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Network Working Group B. Stewart, Editor Request for Comments: 1318 Xyplex, Inc.

                                                            April 1992
                   Definitions of Managed Objects
             for Parallel-printer-like Hardware Devices

Status of this Memo

 This document specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB
 Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status
 of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

1. Abstract

 This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
 for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets.
 In particular, it defines objects for the management of
 parallel-printer-like devices.

2. The Network Management Framework

 The Internet-standard Network Management Framework consists
 of three components.  They are:
 RFC 1155 which defines the SMI, the mechanisms used for
 describing and naming objects for the purpose of management.
 RFC 1212 defines a more concise description mechanism, which
 is wholly consistent with the SMI.
 RFC 1156 which defines MIB-I, the core set of managed
 objects for the Internet suite of protocols.  RFC 1213,
 defines MIB-II, an evolution of MIB-I based on
 implementation experience and new operational requirements.
 RFC 1157 which defines the SNMP, the protocol used for
 network access to managed objects.
 The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the
 purpose of experimentation and evaluation.

3. Objects

 Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information
 store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB.

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 Objects in the MIB are defined using the subset of Abstract
 Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7] defined in the SMI.  In
 particular, each object has a name, a syntax, and an
 encoding.  The name is an object identifier, an
 administratively assigned name, which specifies an object
 type.
 The object type together with an object instance serves to
 uniquely identify a specific instantiation of the object.
 For human convenience, we often use a textual string, termed
 the OBJECT DESCRIPTOR, to also refer to the object type.
 The syntax of an object type defines the abstract data
 structure corresponding to that object type.  The ASN.1
 language is used for this purpose.  However, the SMI [3]
 purposely restricts the ASN.1 constructs which may be used.
 These restrictions are explicitly made for simplicity.
 The encoding of an object type is simply how that object
 type is represented using the object type's syntax.
 Implicitly tied to the notion of an object type's syntax and
 encoding is how the object type is represented when being
 transmitted on the network.
 The SMI specifies the use of the basic encoding rules of
 ASN.1 [8], subject to the additional requirements imposed by
 the SNMP.

3.1. Format of Definitions

 Section 5 contains the specification of all object types
 contained in this MIB module.  The object types are defined
 using the conventions defined in the SMI, as amended by the
 extensions specified in [9,10].

4. Overview

 The Parallel-printer-like Hardware Device MIB applies to
 interface ports that might logically support the Interface
 MIB, a Transmission MIB, or the Character MIB (most likely
 the latter).  The most common example is a Centronics or
 Data Products type parallel printer port.
 The Parallel-printer-like MIB is one of a set of MIBs
 designed for complementary use.  At this writing, the set
 comprises:

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      Character MIB
      PPP MIB
      RS-232-like MIB
      Parallel-printer-like MIB
 The RS-232-like MIB and the Parallel-printer-like MIB
 represent the physical layer, providing service to higher
 layers such as the Character MIB or PPP MIB.  Further MIBs
 may appear above these.
 The following diagram shows two possible "MIB stacks", each
 using the RS-232-like MIB.
                                  .-----------------.
       .-----------------.        |  Standard MIB   |
       |   Telnet MIB    |        | Interface Group |
       |-----------------|        |-----------------|
       |  Character MIB  |        |     PPP MIB     |
       |-----------------|        |-----------------|
       | RS-232-like MIB |        | RS-232-like MIB |
       `-----------------'        `-----------------'
 The intent of the model is for the physical-level MIBs to
 represent the lowest level, regardless of the higher level
 that may be using it.  In turn, separate higher level MIBs
 represent specific applications, such as a terminal (the
 Character MIB) or a network connection (the PPP MIB).
 The Parallel-printer-like MIB is mandatory for all systems
 that have such a hardware port supporting services managed
 through some other MIB, for example, the Character MIB.
 The Parallel-printer-like MIB includes multiple similar
 types of hardware, and as a result contains objects not
 applicable to all of those types.  Such objects are in a
 separate branch of the MIB, which is required when
 applicable and otherwise absent.
 The Parallel-printer-like MIB includes Centronics, Data
 Products, and other parallel physical links with a similar
 set of control signals.
 The MIB contains objects that relate to physical layer
 connections.  Such connections may provide interesting
 hardware signals (other than for basic data transfer), such
 as Power and PaperOut.
 The MIB comprises one base object and three tables, detailed

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 in the following sections.  The tables contain objects for
 ports and input and output control signals.

5. Definitions

                  RFC1318-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
                  IMPORTS
                          Counter
                                  FROM RFC1155-SMI
                          transmission
                                  FROM RFC1213-MIB
                          OBJECT-TYPE
                                  FROM RFC-1212;
  1. - this is the MIB module for Parallel-printer-like
  2. - hardware devices
          para    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 34 }
  1. - the generic Parallel-printer-like group
  1. - Implementation of this group is mandatory for all
  2. - systems that have Parallel-printer-like hardware
  3. - ports supporting higher level services such as
  4. - character streams
          paraNumber OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The number of ports (regardless of their current
                  state) in the Parallel-printer-like port table."
              ::= { para 1 }
  1. - the Parallel-printer-like Port table
          paraPortTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF ParaPortEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "A list of port entries.  The number of entries is
                  given by the value of paraNumber."
              ::= { para 2 }

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          paraPortEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX ParaPortEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "Status and parameter values for a port."
              INDEX { paraPortIndex }
              ::= { paraPortTable 1 }
          ParaPortEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  paraPortIndex
                      INTEGER,
                  paraPortType
                      INTEGER,
                  paraPortInSigNumber
                      INTEGER,
                  paraPortOutSigNumber
                      INTEGER
              }
          paraPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "A unique value for each port.  Its value ranges
                  between 1 and the value of paraNumber.  By
                  convention and if possible, hardware port numbers
                  map directly to external connectors.  The value for
                  each port must remain constant at least from one
                  re-initialization of the network management agent to
                  the next."
              ::= { paraPortEntry 1 }
          paraPortType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER {
                  other(1),
                  centronics(2),
                  dataproducts(3)
              }
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The port's hardware type."
              ::= { paraPortEntry 2 }
          paraPortInSigNumber OBJECT-TYPE

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              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The number of input signals for the port in the
                  input signal table (paraPortInSigTable).  The table
                  contains entries only for those signals the software
                  can detect."
              ::= { paraPortEntry 3 }
          paraPortOutSigNumber OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The number of output signals for the port in the
                  output signal table (paraPortOutSigTable).  The
                  table contains entries only for those signals the
                  software can assert."
              ::= { paraPortEntry 4 }
  1. - the Input Signal table
          paraInSigTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF ParaInSigEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "A list of port input control signal entries."
              ::= { para 3 }
          paraInSigEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX ParaInSigEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "Input control signal status for a hardware port."
              INDEX { paraInSigPortIndex, paraInSigName }
              ::= { paraInSigTable 1 }
          ParaInSigEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  paraInSigPortIndex
                      INTEGER,
                  paraInSigName
                      INTEGER,
                  paraInSigState

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                      INTEGER,
                  paraInSigChanges
                      Counter
              }
          paraInSigPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The value of paraPortIndex for the port to which
                  this entry belongs."
              ::= { paraInSigEntry 1 }
          paraInSigName OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER { power(1), online(2), busy(3),
                               paperout(4), fault(5) }
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "Identification of a hardware signal."
              ::= { paraInSigEntry 2 }
          paraInSigState OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER { none(1), on(2), off(3) }
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The current signal state."
              ::= { paraInSigEntry 3 }
          paraInSigChanges OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX Counter
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The number of times the signal has changed from
                  'on' to 'off' or from 'off' to 'on'."
              ::= { paraInSigEntry 4 }
  1. - the Output Signal table
          paraOutSigTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF ParaOutSigEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION

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                  "A list of port output control signal entries."
              ::= { para 4 }
          paraOutSigEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX ParaOutSigEntry
              ACCESS not-accessible
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "Output control signal status for a hardware port."
              INDEX { paraOutSigPortIndex, paraOutSigName }
              ::= { paraOutSigTable 1 }
          ParaOutSigEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  paraOutSigPortIndex
                      INTEGER,
                  paraOutSigName
                      INTEGER,
                  paraOutSigState
                      INTEGER,
                  paraOutSigChanges
                      Counter
              }
          paraOutSigPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The value of paraPortIndex for the port to which
                  this entry belongs."
              ::= { paraOutSigEntry 1 }
          paraOutSigName OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER { power(1), online(2), busy(3),
                               paperout(4), fault(5) }
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "Identification of a hardware signal."
              ::= { paraOutSigEntry 2 }
          paraOutSigState OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX INTEGER { none(1), on(2), off(3) }
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The current signal state."

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              ::= { paraOutSigEntry 3 }
          paraOutSigChanges OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX Counter
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The number of times the signal has changed from
                  'on' to 'off' or from 'off' to 'on'."
              ::= { paraOutSigEntry 4 }
          END

6. Acknowledgements

 Based on several private MIBs, this document was produced by the
 Character MIB Working Group:
    Anne Ambler, Spider
    Charles Bazaar, Emulex
    Christopher Bucci, Datability
    Anthony Chung, Hughes LAN Systems
    George Conant, Xyplex
    John Cook, Chipcom
    James Davin, MIT-LCS
    Shawn Gallagher, DEC
    Tom Grant, Xylogics
    Frank Huang, Emulex
    David Jordan, Emulex
    Satish Joshi, SynOptics
    Frank Kastenholz, Clearpoint
    Ken Key, University of Tennessee
    Jim Kinder, Fibercom
    Rajeev Kochhar, 3Com
    John LoVerso, Xylogics
    Keith McCloghrie, Hughes LAN Systems
    Donald Merritt, BRL
    David Perkins, 3Com
    Jim Reinstedler, Ungerman-Bass
    Marshall Rose, PSI
    Ron Strich, SSDS
    Dean Throop, DG
    Bill Townsend, Xylogics
    Jesse Walker, DEC
    David Waitzman, BBN
    Bill Westfield, cisco

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7. References

 [1] Cerf, V., "IAB Recommendations for the Development of Internet
     Network Management Standards", RFC 1052, NRI, April 1988.
 [2] Cerf, V., "Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network Management Review
     Group", RFC 1109, NRI, August 1989.
 [3] Rose M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
     Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1155,
     Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May 1990.
 [4] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, "Management Information Base for
     Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1156, Hughes
     LAN Systems, Performance Systems International, May 1990.
 [5] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, Simple
     Network Management Protocol", RFC 1157, SNMP Research,
     Performance Systems International, Performance Systems
     International, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, May 1990.
 [6] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base
     for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1213,
     Performance Systems International, March 1991.
 [7] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
     Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1),
     International Organization for Standardization, International
     Standard 8824, December 1987.
 [8] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
     Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Notation One
     (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization,
     International Standard 8825, December 1987.
 [9] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
     RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems,
     March 1991.
[10] Rose, M., Editor, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with
     the SNMP", RFC 1215, Performance Systems International, March
     1991.

8. Security Considerations

 Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

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9. Author's Address

 Bob Stewart
 Xyplex, Inc.
 330 Codman Hill Road
 Boxborough, MA 01719
 Phone: (508) 264-9900
 EMail: rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com

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