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Network Working Group F. Kastenholz Request for Comments: 1623 FTP Software, Inc. Obsoletes: 1398 May 1994 STD: 50 Category: Standards Track

                 Definitions of Managed Objects for
                 the Ethernet-like Interface Types

Status of this Memo

 This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
 and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

 Introduction .............................................    1
 1. The SNMP Network Management Framework .................    2
 1.1 Object Definitions ...................................    2
 2. Change Log ............................................    2
 3. Overview ..............................................    3
 3.1 Relation to RFC 1213 .................................    4
 3.2 Relation to RFC 1573 .................................    4
 3.2.1 Layering Model .....................................    4
 3.2.2 Virtual Circuits ...................................    4
 3.2.3 ifTestTable ........................................    4
 3.2.4 ifRcvAddressTable ..................................    5
 3.2.5 ifPhysAddress ......................................    5
 3.2.6 ifType .............................................    6
 4. Definitions ...........................................    6
 5. Acknowledgements ......................................   16
 6. References ............................................   17
 7. Security Considerations ...............................   19
 8. Author's Address ......................................   19

Introduction

 This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
 for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
 In particular, it defines objects for managing ethernet-like objects.
 This memo also includes a MIB module.  This MIB module corrects minor
 errors in the earlier version of this MIB: RFC 1398 [15].

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1. The SNMP Network Management Framework

 The SNMP Network Management Framework consists of three major
 components.  They are:
    o    STD 16/RFC 1155 [3] which defines the SMI, the mechanisms
         used for describing and naming objects for the purpose of
         management.  STD 16/RFC 1212 [13] defines a more concise
         description mechanism, which is wholly consistent with
         the SMI.
    o    RFC 1156 [4] which defines MIB-I, the core set of managed
         objects for the Internet suite of protocols.  STD 17/RFC
         1213 [6] defines MIB-II, an evolution of MIB-I based on
         implementation experience and new operational
         requirements.
    o    STD 15/RFC 1157 [5] 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.

1.1. Object Definitions

 Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
 the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
 defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7]
 defined in the SMI [16].  In particular, each object object type is
 named by an OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name.
 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 descriptor, to
 refer to the object type.

2. Change Log

 This section enumerates changes made to RFC 1398 to produce this
 document.
  (1)   A section describing the applicability of various parts
        of RFC 1573 to ethernet-like interfaces has been added.
  (2)   A minor error in the description of the TDR test was
        fixed.
  (3)   A loopback test was defined to replace the standard
        loopback test that was defined in RFC 1229.

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  (4)   The description of dot3CollFrequencies was made a bit
        clearer.
  (5)   A new object, EtherChipset, has been added. This object
        replaces the ifExtnsChipSet object, which has been
        removed per the Interface MIB Evolution effort.
  (6)   Several minor editorial changes, spelling corrections,
        grammar and punctuation corrections, and so forth, were
        made.

3. Overview

 Instances of these object types represent attributes of an interface
 to an ethernet-like communications medium.  At present, ethernet-like
 media are identified by three values of the ifType object in the
 Internet-standard MIB:
       ethernet-csmacd(6)
       iso88023-csmacd(7)
       starLan(11)
 For these interfaces, the value of the ifSpecific variable in the
 MIB-II [6] has the OBJECT IDENTIFIER value:
    dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFER ::= { experimental 3 }
 The definitions presented here are based on the IEEE 802.3 Layer
 Management Specification [9], as originally interpreted by Frank
 Kastenholz then of Interlan in [10].  Implementors of these MIB
 objects should note that the IEEE document explicitly describes (in
 the form of Pascal pseudocode) when, where, and how various MAC
 attributes are measured.  The IEEE document also describes the
 effects of MAC actions that may be invoked by manipulating instances
 of the MIB objects defined here.
 To the extent that some of the attributes defined in [9] are
 represented by previously defined objects in the Internet-standard
 MIB or in the Generic Interface Extensions MIB [11], such attributes
 are not redundantly represented by objects defined in this memo.
 Among the attributes represented by objects defined in other memos
 are the number of octets transmitted or received on a particular
 interface, the number of frames transmitted or received on a
 particular interface, the promiscuous status of an interface, the MAC
 address of an interface, and multicast information associated with an
 interface.

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3.1. Relation to RFC 1213

 This section applies only when this MIB is used in conjunction with
 the "old" (i.e., pre-RFC 1573) interface group.
 The relationship between an ethernet-like interface and an interface
 in the context of the Internet-standard MIB is one-to-one.  As such,
 the value of an ifIndex object instance can be directly used to
 identify corresponding instances of the objects defined herein.

3.2. Relation to RFC 1573

 RFC 1573, the Interface MIB Evolution, requires that any MIB which is
 an adjunct of the Interface MIB, clarify specific areas within the
 Interface MIB.  These areas were intentionally left vague in RFC 1573
 to avoid over constraining the MIB, thereby precluding management of
 certain media-types.
 Section 3.3 of RFC 1573 enumerates several areas which a media-
 specific MIB must clarify.  Each of these areas is addressed in a
 following subsection.  The implementor is referred to RFC 1573 in
 order to understand the general intent of these areas.

3.2.1. Layering Model

 This MIB does not provide for layering.  There are no sublayers.
 EDITOR'S NOTE:
    I could forsee the development of an 802.2 and enet-transceiver
    MIB.  They could be higher and lower sublayers, respectively.  All
    that THIS document should do is allude to the possibilities and
    urge the implementor to be aware of the possibility and that they
    may have requirements which supersede the requirements in this
    document.

3.2.2. Virtual Circuits

 This medium does not support virtual circuits and this area is not
 applicable to this MIB.

3.2.3. ifTestTable

 This MIB defines two tests for media which are instumented with this
 MIB; TDR and Loopback.  Implementation of these tests is not
 required.  Many common interface chips do not support one or both of
 these tests.

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 These two tests are provided as a convenience, allowing a common
 method to invoke the test.
 Standard MIBs do not include objects in which to return the results
 of the TDR test.  Any needed objects MUST be provided in the vendor
 specific MIB.

3.2.4. ifRcvAddressTable

 This table contains all IEEE 802.3 addresses, unicast, multicast, and
 broadcast, for which this interface will receive packets and forward
 them up to a higher layer entity for local consumption.  The format
 of the address, contained in ifRcvAddressAddress, is the same as for
 ifPhysAddress.
 In the event that the interface is part of a MAC bridge, this table
 does not include unicast addresses which are accepted for possible
 forwarding out some other port.  This table is explicitly not
 intended to provide a bridge address filtering mechanism.

3.2.5. ifPhysAddress

 This object contains the IEEE 802.3 address which is placed in the
 source-address field of any Ethernet, Starlan, or IEEE 802.3 frames
 that originate at this interface.  Usually this will be kept in ROM
 on the interface hardware.  Some systems may set this address via
 software.
 In a system where there are several such addresses the designer has a
 tougher choice.  The address chosen should be the one most likely to
 be of use to network management (e.g.  the address placed in ARP
 responses for systems which are primarily IP systems).
 If the designer truly can not chose, use of the factory- provided ROM
 address is suggested.
 If the address can not be determined, an octet string of zero length
 should be returned.
 The address is stored in binary in this object.  The address is
 stored in "canonical" bit order, that is, the Group Bit is positioned
 as the low-order bit of the first octet.  Thus, the first byte of a
 multicast address would have the bit 0x01 set.

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3.2.6. ifType

 This MIB applies to interfaces which have any of the following three
 ifType values:
       ethernet-csmacd(6)
       iso88023-csmacd(7)
       starLan(11)
 Interfaces with any of these ifType values map to the EtherLike-MIB
 in the same manner.  The EtherLike-MIB applies equally to all three
 types; there are no implementation differences.

4. Definitions

 EtherLike-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
    IMPORTS
        Counter, Gauge  FROM RFC1155-SMI
        transmission    FROM RFC1213-MIB
        OBJECT-TYPE     FROM RFC-1212;
  1. - This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as
  2. - defined in RFC-1212.
    dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 }
  1. - the Ethernet-like Statistics group
     dot3StatsTable  OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF Dot3StatsEntry
          ACCESS     not-accessible
          STATUS     mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
           "Statistics for a collection of ethernet-like
           interfaces attached to a particular system."
          ::= { dot3 2 }
     dot3StatsEntry   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      Dot3StatsEntry
          ACCESS      not-accessible
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
            "Statistics for a particular interface to an
            ethernet-like medium."
          INDEX     { dot3StatsIndex }
          ::= { dot3StatsTable 1 }

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     Dot3StatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
          dot3StatsIndex                      INTEGER,
          dot3StatsAlignmentErrors            Counter,
          dot3StatsFCSErrors                  Counter,
          dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames      Counter,
          dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames    Counter,
          dot3StatsSQETestErrors              Counter,
          dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions      Counter,
          dot3StatsLateCollisions             Counter,
          dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions        Counter,
          dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors  Counter,
          dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors         Counter,
          dot3StatsFrameTooLongs              Counter,
          dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   Counter
     }
     dot3StatsIndex   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      INTEGER
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
            "An index value that uniquely identifies an
            interface to an ethernet-like medium.  The
            interface identified by a particular value of
            this index is the same interface as identified
            by the same value of ifIndex."
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 1 }
     dot3StatsAlignmentErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX     Counter
          ACCESS     read-only
          STATUS     mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
           "A count of frames received on a particular
           interface that are not an integral number of
           octets in length and do not pass the FCS check.
           The count represented by an instance of this
           object is incremented when the alignmentError
           status is returned by the MAC service to the
           LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
           which multiple error conditions obtain are,
           according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
           Layer Management, counted exclusively according
           to the error status presented to the LLC."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 2 }

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     dot3StatsFCSErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      Counter
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames received on a particular
          interface that are an integral number of octets
          in length but do not pass the FCS check.
          The count represented by an instance of this
          object is incremented when the frameCheckError
          status is returned by the MAC service to the
          LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
          which multiple error conditions obtain are,
          according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
          Layer Management, counted exclusively according
          to the error status presented to the LLC."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 3 }
     dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      Counter
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of successfully transmitted frames on
          a particular interface for which transmission
          is inhibited by exactly one collision.
          A frame that is counted by an instance of this
          object is also counted by the corresponding
          instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
          ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
          and is not counted by the corresponding
          instance of the dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames
          object."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 4 }
     dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      Counter
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of successfully transmitted frames on
          a particular interface for which transmission

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           is inhibited by more than one collision.
          A frame that is counted by an instance of this
          object is also counted by the corresponding
          instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts,
          ifOutMulticastPkts, or ifOutBroadcastPkts,
          and is not counted by the corresponding
          instance of the dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames
          object."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 5 }
     dot3StatsSQETestErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX     Counter
          ACCESS     read-only
          STATUS     mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR
          message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a
          particular interface. The SQE TEST ERROR
          message is defined in section 7.2.2.2.4 of
          ANSI/IEEE 802.3-1985 and its generation is
          described in section 7.2.4.6 of the same
          document."
          REFERENCE
          "ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985 Carrier Sense
          Multiple Access with Collision Detection Access
          Method and Physical Layer Specifications"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 6 }
     dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX      Counter
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames for which the first
          transmission attempt on a particular interface
          is delayed because the medium is busy.
          The count represented by an instance of this
          object does not include frames involved in
          collisions."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 7 }
     dot3StatsLateCollisions   OBJECT-TYPE

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          SYNTAX      Counter
          ACCESS      read-only
          STATUS      mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "The number of times that a collision is
          detected on a particular interface later than
          512 bit-times into the transmission of a
          packet.
          Five hundred and twelve bit-times corresponds
          to 51.2 microseconds on a 10 Mbit/s system. A
          (late) collision included in a count
          represented by an instance of this object is
          also considered as a (generic) collision for
          purposes of other collision-related
          statistics."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 8 }
     dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames for which transmission on a
          particular interface fails due to excessive
          collisions."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 9 }
     dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames for which transmission on a
          particular interface fails due to an internal
          MAC sublayer transmit error. A frame is only
          counted by an instance of this object if it is
          not counted by the corresponding instance of
          either the dot3StatsLateCollisions object, the
          dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions object, or the
          dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object.
          The precise meaning of the count represented by

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          an instance of this object is implementation-
          specific.  In particular, an instance of this
          object may represent a count of transmission
          errors on a particular interface that are not
          otherwise counted."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 10 }
     dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "The number of times that the carrier sense
          condition was lost or never asserted when
          attempting to transmit a frame on a particular
          interface.
          The count represented by an instance of this
          object is incremented at most once per
          transmission attempt, even if the carrier sense
          condition fluctuates during a transmission
          attempt."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 11 }
  1. - { dot3StatsEntry 12 } is not assigned
     dot3StatsFrameTooLongs   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames received on a particular
          interface that exceed the maximum permitted
          frame size.
          The count represented by an instance of this
          object is incremented when the frameTooLong
          status is returned by the MAC service to the
          LLC (or other MAC user). Received frames for
          which multiple error conditions obtain are,
          according to the conventions of IEEE 802.3
          Layer Management, counted exclusively according
          to the error status presented to the LLC."
          REFERENCE

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          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 13 }
  1. - { dot3StatsEntry 14 } is not assigned
  1. - { dot3StatsEntry 15 } is not assigned
     dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of frames for which reception on a
          particular interface fails due to an internal
          MAC sublayer receive error. A frame is only
          counted by an instance of this object if it is
          not counted by the corresponding instance of
          either the dot3StatsFrameTooLongs object, the
          dot3StatsAlignmentErrors object, or the
          dot3StatsFCSErrors object.
          The precise meaning of the count represented by
          an instance of this object is implementation-
          specific.  In particular, an instance of this
          object may represent a count of receive errors
          on a particular interface that are not
          otherwise counted."
          REFERENCE
          "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 16 }
     dot3StatsEtherChipSet   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX        OBJECT IDENTIFIER
          ACCESS        read-only
          STATUS        mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "This object contains an OBJECT IDENTIFIER
          which identifies the chipset used to
          realize the interface. Ethernet-like
          interfaces are typically built out of
          several different chips. The MIB implementor
          is presented with a decision of which chip
          to identify via this object. The implementor
          should identify the chip which is usually
          called the Medium Access Control chip.
          If no such chip is easily identifiable,
          the implementor should identify the chip
          which actually gathers the transmit

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          and receive statistics and error
          indications. This would allow a
          manager station to correlate the
          statistics and the chip generating
          them, giving it the ability to take
          into account any known anomalies
          in the chip."
          ::= { dot3StatsEntry 17 }
  1. - the Ethernet-like Collision Statistics group
  1. - Implementation of this group is optional; it is appropriate
  2. - for all systems which have the necessary metering
     dot3CollTable  OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    SEQUENCE OF Dot3CollEntry
          ACCESS    not-accessible
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A collection of collision histograms for a
          particular set of interfaces."
          ::= { dot3 5 }
     dot3CollEntry  OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Dot3CollEntry
          ACCESS    not-accessible
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A cell in the histogram of per-frame
          collisions for a particular interface.  An
          instance of this object represents the
          frequency of individual MAC frames for which
          the transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
          particular interface is accompanied by a
          particular number of media collisions."
          INDEX     { ifIndex, dot3CollCount }
          ::= { dot3CollTable 1 }
     Dot3CollEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
          dot3CollCount        INTEGER,
          dot3CollFrequencies  Counter
     }
  1. - { dot3CollEntry 1 } is no longer in use
     dot3CollCount  OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    INTEGER (1..16)

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          ACCESS    not-accessible
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "The number of per-frame media collisions for
          which a particular collision histogram cell
          represents the frequency on a particular
          interface."
          ::= { dot3CollEntry 2 }
     dot3CollFrequencies   OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX    Counter
          ACCESS    read-only
          STATUS    mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
          "A count of individual MAC frames for which the
          transmission (successful or otherwise) on a
          particular interface occurs after the
          frame has experienced exactly the number
          of collisions in the associated
          dot3CollCount object.
          For example, a frame which is transmitted
          on interface 77 after experiencing
          exactly 4 collisions would be indicated
          by incrementing only dot3CollFrequencies.77.4.
          No other instance of dot3CollFrequencies would
          be incremented in this example."
          ::= { dot3CollEntry 3 }
  1. - 802.3 Tests
     dot3Tests   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 6 }
     dot3Errors  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 7 }
  1. - TDR Test
  1. - The Time-Domain Reflectometry (TDR) test is specific
  2. - to ethernet-like interfaces with the exception of
  3. - 10BaseT and 10BaseF. The TDR value may be useful
  4. - in determining the approximate distance to a cable fault.
  5. - It is advisable to repeat this test to check for a
  6. - consistent resulting TDR value, to verify that there
  7. - is a fault.
     dot3TestTdr OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 1 }

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  1. - A TDR test returns as its result the time interval,
  2. - measured in 10 MHz ticks or 100 nsec units, between
  3. - the start of TDR test transmission and the subsequent
  4. - detection of a collision or deassertion of carrier. On
  5. - successful completion of a TDR test, the result is
  6. - stored as the value of the appropriate instance of the
  7. - MIB object dot3TestTdrValue, and the OBJECT IDENTIFIER
  8. - of that instanceis stored in the corresponding instance
  9. - of ifExtnsTestCode (thereby indicating where the
  10. - result has been stored).
  1. - Loopback Test
  1. - Another test is the full-duplex loopback test.
  2. - This test configures the MAC chip and executes
  3. - an internal loopback test of memory, data paths,
  4. - and the MAC chip logic. This loopback test can
  5. - only be executed if the interface is offline.
  6. - Once the test has completed, the MAC chip should
  7. - be reinitialized for network operation, but it
  8. - should remain offline.
     dot3TestLoopBack OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 2 }
  1. - If an error occurs during a test, the object
  2. - ifTestResult (defined in RFC1573) will be set
  3. - to failed(7). The following two OBJECT
  4. - IDENTIFIERs may be used to provided more
  5. - information as values for ifTestCode.
  1. - couldn't initialize MAC chip for test

dot3ErrorInitError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 1 }

  1. - expected data not received (or not
  2. - received correctly) in loopback test

dot3ErrorLoopbackError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 2 }

  1. - RFC1573 does away with the interface chipset object.
  2. - The following OBJECT IDENTIFIER definitions are
  3. - retained for purposes of backwards compatibility
  4. - with pre-RFC1573 systems.
  5. - 802.3 Hardware Chipsets
  1. - The object ifExtnsChipSet is provided in RFC1229 to
  2. - identify the MAC hardware used to communcate on an
  3. - interface. The following hardware chipsets are
  4. - provided for 802.3:

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     dot3ChipSets          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 8 }
     dot3ChipSetAMD        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 1 }
     dot3ChipSetAMD7990    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 1 }
     dot3ChipSetAMD79900   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 2 }
     dot3ChipSetAMD79C940  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 3 }
     dot3ChipSetIntel      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 2 }
     dot3ChipSetIntel82586 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 1 }
     dot3ChipSetIntel82596 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetIntel 2 }
     dot3ChipSetSeeq       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 3 }
     dot3ChipSetSeeq8003   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetSeeq 1 }
     dot3ChipSetNational      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 4 }
     dot3ChipSetNational8390  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                                { dot3ChipSetNational 1 }
     dot3ChipSetNationalSonic OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                                { dot3ChipSetNational 2 }
     dot3ChipSetFujitsu       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 5 }
     dot3ChipSetFujitsu86950  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                                { dot3ChipSetFujitsu 1 }
     dot3ChipSetDigital       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 6 }
     dot3ChipSetDigitalDC21040  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
                                { dot3ChipSetDigital 1 }
  1. - For those chipsets not represented above, OBJECT IDENTIFIER
  2. - assignment is required in other documentation, e.g., assignment
  3. - within that part of the registration tree delegated to
  4. - individual enterprises (see RFC1155).
 END

5. Acknowledgements

 This document was produced by the Ethernet MIB Working Group.
 This document is based on the Proposed Standard Ethernet MIB, RFC
 1284 [14], of which Jihn Cook of Chipcom was the editor.  The
 Ethernet MIB Working Group gathered implementation experience of the
 variables specified in RFC 1284 and used that information to develop
 this revised MIB.
 RFC 1284, in turn, is based on a document written by Frank Kastenholz
 of Interlan entitled IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft M compatible
 MIB for TCP/IP Networks [10].  This document has been modestly
 reworked, initially by the SNMP Working Group, and then by the

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 Transmission Working Group, to reflect the current conventions for
 defining objects for MIB interfaces.  James Davin, of the MIT
 Laboratory for Computer Science, and Keith McCloghrie of Hughes LAN
 Systems, contributed to later drafts of this memo. Marshall Rose of
 Performance Systems International, Inc. converted the document into
 its current concise format. Anil Rijsinghani of DEC contributed text
 that more adequately describes the TDR test.  Thanks to Frank
 Kastenholz of Interlan and Louis Steinberg of IBM for their
 experimentation.

6. 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", STD 16, 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", STD 15, 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", STD 17, 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] IEEE, "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management", November 1988.

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[10] Kastenholz, F., "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management Draft compatible MIB
     for TCP/IP Networks", electronic mail message to mib-
     wg@nnsc.nsf.net, 9 June 1989.
[11] McCloghrie, K., Editor, "Extensions to the Generic-Interface
     MIB", RFC 1229, Hughes LAN Systems, Inc., May 1991.
[12] IEEE, "Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
     (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications",
     ANSI/IEEE Std 802.3-1985.
[13] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
     RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems,
     March 1991.
[14] Cook, J., Editor, "Definitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet-
     Like Interface Types", RFC 1284, Chipcom Corporation, December
     1991.
[15] Kastenholz, F., "Definitions of Managed Objects for the Etheret-
     like Interface Types", RFC 1398, FTP Software, Inc., January
     1993.
[16] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure
     of Management Information for version 2 of the Simple Network
     Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1442, SNMP Research, Inc.,
     Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon
     University, April 1993.
[17] Galvin, J., and K. McCloghrie, "Administrative Model for version
     2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1445,
     Trusted Information Systems, Hughes LAN Systems, April 1993.
[18] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol
     Operations for version 2 of the Simple Network Management
     Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1448, SNMP Research, Inc., Hughes LAN
     Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon
     University, April 1993.
[19] McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, "Evolution of the Interfaces
     Group of MIB-II", RFC 1573, Hughes LAN Systems, FTP Software,
     January 1994.

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7. Security Considerations

 Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

8. Author's Address

 Frank Kastenholz
 FTP Software, Inc.
 2 High Street
 North Andover, Mass, USA 01845
 Phone: 508-685-4000
 EMail: kasten@ftp.com

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