Entity MIB (Version 4)
RFC 6933
Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(May 2013; Errata)
Obsoletes RFC 4133
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Authors | Andy Bierman , Dan Romascanu , Juergen Quittek , Mouli Chandramouli | ||
Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
Replaces | draft-chandramouli-eman-rfc4133bis | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized with errata bibtex | ||
Reviews | |||
Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Adrian Farrel | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2013-02-18) | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 6933 (Proposed Standard) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
Telechat date | |||
Responsible AD | BenoƮt Claise | ||
IESG note | The document shepherd is Nevil Brownlee (n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz). | ||
Send notices to | (None) |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Bierman Request for Comments: 6933 YumaWorks, Inc. Obsoletes: 4133 D. Romascanu Category: Standards Track Avaya ISSN: 2070-1721 J. Quittek NEC Europe Ltd. M. Chandramouli Cisco Systems, Inc. May 2013 Entity MIB (Version 4) Abstract This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing multiple logical and physical entities managed by a single Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent. This document specifies version 4 of the Entity MIB. This memo obsoletes version 3 of the Entity MIB module published as RFC 4133. Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6933. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must Bierman, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 6933 Entity MIB (Version 4) May 2013 include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. The SNMP Management Framework ...................................3 2. Overview ........................................................3 2.1. Terms ......................................................5 2.2. Relationship to Community Strings ..........................6 2.3. Relationship to SNMP Contexts ..............................6 2.4. Relationship to Proxy Mechanisms ...........................6 2.5. Relationship to a Chassis MIB ..............................7 2.6. Relationship to the Interfaces MIB .........................7 2.7. Relationship to the Other MIB Modules ......................7 2.8. Relationship to Naming Scopes ..............................7 2.9. Multiple Instances of the Entity MIB .......................8 2.10. Re-Configuration of Entities ..............................9 2.11. Textual Convention Change .................................9 2.12. MIB Structure .............................................9 2.12.1. entityPhysical Group ..............................10 2.12.2. entityLogical Group ...............................12 2.12.3. entityMapping Group ...............................12 2.12.4. entityGeneral Group ...............................13 2.12.5. entityNotifications Group .........................13 2.13. Multiple Agents ..........................................13 2.14. Changes Since RFC 2037 ...................................14 2.14.1. Textual Conventions ...............................14 2.14.2. New entPhysicalTable Objects ......................14 2.14.3. New entLogicalTable Objects .......................14 2.14.4. Bug Fixes .........................................14 2.15. Changes Since RFC 2737 ...................................15 2.15.1. Textual Conventions ...............................15 2.15.2. New Objects .......................................15 2.15.3. Bug Fixes .........................................15 2.16. Changes Since RFC 4133 ...................................15 2.16.1. MIB Module Addition ...............................15 2.16.2. Modification to Some of the MIB Objects ...........15 2.16.3. New TC for Universally Unique Identifier ..........16Show full document text