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Subject: comp.protocols.snmp [SNMP] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.snmp,comp.answers,news.answers
From: [e-mail] (Panther Digital)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 13:35:26 GMT

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         comp.protocols.snmp
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     FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ

      Simple Network Management Protocol
      ----------------------------------

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Subject:         TABLE OF CONTENTS
         -----------------

@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?
@10. What SNMP product User Groups are available.
@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 [18.181.0.24] 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
                [superceded by RFC 1470]
     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 ...

     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.


  G.  Total SNMP
      by: Sean Harnedy

      ISBN  1-878956-33-7

      (c) 1994   CPM Books, 1300 Virginia Drive, 3rd Floor
                 Fort Washington, PA 19034

  H.  How to Manage Your Network using SNMP
      by: Marshall T. Rose & Keith McCloghrie

      ISBN 0-13-141517-4

      (c) 1995 P T R Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

@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.

      Note: Simple Times has suspended publication
               until Spring of 1995

   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.    ZD Expos (formerly: Interop Company)
    303 Vintage Park Drive
    Foster City, CA 94404

    415-578-6986

    EMail: [e-mail]


   B. William Stallings offers videotaped classes.

      contact info:

      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.  Interop was sold by its
   founder, Dan Lynch to Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Co
   and has been combined with Networld:

   Networld & Interop
   Phone: [phone]
   Fax: [phone]

  Mail Registration:
 ------------------
   ZD Expos
   Attn: Registration Department
   PO Box 5855
   San Mateo, CA  94402-0855

 Parent Company:
------------------
  Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Co
  303 Vintage Park Drive
  Foster City, CA 94404
  415-578-6900
  Fax:  [phone]


@10.
Subject: What SNMP Product User Groups Are There?
------------------------------------------------

For owners of a run time license to HP OpenView, there
is the the OpenView Forum (a yearly fee is charged).

Contact:
    Richard C. "Rick" Sturm, OV Forum President, at

    U.S. West Advanced Technologies
    4001 Discovery Drive
    Suite 190
    Boulder, CO  80303

    303-541-6262
    Fax: [phone]
    EMail: [e-mail]


11 - 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 :
   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


      d. NAS HNMS (NAS Hierarchical Network Management System)

         [What follows is a much-edited post from Jude A. George]

HNMS is the NAS Hierarchical Management System -- an SNMP- and
X Windows- based software package for monitoring large,
heterogeneous IP networks.
[.. deletions here by Tom.. ]

VERSION 2.0c3
NOTICE  There is a version of the software that we sent to COSMIC,
        which is NASA's technology transfer organization at the University
        of Georgia.  As of yet, COSMIC is still putting together their
        distribution.

        Anyone can get a copy of HNMS v2.0c3 directly from COSMIC,
        and expand/revise/modify/redistribute it.  However, if you do
        redistribute it, the following provisions are in effect:

        You MAY NOT:    make minor changes and re-release the entire
                        package with your own copyright.
        You MAY:        make make minor changes and copyright only
                        the changes.
        You MAY:        make major ( > 50% ) changes, and copyright
                        the whole work.
[.. deletions here by Tom.. ]

For sample screen snapshots, try the following in your favorite
WWW viewer:
        ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/heyjude/SCREEN1.gif
        ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/heyjude/SCREEN2.gif

There is an HNMS mailing list, maintained by Jason Thorpe at Oregon
State University.  To subscribe to the list, send mail to
[e-mail],

[ message body ]

subscribe hnms-users [your e-mail address, optional]

For help, send the message body 'help'.  Questions about the list may
be sent to [e-mail].


        e. The UT-SNMP projectgroup
        ---------------------------

        description: Currently, we are building version 4 of the
                     UT-SNMP package. In this new version we initialize the
                     PartyMIB by a configuration file(s). The layout of this
                     initialization file is defined and described in the
                     "SNMPv2 Administrative Configuration Proposal" by Dave
                     Perkins and John Seligson (Synoptics).
                     Some projectmembers have made software to
                     create those configuration file(s) in a very convenient
                     manner.
                     The software asks some simple questions and
                     depending on the input generates the initialization
                     file(s).
        package:     UT-PERKINS-1_0.tar.Z
        programmers: Martijn Visser & Erwin Bonsma.


        postal:         The UT-SNMP projectgroup
                        Tele-Informatics and Open Systems Group
                        Department of Computer Science
                        P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE  Enschede, The Netherlands
        voice:          [phone]
        email:          [e-mail]
        www:            http:/snmp.cs.uwtente.nl/
        ftp:            ftp.cs.utwente.nl:/pub/src/snmp/


   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.

         In Europe:
         SNMP Research International, Inc
         David Partain, Managing Director
         Teknikringen 1
         S-583 30 Linkoping
         Sweden

         Fax/Phone [phone]
         EMail: [e-mail]

      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.

          [EDITOR'S NOTE: SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO CONTACT NetPort
           ABOUT THEIR OFFERING COULD NOT SUCCEED. MAY BE DEFUNCT.]
       g. Empire Technologies, Inc.
          500 Northside Circle, NW Suite D7
          Atlanta, GA 30309-2100

          Ph: 404-350-0107
          Fx: 404-351-3638
          Email: Cheryl Krupczak,  [e-mail]

          MIB Manager(tm) X/Windows NMS tool, Agents for UNIX
          Systems Management and Host Resources MIB, and base
          SNMP agent source code.


   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 AP

    --- removed erroneous reference to ncgia.ucsb.edu "xsnmp"

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 (sh)
    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 which describe an SNMP managable entity.

  An Important Note: There IS ONLY ONE SNMP MIB.  All these other "MIBs"
  which are cited herein are extensions to *the* SNMP MIB. Popular usage
  and strict definition do not agree on this point, so be careful in how
  and when you talk about the plural of MIB.


@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.


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

-------------------------------------------
  In the case of  MIB-2 (12),  [e-mail]  writes:

In RFC 1229, Extension to the Generica-Interface MIB, the
objects in ifExtensions, experimental (6), are defined.

In RFC 1239, some experimental MIBs are reassigned to standard MIBs.
At that time, the Generic IF objects are reassigned to mib-2 (12).

However, RFC 1573 officially "obsoletes" RFC 1229, by defining
a new class objects, in mib(30) and mib(31) that replace the
the ones of RFC 1229.

Also, there seems to be a new RFC -- RFC 1657 -- for mib-2 (15), BGP.
-------------------------------------------

  RFC1243:                   mib-2 ( 13 )         appletalk
  RFC1253:                   mib-2 ( 14 )         ospf
  RFC1269:                   mib-2 ( 15 )         bgp (obsolete?)
      RFC1657:        mib-2 ( 15 )         BGP   (current?)
  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
  RFC1515:              mib-2 ( 26 )    802.3 MAUs
  RFC1565:              mib-2 ( 27 )    network services
  RFC1566:              mib-2 ( 28 )    mail
  RFC1567:              mib-2 ( 29 )    X.500 directory
  RFC1573:              mib-2 ( 30 )    "IANA ifType"
  RFC1573:              mib-2 ( 31 )    "Interfaces Group"
  RFC1611:              mib-2 ( 32 )    DNS server
  RFC1628:              mib-2 ( 33 )    UPS
  RFC1666:              mib-2 ( 34 )    SNA NAUs

@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

  Note: There are now hundreds of enterprise MIB numbers assigned.


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

- You can snail mail:

        Joe Kemp
        Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
        USC/Information Sciences Institute
        4676 Admiralty Way
        Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695

--
Mark Wallace
Harris Corporation, Electronic Systems, Melbourne, Florida, USA
[e-mail]


If you utilize GNU Emacs, a profile is available which makes
Emacs set up specifically for ASN.1 editing.  Contact David
C. Brower via [e-mail].


@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:

From Philipp Hoschka:

"I've assembled a number of ASN.1-related internet resources
and included them in my homepage."

The mosaic URL is:

ftp://zenon.inria.fr/rodeo/hoschka/hoschka.html

and look in "ASN.1 Resources".

"Additions are welcome, but only in the form of working
 html references, please."


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


ALSO:::::

>>ASN.1 is also defined in ITU (formerly CCITT) recommendation X.208.
>>X.208 is electroniccaly available from itu document store:
>>This is zip'ed postscript file of english version.

>>Taavi Talvik

[ Below is a revised address sent to Dave Waddell by Bob Shaw ]

"Here's a new URL.  We're in the midst of a software upgrade here so there
may be service interruptions.  These are in ZIPPED Postscript format.

[X.208] Recommendation X.208 - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation On
e (ASN.1)

//info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.22887

You might also be interested in:

[X.209] Recommendation X.209 - Specification of basic encoding rules for Ab
stract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)

//info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.24177

Go a couple of levels up to see other Recommendations."


@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])
                      ([e-mail])
Tom Cikoski ([e-mail])
Robin Cutshaw ([e-mail])
Arnold de Leon ([e-mail])
George Dolbier ([e-mail])
Jeff Drew ([e-mail])
Michael A. Erlinger ([e-mail])
Moritz Farbstein ([e-mail])
Jude A. George ([e-mail])
Richard L. Gralnik ([e-mail])
Eric van Hengstum ([e-mail])
Philipp Hoschka ([e-mail])
Dave Jagoda ([e-mail])
Earl Jones (earl%sch.com)
Russell Jones ([e-mail])
Graham Knight ([e-mail])
Cheryl Krupczak ([e-mail])
Simon Leinen ([e-mail])
Christophe Meessen ([e-mail])
David Partain ([e-mail])
Dave Perkins ([e-mail])
David Pascoe ([e-mail])
Paul Rolland ([e-mail])
Richard Schneider ([e-mail])
Christian Seyb  ([e-mail])
Robert Slade ([e-mail])
Bill Stallings ([e-mail])
Judi Theg Talley <[e-mail]>
Taavi Talvik <[e-mail]>
Ruediger Volk ([e-mail])
Dave Waddell ([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 Cikoski

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


Subject:    "Truth in Publishing" Notice:
            -----------------------------
         This FAQ is maintained by Tom Cikoski
 of Panther Digital Corporation, Danbury Connecticut, USA,
 using Internet access paid for by Panther Digital for its
 business use, which includes EMail, ftp, telnet, etc.

 Panther Digital Corporation sells/resells network management
 products and services, including SNMP managers and tools.
 Panther Digital is a reseller for some products and services
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