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- Chassis MIB (chassis)
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- Charter
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- Chair(s):
- Bob Stewart <rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com>
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- Network Management Area Director(s)
- Marshall Rose <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
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- Mailing lists:
- General Discussion:chassismib@cs.utk.edu
- To Subscribe: chassismib-request@cs.utk.edu
- Archive:
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- Description of Working Group:
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- This Working Group will produce a document describing MIB objects for
- use in a ``chassis'' --- which is a collection of traditionally
- discrete network devices packaged in a single cabinet and power
- supply. A chassis may comprise, for example, combinations of layer 1
- repeater elements, MAC layer bridges, or internetwork layer routers.
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- The Working Group is chartered to produce up to three distinct
- documents that define extensions to the SNMP MIB:
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- (1) The Working Group is chartered to define MIB objects that represent
- the mapping of the logical functions of traditional network devices
- onto particular, physical hardware resources within the chassis. These
- MIB definitions will not address any aspects of the network functions
- comprised by a chassis box that are shared with an analogous collection
- of discrete network devices.
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- (2) The Working Group is chartered, at its option, to define MIB
- objects that instrument the operational state of a power supply element
- in a chassis.
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- (3) The Working Group is chartered, at its option, to define MIB
- objects that represent aggregated information about collections of
- network devices (e.g., aggregate information about devices attached to
- a particular LAN), provided that this MIB specification is not specific
- to chassis implementations of such networks and is also readily
- implementable for analogous collections of discrete network devices.
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- The MIB object definitions produced will be for use by SNMP and will be
- consistent with existing SNMP standards and framework.
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- Although the Working Group may choose to solicit input or expertise
- from other relevant standards bodies, no extant standards efforts or
- authorities are known with which alignment of this work is required.
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- Because the structure of chassis implementations varies widely, the
- Working Group shall take special care that its definitions reflect a
- generic and consistent architectural model of chassis management rather
- than the structure of particular chassis implementations.
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- Should the Working Group elect to define objects representing
- aggregated information about collections of network devices, those
- efforts will not compromise the operational robustness of the SNMP that
- depends on its realization of management system function as closely as
- possible to centers of responsible authority.
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- Goals and Milestones:
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- Done Discuss the Charter and define the scope of the Working Group. In
- particular, review all contributed MIBs and agreement on plan for
- producing baseline document(s).
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- Done Post the first draft of the Chassis MIB specification as an
- Internet-Draft.
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- Jan 93 Submit the Chassis MIB to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
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- Internet Drafts:
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- Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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- Jan 93 May 93 <draft-ietf-chassis-mib-01.txt>
- Definitions of Managed Objects for a Chassis Containing
- Multiple Logical Network Devices
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- Request For Comments:
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- None to date.
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