents

  1. The Network Management Framework ......................    1
  2. Objects ...............................................    2
  2.1 Format of Definitions ................................    2
  3. Overview ..............................................    3
  4. Definitions ...........................................    4
  4.1 The Ethernet-like Statistics Group ...................    4
  4.2 The Ethernet-like Collision Statistics Group .........   11
  4.3 802.3 Tests ..........................................   12
  4.4 802.3 Hardware Chipsets ..............................   14
  5. Change Log ............................................   14
  6. Acknowledgements ......................................   16
  7. References ............................................   16
  8. Security Considerations ...............................   17
  9. Author's Address ......................................   17

1.  The Network Management Framework

  The Internet-standard Network Management Framework consists of three
  components.  They are:

     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.



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     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.

     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.

2.  Objects

  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.  In particular, each object has a name, a syntax,
  and an encoding.  The name is an object identifier, an
  administratively assigned name, which specifies an object type.  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 OBJECT
  DESCRIPTOR, to also refer to the object type.

  The syntax of an object type defines the abstract data structure
  corresponding to that object type.  The ASN.1 language is used for
  this purpose.  However, the SMI [3] purposely restricts the ASN.1
  constructs which may be used.  These restrictions are explicitly made
  for simplicity.

  The encoding of an object type is simply how that object type is
  represented using the object type's syntax.  Implicitly tied to the
  notion of an object type's syntax and encoding is how the object type
  is represented when being transmitted on the network.

  The SMI specifies the use of the basic encoding rules of ASN.1 [8],
  subject to the additional requirements imposed by the SNMP.

2.1.  Format of Definitions

  Section 4 contains contains the specification of all object types
  contained in this MIB module.  The object types are defined using the
  conventions defined in the SMI, as amended by the extensions
  specified in [13].







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3.  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 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.

  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.











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4.  Definitions

         RFC1398-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN


              IMPORTS
                   Counter, Gauge
                        FROM RFC1155-SMI
                   transmission
                        FROM RFC1213-MIB
                   OBJECT-TYPE
                        FROM RFC-1212;

         --  This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as
         --  defined in RFC-1212.

         --  this is the MIB module for ethernet-like objects

         dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 }

         -- { dot3 1 } is obsolete and has been deleted.

4.1.  The Ethernet-like Statistics Group


         -- the Ethernet-like Statistics group

         -- Implementation of this group is mandatory

         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 }



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         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
         }

         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



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                        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



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                        object is also counted by the corresponding
                        instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts or
                        ifOutNUcastPkts object 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 or
                        ifOutNUcastPkts object 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 }




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         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."




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              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 }



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         -- { 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



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                        on a particular interface that are not
                        otherwise counted."
              REFERENCE
                        "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
              ::= { dot3StatsEntry 16 }

4.2.  The Ethernet-like Collision Statistics Group


         -- 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     { dot3CollIndex, dot3CollCount }
              ::= { dot3CollTable 1 }



         Dot3CollEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
              dot3CollIndex
                   INTEGER,
              dot3CollCount
                   INTEGER,
              dot3CollFrequencies
                   Counter



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         }


         dot3CollIndex   OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX    INTEGER
              ACCESS    read-only
              STATUS    mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                        "The index value that uniquely identifies the
                        interface to which a particular collision
                        histogram cell pertains.  The interface
                        identified by a particular value of this index
                        is the same interface as identified by the same
                        value of ifIndex."
              ::= { dot3CollEntry 1 }


         dot3CollCount   OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX    INTEGER (1..16)
              ACCESS    read-only
              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 is accompanied by a
                        particular number of media collisions."
              ::= { dot3CollEntry 3 }


4.3.  802.3 Tests


     --  802.3 Tests

     -- The ifExtnsTestTable defined in RFC 1229 provides a common
     -- means for a manager to test any interface corresponding to



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     -- a value of ifIndex.

     -- At this time, one well known test (testFullDuplexLoopBack) is
     -- defined in RFC 1229.  For ethernet-like interfaces, this test
     -- configures the MAC chip and executes an internal loopback
     -- test of memory 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.

     -- If an error occurs during a test, the object ifExtnsTestResult
     -- (defined in RFC 1229) will be set to failed(7).  The following
     -- two OBJECT IDENTIFIERs may be used to provided more
     -- information as values for the object ifExtnsTestCode in
     -- RFC 1229:

         dot3Errors             OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 7 }

                              -- 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 }

      -- Tests
       --  TDR Test

      -- Another test, specific to ethernet-like interfaces with the
      -- exception of 10BaseT and 10BaseF, is Time-domain Reflectometry
          (TDR).
      -- 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.

         dot3Tests   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 6 }
         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 appropriate instance of ifExtnsTestResult
      -- contains the OBJECT IDENTIFIER of the MIB object which
      -- contains the value of this time interval.



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4.4.  802.3 Hardware Chipsets


      --  802.3 Hardware Chipsets

      -- The object ifExtnsChipSet is provided in RFC 1229 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 }

 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 }
 dot3ChipSetFujitsu86960  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                                          { dot3ChipSetFujitsu 2 }

      -- 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 RFC 1155).

         END

5.  Change Log

 (1)  Replace old "Historical Perspective" boilerplate with the
      new "The Network Management Framework" boilerplate.

 (2)  Remove the "slime text".

 (3)  Updated the reference to the Interface Extensions mib to
      reflect its new RFC status.



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 (4)  Change the status of the memo section to hold the new
      suggested text.

 (5)  References in ASN.1 comments were changed from the [#]
      form to name the actual document being referred to. These
      references are now meaningful when the ASN.1 is read
      outside of the RFC.

 (6)  The IMPORTS section of the ASN.1 has been updated to
      reflect that the OBJECT-TYPE macro is imported from RFC-
      1212.

 (7)  The the Generic Ethernet-like group, containing
      dot3Index, dot3InitializeMac, dot3MacSubLayerStatus,
      dot3MulticastReceiveStatus, dot3TxEnabled, and
      dot3TestTdrValue has been deprecated as a result of the
      implementation experience presented at the San Diego IETF
      meeting.

 (8)  dot3StatsInRangeLengthErrors and
      dot3StatsOutOfRangeLengthFields have been deprecated as a
      result of the implementation experience presented at the
      San Diego IETF meeting.

 (9)  Update the acknowledgements section to reflect this
      document's history, etc.

 (10) REFERENCE clauses have been added to all of the MIB
      objects which are being retained.

 12 August 1992

 (1)  Removed all deprecated objects.

 (2)  Rephrased the description of the TDR test OID to reflect
      the fact that dot3TestTdrValue is no more.
      ifExtnsTestResult still points to the object containing
      the result, the text simply does not refer to
      dot3TestTdrValue. I could have deleted the Test, but the
      OID should then remain reserved. I figured that it would
      be just as easy to rephrase the definition of the test.

 13 august 1992

 (1)  Add fuji. 86960






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6.  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 John 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.

7.  References

  [1] Cerf, V., "IAB Recommendations for the Development of Internet
      Network Management Standards", RFC 1052, NRI, April 1988.

  [2] Cerf, V., "Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network Management Review
      Group", RFC 1109, NRI, August 1989.

  [3] Rose M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
      Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets", STD 16, RFC
      1155, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May
      1990.

  [4] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, "Management Information Base for
      Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1156, Hughes
      LAN Systems, Performance Systems International, May 1990.

  [5] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple
      Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, SNMP Research,
      Performance Systems International, Performance Systems
      International, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, May 1990.

  [6] Rose M., Editor, "Management Information Base for Network
      Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II", STD 17, RFC 1213,



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      Performance Systems International, March 1991.

  [7] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
      Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1),
      International Organization for Standardization, International
      Standard 8824, December 1987.

  [8] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
      Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Notation One
      (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization,
      International Standard 8825, December 1987.

  [9] IEEE, "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management", November 1988.

 [10] Kastenholz, F., "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft compatible MIB
      for TCP/IP Networks", electronic mail message to mib-
      [email protected], 9 June 1989.

 [11] McCloghrie, K., Editor, Extensions to the Generic-Interface MIB,
      RFC 1229, Hughes LAN Systems, Inc., May 1991.

 [12] IEEE, "Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
      (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications",
      ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985.

 [13] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
      STD 16, RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN
      Systems, March 1991.

 [14] Cook, J., Editor, "Definitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet-
      Like Interface Types", RFC 1284, Chipcom Corporation, December
      1991.

8.  Security Considerations

  Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

9.  Author's Address

  Frank Kastenholz
  2 High Street
  North Andover, MA 01845-2620

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






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