SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

The NonStop SNMP Environment
SNMP Configuration and Management Manual—424777-006
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RFC Compliance
RFC Compliance
The NonStop SNMP implementation complies with standards and guidelines published
in these RFCs:
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RFC 1155, Structure and Identification of Management Information for
TCP/IP-Based Internets. This document describes MIB naming conventions,
syntax, and other MIB object characteristics.
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RFC 1157, A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This document
describes the SNMP architecture and message protocol.
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RFC 1212, Concise MIB Definitions. This document describes the ASN.1
conventions used to define SNMP MIBs.
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RFC 1213, Management Information Base for Network Management of
TCP/IP-Based Internets: MIB-II.
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RFC 1215, A Convention for Defining Traps for Use With the SNMP. This
document describes ASN.1 conventions for defining traps.
The degree to which subagents comply with MIB object definitions in RFCs is often
documented in this manual in three-column tables. For example, the following excerpt
from a table describes how the TCP/IP Subagent's MIB complies with IP group
definitions in RFC 1213 and is followed by an explanation of each column in the table.
Table 1-2. Compliance With IP Group Definitions in RFC 1213
Object Descriptor Compliance Explanation
ipForwarding Partial Set operation not supported
Column 1 The first column lists the object descriptor.
Column 2 The second column contains one of three values indicating the degree to
which implementation of the object complies with RFC guidelines. “Yes”
indicates full compliance. “Partial” indicates some but not full
implementation of the object. “No” indicates no support for the object.
Column 3 The third column provides comments that explain deviations and other
special behavior relative to the object.