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Subject: comp.protocols.snmp [SNMP] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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From: [e-mail] (tom cikoski)
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 17:10:58 GMT

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         FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ

          Simple Network Management Protocol
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Subject:         TABLE OF CONTENTS
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@0. What is the purpose of this FAQ?
------------------------------------

@I. General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2
-------------------------------------------
@1. What is SNMP?
@2. What is an RFC?
@3. Where can I get RFC text?
@4. What books are there which cover SNMP?
@5. What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP?
@6. What classes are available on the topic of SNMP?
@7. Who are some leading authorities of SNMP?
@8. What discussion groups are available for SNMP?
@9. What trade shows cater to SNMP?
@20. What is SNMPv2?
@30. What is RMON?
@40. What is CMIP?
@41. What books should I read about CMIP?
@50. What is OMNIPoint?

@II. SNMP Software and Related Products
----------------------------------------
@1. Where can I get SNMP software?
@2. What CMIP software is available?

@III. MIBS
-----------
@1. What is a MIB?
@2. What are MIB-I and MIB-II
@3. What are enterprise MIBs?
@4. Where can I get enterprise MIBs?
@5. How can I register an enterprise MIB?
@6. What is the SMI?
@7. What is ASN.1?

@Appendix A. Glossary
@Appendix B. Acknowledgements & Credits


Subject:             C O N T E N T S
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@0.
Subject: What is the purpose of this FAQ?
----------------------------------------
  This FAQ is to serve as a guide to the resources known to
  be available for helping you to understand SNMP, SNMPv2,
  and their related technologies.  OSI/CMIP is touched on
  briefly as well because we're fair-minded folk.

  There is NO INTENT that this be a one-stop SNMP tutorial.

  You WILL need to read the books listed herein, maybe even
  some of the RFCs.  You may wish to take a class as well.
  Just think of this as your "tourist guide book."

  This FAQ is archived (as with all "licensed" FAQs) at
  rtfm.mit.edu [18.70.0.209] under /pub/usenet/news.answers
  as snmp-faq, or under /pub/usenet/comp.protocols.snmp as
  its own self (the only file in that directory). Use
  anonymous ftp to retrieve.  What?  No ftp?  Send e-mail to

       [e-mail]

                       with

      "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources"

  for instructions on FTP via e-mail.


@I.
Subject: General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2
-----------------------------------------------

@1.
Subject: What is SNMP?
----------------
  The Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol for
  Internet network management services.  It is formally
  specified in a series of related RFC documents.

     RFC 1089 - SNMP over Ethernet
     RFC 1140 - IAB Official Protocol Standards
     RFC 1147 - Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP
                Internets and Interconnected Devices
     RFC 1155 - Structure and Identification of Management
                Information for TCP/IP based internets.
     RFC 1156 - Management Information Base Network
                Management of TCP/IP based internets
     RFC 1157 - A Simple Network Managment Protocol
     RFC 1158 - Management Information Base Network
                Management of TCP/IP based internets: MIB-II
     RFC 1161 - SNMP over OSI
     RFC 1212 - Concise MIB Definitions
     RFC 1213 - Management Information Base for Network Management
            of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II
     RFC 1215 - A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP
     RFC 1298 - SNMP over IPX

@2.
Subject: What is an RFC?
------------------
  The letters stand for the title Request For Comment, which
  is the initial stage in the process for creating Internet
  standards.  RFCs go through several stages of review and
  refinement before they are adopted as final by the Internet
  community.

@3.
Subject: Where can I get RFC text?
===========================%<===================================

RFC-Info Simplified Help      submitted by: Mark Wallace
-----------------------

Use RFC-Info by sending an email messages to [e-mail].

1.  To get a specific RFC send a message with text as follows:

    Retrieve: RFC
       Doc-ID: RFC1500

This gets RFC 1500.  All RFC numbers in the Doc-Id are 4 digits
(RFC 791 would be Doc-ID: RFC0791).

2.  To get a specific FYI send a message with text as follows:

    Retrieve: FYI
      Doc-ID: FYI0004

3.  To get a list of available RFC's that match a certain criteria:

    LIST: RFC
    Keywords: Gateway

Returns a list of RFC's with the word Gateway in the title or
specified as a keyword.

4.  To get information about other ways to get RFCs, FYIs, STDs, or
IMRs.

    HELP: ways_to_get_rfcs
    HELP: ways_to_get_fyis
    HELP: ways_to_get_stds
    HELP: ways_to_get_imrs

5.  To get help about using RFC-Info:

    HELP: help

    or

        HELP: topics

============================%<===================================

  An archie search for the keyword "rfc" turned up 99 hits.
  A few of the more prominent or amusing are shown below:

     animal-farm.nevada.edu
     cs.columbia.edu
     ftp.internic.net
     ftp.uu.net
     merit.edu
     nic.ddn.mil - note: avoid using this one, it's SLOW
     nis.nsf.net
     src.doc.ic.ac.uk
     venera.isi.edu
     world.std.com

     munnari.oz.au \___ Pacific Rim Sites use these
     archie.au     /

  A. Use anonymous ftp & look for rfc or pub/rfc directories above.

     Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending
     an EMAIL message to "[e-mail]" with the message body
     "help: ways_to_get_rfcs".  For example:

>>        To: [e-mail]
>>        Subject: getting rfcs

>>        help: ways_to_get_rfcs

  B. You can get a CD Rom with all the RFC's as of the date of the
     CD ROM (Mar 93) from :
        Info Magic
        POB 338
        Pennington, NJ 08534-0338

        [phone]
        [phone]

     Title is 'The Internet CD-ROM' (around $50)
     Includes sources for BSD 4.3 and GNU.

   C. In Germany and Europe, try Christian Seyb:

     "I also offer a CDROM with all RFC's as of the date
      of beginning of Aug 93."

The following CDROM is available for DM 98,-- (app. $60) and contains
the following software:

- Linux SLS V1.03, Kernel 0.99.11 and utilities for Linux
- 386BSD version 0.1 including patch-kit 0.2.4
- NetBSD version 0.8
- Utilities for 386BSD and NetBSD
- The Berkely Second Networking Distribution
- GNU software (gcc 2.4.5, emacs 19.17, gmake 3.68, etc)
- X11R5 up to patch 25 and lots of Contributed Software
- TeX version 3.14
- The Internet RFCs up to RFC1493
- News, mail and mailbox software and many utilities for Unix

  Issue: Aug 1993

Contact:
    CDROM Versand
    Helga Seyb
    Fuchsweg 86
                                                  Tel: [phone]
    85598 Baldham                                 Fax: [phone]
    Germany                                   Bbs/Fax: [phone]

Christian Seyb  |  [e-mail]  |  Mailbox/uucp/Fax: [phone]
---------------------------------------------------


@4.
Subject: What books are there which cover SNMP?
-----------------------------------------

  A. The Simple Book: An Introduction to Managment
     of TCP/IP-based Internets
     by: Marshall T. Rose

     ISBN 0-13-812611-9

     (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc

     ---  AND NOW ... ANNOUNCING:

     The Simple Book: (Second Edition)

     by: Marshall T. Rose

     ISBN 0-13-177254-6

     Prentice-Hall copyright 1994


  B. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
     Network Management Standards
     by: William Stallings

     ISBN 0-201-63331-0

     (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc

     NOTE:

   >>A second printing of

   >>SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management
     (Addison-Wesley, 1993)

   >>is now in bookstores. A number of errata in the first printing have been
   >>corrected. None of these are "fatal" but they were a nuisance. For anyone
   >>with a first printing, an errata sheet is available via anonymous ftp in the
     file SNMP.errata in directory ftp/pub on aw.com.

   >>Bill Stallings
   >>[e-mail]


  C. Network Management: A Practical Perspective
     by: Allan Leinwand & Karen Fang

     ISBN 0-201-52771-5

     (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc


  D. Internetworking with TCP/IP (3 Volumes)

     Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture
     by: Douglas E. Comer

     ISBN 0-13-468505-9  (Note: 2nd Edition)

     Volume 2: Design, Implementation, and Internals
     by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens

     ISBN 0-13-472242-6

     (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc

     Volume 3: Client-Server Programming and Applications
     by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens

     ISBN 0-13-474222-2  (Note: BSD Socket Version)

     (c) 1993 Prentice-Hall, Inc


  E. Managing Internetworks with SNMP
     by: Mark A. Miller, P.E.

     ISBN 1-55851-304-3

     (c) 1993 M&T Books, New York, NY


  F.  Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP
      by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin

      ISBN 0-201-56334-7

      (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley

      While largely about OSI, this book contains
      lots of stuff about TCP/IP and SNMP as well.



@5.
Subject: What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP?
--------------------------------------------------

  A.  One bi-monthly newsletter is "SIMPLE TIMES".
      You can subscribe via email at

    [e-mail]

      Use HELP on the Subject line for details.

      Vol 2 Issue 3 contains a comprehensive listing
      of many of the ongoing discussion groups and
      also the relevent RFC's.

   B. ConneXions, The Interoperability Report
      480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100
      Mountain View, CA 94040

      Ph: 415-941-3399
      Fx: 415-949-1779


@6.
Subject: What classes are available on the topic of SNMP?
----------------------------------------------------

   A. Interop Company
      480 San Antonio Road
      Mountain View, CA 94040

      Ph: 415-962-2522
      Fx: 415-966-5010

      EMail: [e-mail]

   B. William Stallings offers classes.

      contact info:

      Voice: 508-896-4705
      email: [e-mail]


   C. Network World Technical Seminars

      Ph: 800-643-4668  (direct: 508-820-7493)
      Fx: 800-756-9430
         [Fax back line, ask for document 55]


@7.
Subject: Who are some leading authorities of SNMP?
----------------------------------------
   [Contributions will be noted as time permits]

   A. Authors of Key RFCs
        Jeffrey D. Case
        James R. Davin
        Michael A. Erlinger
        Mark S. Fedor
        Keith McCloghrie
        Marshall T. Rose
        Martin L. Schoffstall
        Steven Waldbusser

   B. Authors of Related Material
        A. L. Chapin
        Edwin E. Meir
        David M. Piscitello
        William Stallings

   C. Others of Note
        Vinton G. Cerf
        David D. Clark


@8.
Subject: What discussion groups are available for SNMP?
-------------------------------------------------

   The basic discussion groups are:

    [e-mail]    Covers SNMP V1.
    [e-mail]    Covers SNMP V2.

   SNMP Mailing Lists.

   SNMPv1

   To add yourself to the SNMPv1 mailing list send an email message with
   the title subscribe and containing your preferred email address in the
   body to [e-mail] eg.

       mail [e-mail]
       subject: subscribe

       [e-mail]

   To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address.
   If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to
   the list (and there are hundreds) the address is [e-mail].

   SNMPv2

   To add yourself to the SNMPv2 mailing list send an email message with
   the title subscribe and containing your preferred email address in the
   body to [e-mail] eg.

       mail [e-mail]
       subject: subscribe

       [e-mail]

   To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address.
   If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to
   the list (and there are many) the address is [e-mail].



@9.
Subject: What trade shows cater to SNMP?
-----------------------------------
   These days nearly every networking trade show in the
   US, and many outside the US, covers the SNMP market.

   The grandparent of them all, and still the champ in
   many ways, is:

   Interop
   480 San Antonio Road
   Mountain View, CA 94040-1219

   Ph: 415-941-3399 X 2502
       800-INTEROP  X 2502

   Fx: 415-949-1779


10 - 19 Reserved

@20.
Subject: What is SNMPv2?
------------------

   SNMPv2 is a revised protocol (not just a new MIB)
   which includes improvements to SNMP in the areas
   of performance, security, confidentiality, and
   manager-to-manager communications.


   SNMPv2 Framework (Proposed Standards):
   The following RFC's identify the major components of SNMPv2.

   RFC 1441 - Introduction to SNMP v2
   RFC 1442 - SMI For SNMP v2
   RFC 1443 - Textual Conventions for SNMP v2
   RFC 1444 - Conformance Statements for SNMP v2
   RFC 1445 - Administrative Model for SNMP v2
   RFC 1446 - Security Protocols for SNMP v2
   RFC 1447 - Party MIB for SNMP v2
   RFC 1448 - Protocol Operations for SNMP v2
   RFC 1449 - Transoport Mappings for SNMP v2
   RFC 1450 - MIB for SNMP v2
   RFC 1451 - Manager to Manger MIB
   RFC 1452 - Coexistance between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2

21 - 29 Reserved

@30.
Subject: What is RMON?
----------------
  The Remote Network Monitoring MIB is a SNMP MIB for remote management of
  networks.  While other MIBs usually are created to support a network
  device whose primary function is other than management, RMON was created
  to provide management of a network.  RMON is one of the many SNMP
  based MIBs that are on the IETF Standards track.

@31.  RMON Standardization Status
--------------------------------
  RMON is one of the many SNMP based MIBs that are on the IETF Standards
  track (RFC 1310).  Currently (Jan 94) RMON has two instantiations in the
  IETF standards process.  First, RFC 1271 - a Proposed Standard, specifies
  the general structure of RMON and the particulars of an Ethernet based
  RMON agent.  RFC 1513 - a Proposed Standard specifies the additional RMON
  groups and specifics for a Token Ring network.

@32.  RMON Working Group.
------------------------
  The RMON Working Group is an IETF Working Group under the Network
  Management Area.  The WG meets periodically - usually at all IETF meetings.
  The WG maintains a mailing list for Questions and Comments concerning
  RMON.

    Mail List: [e-mail]

@33.  Joining the RMON Working Group Mailing List
-----------------------------------------------
  To join the RMON Working Group mailing list, send mail to:

    Mail List Requets: [e-mail].

  DO NOT send a request to join message to the general mailing list.

@34.  Historical RMON Records
-----------------------------
  There are copies of the RMON mailing list messages and meeting minutes
  within the IETF archive structure - available at various sites.

  There is also a RMON archive directory which can be accessed via
  anonymous ftp at:
   jarthur.cs.hmc.edu,  directory /pub/rmon

@35.  RMON Documents
-----------------------
  1.  RMON White Paper in  the anonymous ftp directory at jarthur.cs.hmc.edu.  There are two formats: frame and postscript.  This paper was developed
  by members of the RMON working group prior to an Interop.  It is a
  superficial discussion of RMON.

  2.  Chapter 7 in "SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network
  Management Standards" by William Stallings, (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley,
  goes into some detail on the RMON MIB.

@36-39 Reserved
--------------


@40.
Subject: What is CMIP?
----------------
   YES, we do need to mention it here!

   Paul Rolland writes from France:

   >CMIP is the Common Management Information Protocol.
   >It is an OSI protocol that has been defined for Network Management.
   >It comes together with the CMIS (Commom Management Information Service).
   >This service provides :
   >- monitoring : in this case, you are using CMIP to gain information,
   >- control : you can manipulate objects that you manage,
   >- reporting : Managed objects can tell you something wrong is happening.

@41.
Subject: What books should I read about CMIP?
---------------------------------------
   The collected OSI specifications are of sufficient bulk
   to sink a small craft in calm waters.  Start easy:

   A. The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI
      by: Marshall T. Rose

      ISBN 0-13-643016-3

     (c) 1990 Prentice-Hall, Inc

   B. Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP
      by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin

      ISBN 0-201-56334-7

      (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley

   C. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
      Network Management Standards
      by: William Stallings

      ISBN 0-201-63331-0

      (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc


42 - 49 Reserved

@50.
Subject: What is OMNIPoint?
---------------------------
   "A common approach to the integrated management of
    networked information systems."

   In practical terms, a vehicle for helping to bridge
   the standards gap between SNMP and OSI/CMIP so that
   the end user customer can reap the benefits of both.

   A product of the:
      Network Management Forum
      40 Morristown Road
      Bernardsville, NJ 07924

      Ph: 908-766-1544
      Fx: 908-766-5741

   A catalog of products is available.



@II.
Subject: SNMP Software and Related Products


@1.
Subject: Where can I get SNMP software?
---------------------------------

   A. Public Domain:
   -----------------

      a. Carnegie-Mellon University
         4910 Forbes Ave.
         Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

         ftp from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.13.21)
         both SNMP and SNMPv2 are available

      b. MIT
         Cambridge, Massachusetts

         ftp from thyme.lcs.mit.edu at /pub/snmp (18.26.0.115)


      c. Christophe Meessen writes:

>I've put a small package on a ftp server that relates to SNMP.
>It is a minimal set of BER assembling/disassembling primitives
>needed to implement SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.

>BER compilation primitives compile in reverse. That is they compile from the
>last byte toward the first byte. This result in the simplest BER compilation code.

>The exact path is ftp.in2p3.fr (134.158.69.153) /pub/snmp/ber


   B. Proprietary:
   ---------------

      a. SNMP Research
         3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
         Knoxville, TN 37920-9716

         Ph: 615-573-1434
         Fx: 615-573-9197
         Email: John Southwood, [e-mail]

         SNMP agents, extensible agents, managers, tools, etc.

      b. Epilogue Technology Corp.
         11116 Desert Classic Lane
         Albuquerque, NM  87111

         "Envoy(tm), Emissary, Attache, Attache Plus, Ambassador:

         Portable SNMPv1 & SNMPv2 agent/manager, MIB Compiler,
         UDP/IP & TCP/IP protocol stacks, RMON agent"

         Ph: [phone]   or  [phone]
         Fax: [phone]  or  [phone]
         Email: David Preston, [e-mail]

         Australasian/Pacific Rim Distributor
         Internode Systems Pty Ltd
         414 Goodwood Road, PO Box 69, Daw Park SA 5041 Australia

         Email: Simon Hackett, [e-mail]  [Technical]
                Sales Folk,    [e-mail]  [Sales]
         Ph:    [phone]
         Fax:   [phone]

      c. PEER Networks
        3375 Scott Blvd.
     Suite 100
     Santa Clara, CA 95054

     Voice     [phone]
     FAX     [phone]
     EMAIL    [e-mail]

    "We provide agents and development tools for adding SNMP to
     applications."


      d. Paul Freeman Associates, Inc.
         14 Pleasant St., P. O. Box 2067
         Westford, MA 01886-5067

         Voice: 508-692-4436
         Email: [e-mail]

        "Universal SNMP Agent (tm): extensible and portable V1+V2 agent in
         source form for installation on any platform, under any OS, with any
         transport. Also available as drop-in binary with MIB-II for SVR4."


      e. Software Clearing House, Inc.
         Three Centennial Plaza
         895 Central Avenue
         Cincinnati OH  45202

         (800) SAY UNIX (729-8649) Voice: Continental US
         [phone]            Voice: Outside US
         [phone]            FAX
         [e-mail]              email

          "OS/EYE*NODE - distributed, scalable mgt system"


       f. NetPort

          [phone]            Voice:
          [e-mail]     email


          NetPort is a vendor of portable SNMP agents & protocol stacks,
          and we also provide SNMP consulting services.

          Also, we will be releasing a series of DOS utilitys as freeware
          (executables will be available for free) in a few weeks.  Call
           for details.


   C. General:

Bruce Barnett writes:

>Here is my list of authoritative sites for SNMP source code....
>In particular, the MIB II version of CMU's code is available on
        ftp.near.net:/pub/cmu-snmp1.2u.tar.Z -
                Version 1.2(Unofficial) CMU SNMP code. MIB-II support
>and
        munnari.OZ.AU:pub/cmu-mu-snmp1.5.tar.Z
                MIB-II enhancements to CMU's SNMPv1 API
---------------------------------------------------------
SNMP Archives summary. Maintained by Bruce Barnett <[e-mail]>
The following are FTP sites for various packages...

lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu:/pub/snmp-dist/*
    snmp2.1.2.tar
    CMU SNMP v2 source (Library, agent, mid-level agent,
    Tcl/Tk interface, net management routines)
ftp.ics.uci.edu:mrose/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.Z
    4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package

dnpap.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/btng
    Contains:
        RMON agent for OS/2, SunOS 4.1.X, & Ultrix 4.1
        Tricklet (Perl-based SNMP tool for Unix or OS/2)
nic.nikhef.nl:~ftp/pub/monet/monet-0.10.tar.Z
    Xmonet network monitoring tools
ftp.synoptics.com:/eng/mibcompiler/src.tar.Z
    SMIC -  MIB Compiler
ftp.synoptics.com:/eng/mibcompiler/mibs.tar.Z -
    Public MIBS
munnari.OZ.AU:pub/cmu-mu-snmp1.5.tar.Z
    MIB-II enhancements to CMU's SNMPv1 API
ncgia.ucsb.edu:pub/etc/xsnmp21.tar.Z
    xsnmp - X-windows based snmp program.
ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/pub/local/src/snacc
    SNACC - MIB compiler with MIB-II Macros and C, C++ BER routines.
venera.isi.edu:/ftp/mib    various
    Public MIBS
ftp.cisco.com:
    MIBS for CISCO routers
ftp.near.net:/pub/cmu-snmp1.2u.tar.Z -
    Version 1.2(Unofficial) CMU SNMP code. MIB-II support
zippy.telcom.arizona.edu:/pub/snm/agents/*
    Schema and oid for SunNet Manager
ptt.lcs.mit.edu:/pub/snmp - MIT SNMP code - MIB-II
gatekeeper.dec.com:/private/mib - Source of MIBs for DEC products.
nexus.yorku.ca:~/pub/tcl_snmp Tcl/Tk interface to SNMP
ctron.com:/pub/management/mibs - Cabletron MIBS
loki.oar.net:/pub/xnetdb - Xnetdb "A network database and monitoring tool" by [e-mail]
    X-based network monitoring system with an integrated database which
    uses SNMP and PING to graphically display the state of the network.
ftp.jvnc.net:jvncnet-packages/nocol/ NOCOL - Network Operations Center OnLine
    From: [e-mail] (Vikas Aggarwal)
    NOCOL (NOC-On Line) is a network monitoring package for TCP/IP networks.
    Has monitors for reachability, SNMP traps, nameserver, thruput.
    Uses curses display, runs on Unix. Future enhancements intended for
    SNMP variables, etc.

aarnet.edu.au:/pub/gwtraffic AARNet Traffic Monitoring
    This document describes the implementation of the 'new' AARNet traffic
    monitoring application.  The application is composed of several (Bourne)
    shell script programs, together with an SNMP application (GWTRAFFIC)
    and an interactive plotting program (GNUPLOT).

Re: perl & SNMP
    There are two solutions: one requires patches to perl,
    the other (Tricklet, see above) uses an external program.
    Contact [e-mail] for information on his
    extension/patches to perl for SNMP. It might be available via FTP on
    liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/net/snmp/snmpperl*

Re: "The Internet Rover" contact [e-mail]

-----------------------------------Thanks, Bruce!


-----------------------Paul Boot writes:

I have a small contribution to the FAQ concerning SNMP FTP sites.
For the European users this site will be usefull:

   src.doc.ic.ac.uk

dir: computing/comms/tcpip/snmp

This dir contains Tricklet, xsnmp, xnetdb and others.

-------------------------Danke, Paul!


@2.
Subject: What CMIP software is available?
-------------------------------------

 A. Public Domain Software is available from University College
    London, UK as follows:

Graham Knight writes:

>HOW TO GET A COPY

>OSIMIS is not a supported package and no guarantees are offered about
>its operation. You may use it and adapt it to your own use but this is
>entirely at your own risk. We may be able
>to help with any problems you have but we can offer no guarantees -
>there is very little effort to spare for this at UCL.

>1. Internet
>   If you can FTP to the Internet, you can use anonymous FTP to
>   cs.ucl.ac.uk [128.16.5.31] and retrieve the files
>   osimis/osimis-3.tar.Z (a 2.2 Mb compressed tar image),
>   osimis/osimis-manual-1.ps.Z (0.4 Mb of compressed postrcript).
>   If you do not have InterViews-2.6, you may also retrieve the files
>   osimis/InterViews-2.6.tar.Z (a 3.4 Mb compressed tar image) and
>   osimis/InterViews.README (a text file).

>2. FTAM on the IPSS, JANET or IXI
>   If you can use FTAM over X.25, you can use anonymous FTAM to the
>   host 23421920030013 through IPSS, 00000511160013 through JANET
>   or 20433450420113 through IXI with TSEL 259 (acsii encoding).
>   You should log in as "anon" and retrieve the files
>   osimis/osimis-3.tar.Z (a 2.2 Mb compressed tar image) and
>   osimis/osimis-manual-1.ps.Z (0.4 Mb of compressed postrcript).
>   If you do not have InterViews-2.6, you may also retrieve the files
>   osimis/InterViews-2.6.tar.Z (a 3.4 Mb compressed tar image) and
>   osimis/InterViews.README (a text file).

>   For information only:
>        Telephone:    [phone] (George Pavlou)
>            [phone] (Graham Knight)
>        Fax:        [phone]
>        Telex:        28722
>        Internet:    <[e-mail]>



@III. MIBS

@1.
Subject: What is a MIB?
-----------------
  A collection of objects.  Stew on that until I
  get more time.

  [Much more to come on this topic]

@2.
Subject: What are MIB-I and MIB-II
-----------------------------
  MIB-I was the first SNMP MIB accepted as standard.

  MIB-II added some much-needed objects, and has become
  the standard SNMP MIB.

  Note that SNMPv2 expands upon MIB-II with new groups
  and objects, and is therefore not MIB-II but includes
  MIB-II.

  [more to come on this topic]


Dave Jagoda ([e-mail]) writes to provide ...

" ... some useful RFC's that I think might be of general
interest (particularly since I think many people don't realize these
exist and might try to invent something like these on their own).
They all have in common the fact that they are assigned under the
mib-2 portion of the tree."

  RFC1158, RFC1213, RFC1215:     mib-2 ( 1 - 11 )     mib-2
does an RFC exist for :        mib-2 ( 12 )??
  RFC1243:                   mib-2 ( 13 )         appletalk
  RFC1253:                   mib-2 ( 14 )         ospf
  RFC1269:                   mib-2 ( 15 )         bgp
  RFC1271:                   mib-2 ( 16 )         rmon
  RFC1286:                   mib-2 ( 17 )         dot1dBridge
  RFC1289:                   mib-2 ( 18 )         phiv
  RFC1316:                   mib-2 ( 19 )         char
  RFC1353:                   mib-2 ( 20 - 21)     snmpParties, snmpSecrets
  RFC1368:                   mib-2 ( 22 )         snmpDot3RptrMgt
  RFC1389:                   mib-2 ( 23 )         rip2
  RFC1414:                   mib-2 ( 24 )         ident
  RFC1514:                   mib-2 ( 25 )         host

@3.
Subject: What are enterprise MIBs?
-----------------------------
  An enterprise MIB is a MIB created by an enterprise [company, etc] to
  define a set of objects that are related to some product[s] from this
  enterprise, and that the enterprise agrees to make public
  so that network managers can use the MIB to manage some products from this
  enterprise.

  Here are some enterprises that have their own enterprise MIB :
  Proteon, IBM, CMU, ACC...

                                - Paul Rolland


@4.
Subject: Where can I get enterprise MIBs?
------------------------------------
  A. Try anonymous ftp to venera.isi.edu in mib/

  B. For now: see Section II

  [more to come on this topic]


@5.
Subject: How can I register an enterprise MIB?
------------------------------------------

Judy Bettinger writes:

- A.5 (page 265) in "The Simple Book" shows how to apply.

- You can email to [e-mail].

- You can just call Joyce Reynolds at IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority).  The number is 310-822-1511 x263.  (Someone else gave me
the same number, but with area code 213.  Maybe the Californians can
tell us which is the correct one.)  She'll ask you a few questions
and give you your number.  This is faster than e-mail.

- You can snail mail:

                Joyce K. Reynolds
                Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
                USC/Information Sciences Institute
                4676 Admiralty Way
                Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695


@6.
Subject: What is the SMI?
-------------------
"In order for the MIB to serve the needs of a network-management
 system, it must meet two objectives:

 1. The object or objects used to represent a particular resource
    must be the same at each node. [...]

 2. A common scheme for representation must be used to support
    interoperability."  -  William Stallings, op. cit. below

In both Internet and OSI network management these two objectives
are met by a common structure of managment information (SMI)
which is defined in RFC 1155.  The SMI is the specification
for the tree of MIB objects which which provides a means of
associating a common numerical identification code for a
given object.

The top of the SMI tree is the familiar mapping:

iso = 1
   org = 3
      dod = 6
         internet = 1
            mgmt = 2
               mib-2 = 1

which is the global root prefix of every SNMP MIB object.

For more details, read:

I4B.  SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
      Network Management Standards
      by: William Stallings


@7.
Subject: What is ASN.1?
-------------------

ASN.1 : This is an Abstract Syntax Notation One. ASN.1 is an language used to
define the formats of the PDUs that are exchanged by SNMP entities, and also
used to defined the objects that are managed thru SNMP. This is a formal
language, with a grammar that has been defined in :

  Information Processing - Open System Interconnection - Specification of
  Abstract Syntax Notation ONE (ASN.1).
  International Organization for Standardization
  (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Committee,
  1987. International Standard 8824.

In ASN.1, you can define Modules, which are collections of ASN.1 descriptions,
each description referring to an object. Possible objects are :
types, values and macros. Types can be both simple or constructed,
constructed types being based on one or more simple types.
Simple types are : Integer, Octet String, Object Identifier, NULL.

                                   - Paul Rolland


ASN.1 is well defined and explained in three of the books mentioned in
this FAQ:

I4F.  Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP
      by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin

I4B.  SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
      Network Management Standards
      by: William Stallings

I41A. The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI
      by: Marshall T. Rose


@A
Subject: Appendix A. Glossary
--------------------
  TBS


@B
Subject: Appendix B. Acknowledgements & Credits
---------------------------------------
Some folks have sent in contributions, while
others have contributed unwittingly by the
nature of their posts.

The assistance of each of the following folks
in the creation of this document is hereby
gratefully acknowledged:

                --- o0o ---

Robert Babb ([e-mail])
Bruce Barnett <[e-mail]>
David Battle <[e-mail]>
Judy Bettinger  ([e-mail])
Paul W. Boot ([e-mail])
Tom Cikoski ([e-mail])
Arnold de Leon ([e-mail])
George Dolbier <[e-mail]>
Jeff Drew ([e-mail])
Michael A. Erlinger ([e-mail])
Moritz Farbstein ([e-mail])
Richard L. Gralnik ([e-mail])
Dave Jagoda ([e-mail])
Earl Jones (earl%sch.com)
Russell Jones ([e-mail])
Graham Knight ([e-mail])
Simon Leinen ([e-mail])
Christophe Meessen ([e-mail])
David Pascoe ([e-mail])
Paul Rolland ([e-mail])
Richard Schneider ([e-mail])
Christian Seyb  ([e-mail])
Bill Stallings ([e-mail])
Judi Theg Talley <[e-mail]>
Ruediger Volk ([e-mail])
Mark Wallace ([e-mail])
Phil Wentworth ([e-mail])
Pete Wilson ([e-mail])
Bruce Wollen  ([e-mail])
Ralph C Wolman <[e-mail]>

PS: Some of the above EMail addresses will bounce.

                   Sorry.

                --- o0o ---


Subject:    A Special, Personal Thanks
            --------------------------
My meager, threadbare knowledge of SNMP and SNMPv2 would be
all the more so except for the patient attention of
Jeff Case and Steve Waldbusser.  These two fellows are
not only masters of their craft, they are also true
gentlemen in every sense of the word. My gratitude.
                            - Tom

And a large Milk Bone to Mutley, the SNMP dog from
down on the farm -- inspiration for the motto
"that dog'll hunt!"


Subject:      --- END OF SNMP FAQ ---

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