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Network Working Group F. Kastenholz Request for Comments: 1650 FTP Software, Inc. Category: Standards Track August 1994

                Definitions of Managed Objects for
           the Ethernet-like Interface Types using SMIv2

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

 1. Introduction ..........................................    1
 2. The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework ...............    2
 2.1 Object Definitions ...................................    2
 3. Change Log ............................................    2
 4. Overview ..............................................    3
 4.1 Relation to RFC 1213 .................................    4
 4.2 Relation to RFC 1573 .................................    4
 4.2.1 Layering Model .....................................    4
 4.2.2 Virtual Circuits ...................................    4
 4.2.3 ifTestTable ........................................    4
 4.2.4 ifRcvAddressTable ..................................    5
 4.2.5 ifPhysAddress ......................................    5
 4.2.6 ifType .............................................    6
 5. Definitions ...........................................    6
 6. Acknowledgements ......................................   18
 7. References ............................................   19
 8. Security Considerations ...............................   20
 9. Author's Address ......................................   20

1. 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] and also
 re-specifies that MIB in a manner which is both compliant to the
 SNMPv2 SMI and semantically-identical to the existing SNMPv1-based
 definitions.

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2. The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework

 The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework consists of four major
 components.  They are:
    o    RFC 1442 [16] which defines the SMI, the mechanisms used
         for describing and naming objects for the purpose of
         management.
    o    STD 17, RFC 1213 [6] defines MIB-II, the core set of
         managed objects for the Internet suite of protocols.
    o    RFC 1445 [17] which defines the administrative and other
         architectural aspects of the framework.
    o    RFC 1448 [18] which defines the protocol used for network
         access to managed objects.
 The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
 experimentation and evaluation.

2.1. 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.

3. Change Log

 This section enumerates changes made to RFC 1398 to produce this
 document.
    (1)   The "boilerplate" was changed to reflect the new
          boilerplate for SNMPv2.
    (2)   A section describing the applicability of various parts
          of RFC 1573 to ethernet-like interfaces has been added.
    (3)   A minor error in the description of the TDR test was
          fixed.

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    (4)   A loopback test was defined to replace the standard
          loopback test that was defined in RFC 1229.
    (5)   The description of dot3CollFrequencies was made a bit
          clearer.
    (6)   A new object, EtherChipset, has been added. This object
          replaces the ifExtnsChipSet object, which has been
          removed per the Interface MIB Evolution effort.
    (7)   Several minor editorial changes, spelling corrections,
          grammar and punctuation corrections, and so forth, were
          made.

4. 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 ::= { transmission 7 }
 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

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 interface.

4.1. 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.

4.2. 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.

4.2.1. 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.

4.2.2. Virtual Circuits

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

4.2.3. 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

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    of these tests.
    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.

4.2.4. 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.

4.2.5. 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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4.2.6. 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.

5. Definitions

EtherLike-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

 IMPORTS
     MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, Counter32, Gauge32,
     Integer32,                               FROM SNMPv2-SMI
     TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, PhysAddress,         FROM SNMPv2-TC
     MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP          FROM SNMPv2-CONF
     ifIndex, ifEntry                         FROM IF-MIB
     mib-2                                    FROM RFC1213-MIB;
 etherMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
     LAST-UPDATED "9402030400Z"
     ORGANIZATION "IETF Interfaces MIB Working Group"
     CONTACT-INFO
      "        Frank Kastenholz
       Postal: FTP Software
               2 High Street
               North Andover, MA 01845
               US
          Tel: +1 508 685 4000
       E-Mail: kasten@ftp.com"
     DESCRIPTION
   "The MIB module to describe generic objects for
   Ethernet-like network interfaces. This MIB is an
   updated version of the Ethernet-like MIB in RFC
   1398."
     ::= { mib-2 35 }
 etherMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { etherMIB 1 }

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 dot3    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 }
  1. - the Ethernet-like Statistics group
  dot3StatsTable  OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF Dot3StatsEntry
       MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
       STATUS     current
       DESCRIPTION
        "Statistics for a collection of ethernet-like
        interfaces attached to a particular system."
       ::= { dot3 2 }
  dot3StatsEntry   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Dot3StatsEntry
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
         "Statistics for a particular interface to an
         ethernet-like medium."
       INDEX       { dot3StatsIndex }
       ::= { dot3StatsTable 1 }
  Dot3StatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
       dot3StatsIndex                      INTEGER,
       dot3StatsAlignmentErrors            Counter32,
       dot3StatsFCSErrors                  Counter32,
       dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames      Counter32,
       dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames    Counter32,
       dot3StatsSQETestErrors              Counter32,
       dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions      Counter32,
       dot3StatsLateCollisions             Counter32,
       dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions        Counter32,
       dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors  Counter32,
       dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors         Counter32,
       dot3StatsFrameTooLongs              Counter32,
       dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   Counter32,
               dot3StatsEtherChipSet               OBJECT IDENTIFIER
  }
  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

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         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     Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS read-only
       STATUS     current
       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 }
  dot3StatsFCSErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       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 }

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  dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       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      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
       "A count of successfully transmitted frames on
       a particular interface for which transmission
        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     Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS read-only
       STATUS     current
       DESCRIPTION
       "A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR

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       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      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       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
       SYNTAX      Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS  read-only
       STATUS      current
       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 }

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  dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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
       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    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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

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       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    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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
       "IEEE 802.3 Layer Management"
       ::= { dot3StatsEntry 13 }
  1. - { dot3StatsEntry 14 } is not assigned
  1. - { dot3StatsEntry 15 } is not assigned
  dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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.

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       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
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS        current
       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
       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
       MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
       STATUS    current
       DESCRIPTION
       "A collection of collision histograms for a
       particular set of interfaces."

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       ::= { dot3 5 }
  dot3CollEntry   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX    Dot3CollEntry
       MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
       STATUS    current
       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  Counter32
  }
  1. - { dot3CollEntry 1 } is no longer in use
  dot3CollCount   OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX    INTEGER (1..16)
       MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
       STATUS    current
       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    Counter32
       MAX-ACCESS    read-only
       STATUS    current
       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.

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       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 }
  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

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  1. - 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 communicate on an
  3. - interface. The following hardware chipsets are
  4. - provided for 802.3:
  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 }

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  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).
  1. - conformance information
 etherConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { etherMIB 2 }
 etherGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { etherConformance 1 }
 etherCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { etherConformance 2 }
  1. - compliance statements
 etherCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
     STATUS  current
     DESCRIPTION
   "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities which
   have ethernet-like network interfaces."
     MODULE  -- this module

MANDATORY-GROUPS { etherStatsGroup }

GROUP etherCollisionTableGroup DESCRIPTION

   "This group is optional. It is appropriate for
    all systems which have the necessary metering.
    Implementation in such systems is highly
    recommended."
     ::= { etherCompliances 1 }
  1. - units of conformance
 etherStatsGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
     OBJECTS { dot3StatsIndex, dot3StatsAlignmentErrors,
     dot3StatsFCSErrors,
     dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames,
     dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames,
     dot3StatsSQETestErrors,
     dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions,

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     dot3StatsLateCollisions,
     dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions,
     dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors,
     dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors,
     dot3StatsFrameTooLongs,
     dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors,
     dot3StatsEtherChipSet}
     STATUS  current
     DESCRIPTION
   "A collection of objects providing information
   applicable to all ethernet-like network interfaces."
     ::= { etherGroups 1 }
 etherCollisionTableGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
     OBJECTS { dot3CollCount, dot3CollFrequencies }
     STATUS  current
     DESCRIPTION
   "A collection of objects providing a histogram
   of packets successfully transmitted after
   experiencing exactly N collisions."
     ::= { etherGroups 2 }

END

6. 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
 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.

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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", 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.
[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.

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[13] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
     STD 16, RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN
     Systems, March 1991.
[14] Cook, J., "Definitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet-Like
     Interface Types", RFC 1284, Chipcom Corporation, December 1991.
[15] Kastenholz, F., "Definitions of Managed Objects for the
     Ethernet-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] Davin, 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.

8. Security Considerations

 Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

9. 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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