SNMP-Managed Devices
Managed devices with integral SNMP, such as Access-T, contain two compo-
nents for processing SNMP information:
•
The Agent, which executes SNMP commands.
•
The Management Information Base (MIB), which is a collection of all
management related information for a particular type of managed
device.
Management Information Base (MIB)
The set of variables that each node supports is called the Management Informa-
tion Base (MIB). The MIB for a particular device is typically composed of several
components:
•
A Standard MIB
which contains a set of objects (or variables) useful
for Internet management. The current Standard MIB supported by
Access-T, MIB II, is specified in Request for Comments (RFC) 1213.
Note
: RFCs are Internet Engineering documents that
specify and describe Internet protocols.
•
An Application-Specific MIB
which contains the objects (or vari-
ables) for such applications as different types of network interfaces.
For instance, there are Application-Specific MIBs, defined by differ-
ent RFCs, for both DS1 and DS3 network interfaces. Access-T sup-
ports the DS1-application MIB specified by RFC 1406.
•
An Enterprise-Specific MIB
which is defined by the hardware
manufacturer to manage their specific equipment. For instance, Lar-
scom has defined a set of enterprise-specific (i.e., Access-T) SNMP
traps. Traps are “autonomous” (i.e., unsolicited) SNMP messages
from an SNMP-managed device to the SNMP manager to report an
event or an alarm condition.
Larscom provides a DOS-formatted disk that includes the Larscom private
MIB and the standard 1406 MIB.
Refer to Appendices F, G, and H for more information about the different MIB
components supported by Access-T.
ACST-0351-005
Chapter 1
June 1996
Introduction
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