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Network Working Group J. Cook, Editor
Request for Comments: 1284 Chipcom Corporation
December 1991
Definitions of Managed Objects
for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
Status of this Memo
This memo is an extension to the SNMP MIB. This RFC 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.
Table of Contents
1. Abstract............................................... 1
2. The Network Management Framework....................... 1
3. Objects ............................................... 2
3.1 Format of Definitions ................................ 2
4. Overview .............................................. 3
5. Definitions ........................................... 4
5.1 The Generic Ethernet-like Group ...................... 4
5.2 The Ethernet-Like Statistics Group ................... 9
5.3 The Ethernet-like Collision Statistics Group ......... 16
5.4 802.3 Tests .......................................... 17
5.5 802.3 Hardware Chipsets .............................. 18
6. Acknowledgements ...................................... 19
7. References ............................................ 19
Security Considerations................................... 21
Author's Address.......................................... 21
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 managing ethernet-like objects.
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
Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 1]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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. 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 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 [13]. Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 2]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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 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. 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. Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 3]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 5. Definitions RFC1284-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS Counter, Gauge FROM RFC1155-SMI transmission FROM RFC1213-MIB OBJECT-TYPE FROM RFC-1212; -- This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as -- defined in [13] -- this is the MIB module for ethernet-like objects dot3 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 7 } -- the Generic Ethernet-like group -- Implementation of this group is mandatory for all systems -- that attach to an ethernet-like medium. dot3Table OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF Dot3Entry ACCESS not-accessible STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "Status information and control variables for a collection of ethernet-like interfaces attached to a particular system." ::= { dot3 1 } dot3Entry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Dot3Entry ACCESS not-accessible STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "Status information and control variables for a particular interface to an ethernet-like medium." INDEX { dot3Index } ::= { dot3Table 1 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 4]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 Dot3Entry ::= SEQUENCE { dot3Index INTEGER, dot3InitializeMac INTEGER, dot3MacSubLayerStatus INTEGER, dot3MulticastReceiveStatus INTEGER, dot3TxEnabled INTEGER, dot3TestTdrValue Gauge } dot3Index 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." ::= { dot3Entry 1 } dot3InitializeMac OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { initialized(1), uninitialized(2) } ACCESS read-write STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The initialization status of the MAC and PLS (Physical Layer Signalling) subsystems for a particular interface. The value initialized(1) signifies that the subsystems for a particular interface have been previously initialized; the value uninitialized(2) signifies that they have not been previously initialized. Each alteration of an instance of this object to either of the values initialized(1) or uninitialized(2) is analogous to an invocation of the initializeMAC action defined in [9] and has the effect of (re-)initializing the MAC and PLS subsystems for the associated interface. In particular, Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 5]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 all management counters pertaining to the MAC and PLS subsystems for said interface are reset to zero; the receive and transmit layer management state variables (receiveEnabled and transmitEnabled in [9]) are set to enable reception and transmission of frames; the promiscuous receive function is disabled; and multicast reception is disabled." ::= { dot3Entry 2 } dot3MacSubLayerStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { enabled(1), disabled(2) } ACCESS read-write STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The operational status of the MAC sublayer for a particular interface. The value enabled(1) signifies that the MAC sublayer for said interface is operational for both transmitting and receiving frames -- that is, that the value of both the receive and transmit layer management state variables (receiveEnabled and transmitEnabled in [9]) for said interface are true. The value disabled(2) signifies that the MAC sublayer for said interface is not operational for either transmitting or receiving frames. In particular, the value of an instance of this object is disabled(2) whenever the value of the corresponding instance of the dot3Enabled object is false(2). Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value enabled(1) is analogous to an invocation of the enableMACSublayer action defined in [9] and has the effect of starting normal transmit and receive operations (from the ``idle'' state) on the associated interface. In particular, such an alteration has the effect of resetting the PLS for said interface and of setting the receive and transmit layer management state variables (receiveEnabled and transmitEnabled in [9]) to be true. Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 6]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value disabled(2) is analogous to an invocation of the disableMACSublayer action defined in [9] and has the effect of terminating transmit and receive operations on the associated interface. In particular, such an alteration has the effect of setting the receive and transmit layer management state variables (receiveEnabled and transmitEnabled in [9]) to be false. Any transmissions/receptions in progress are completed before operation is terminated." ::= { dot3Entry 3 } dot3MulticastReceiveStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { enabled(1), disabled(2) } ACCESS read-write STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The multicast receive status for a particular interface. The value enabled(1) signifies that reception of multicast frames by the MAC sublayer is enabled on said interface. The value disabled(2) signifies that reception of multicast frames by the MAC sublayer is not enabled on said interface. Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value enabled(1) is analogous to an invocation of the enableMulticastReceive action defined in [9] and has the effect of enabling multicast frame reception on the associated interface. Actual reception of multicast frames is only possible on an interface when the values for the associated instances of the dot3MulticastReceiveStatus and dot3MacSubLayerStatus objects are enabled(1) and enabled(1), respectively. Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value disabled(2) is analogous to an invocation of the disableMulticastReceive action defined in [9] and has the effect of inhibiting multicast frame reception on the associated interface." ::= { dot3Entry 4 } dot3TxEnabled OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { true(1), false(2) } ACCESS read-write Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 7]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The transmit layer management state variable (transmitEnabled as defined in [9]) for a particular interface. The value true(1) signifies that the MAC frame transmission is enabled on said interface. The value false(2) signifies that the MAC frame transmission is inhibited on said interface. In particular, the value of an instance of this object is false(2) whenever the value of the corresponding instance of the dot3MacSubLayerStatus object is disabled(2). Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value true(1) is analogous to an invocation of the enableTransmit action defined in [9] and has the effect of enabling MAC sublayer frame transmission on the associated interface. In particular, such an alteration has the effect of setting the transmit layer management state variable (transmitEnabled in [9]) for said interface to be true. Each alteration of an instance of this object to the value false(2) is analogous to an invocation of the disableTransmit action defined in [9] and has the effect of inhibiting MAC sublayer frame transmission on the associated interface. In particular, such an alteration has the effect of setting the transmit layer management state variable (transmitEnabled in [9]) for said interface to be false. Any transmissions in progress are completed before transmission is inhibited." ::= { dot3Entry 5 } dot3TestTdrValue OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Gauge ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The number of 10 MHz ticks which elapsed between the beginning of a TDR measurement and the collision which ended it, for the most recently executed TDR test. If no TDR test has been executed, or the last TDR value is not available, this object has the value 0." ::= { dot3Entry 6 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 8]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 -- the Ethernet-like Statistics group -- Implementation of this group is mandatory -- Due to implementation restrictions (e.g. in the -- instrumentation provided by a chipset, or a device -- driver), some of the counters in this group may be -- difficult or impossible to implement. -- In such cases, an implementator should apply reasonable -- best effort to detect as many occurrences as possible. -- In any case, the value of a counter will be the number -- actually detected, which will always be less or equal -- to the number of actual occurrences. In the extreme -- case of a total inability to detect occurrences, the -- counter will always be zero. -- Vendors are strongly encouraged to document in user guides and -- other appropriate documentation the conditions under which the -- values of the counters in this group may represent an -- underestimate of the true count. 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 } Dot3StatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE { dot3StatsIndex INTEGER, dot3StatsAlignmentErrors Counter, dot3StatsFCSErrors Counter, Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 9]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames Counter, dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames Counter, dot3StatsSQETestErrors Counter, dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions Counter, dot3StatsLateCollisions Counter, dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions Counter, dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors Counter, dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors Counter, dot3StatsExcessiveDeferrals Counter, dot3StatsFrameTooLongs Counter, dot3StatsInRangeLengthErrors Counter, dot3StatsOutOfRangeLengthFields 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. Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 10]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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 [9], counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 2 } 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 [9], counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC." ::= { 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 or ifOutNUcastPkts object and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames object." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 4 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 11]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames 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 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 or ifOutNUcastPkts object and is not counted by the corresponding instance of the dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames object." ::= { 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 [12] and its generation is described in section 7.2.4.6 of the same document." ::= { 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." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 7 } dot3StatsLateCollisions OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 12]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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." ::= { 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." ::= { 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, the dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object, or the dot3StatsExcessiveDeferrals 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." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 10 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 13]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 11 } dot3StatsExcessiveDeferrals OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface is deferred for an excessive period of time." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 12 } 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 [9], counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 13 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 14]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 dot3StatsInRangeLengthErrors OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "A count of frames received on a particular interface with a length field value that falls between the minimum unpadded LLC data size and the maximum allowed LLC data size inclusive and that does not match the number of LLC data octets received. The count represented by an instance of this object also includes frames for which the length field value is less than the minimum unpadded LLC data size." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 14 } dot3StatsOutOfRangeLengthFields OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "A count of frames received on a particular interface for which the length field value exceeds the maximum allowed LLC data size. The count represented by an instance of this object is not incremented in implementations that observe Ethernet encapsulation conventions (by which the IEEE 802.3 length field is interpreted as the Ethernet Type field)." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 15 } 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, the dot3StatsFCSErrors object, the dot3StatsInRangeLengthErrors object, or the Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 15]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 dot3StatsOutOfRangeLengthFields 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." ::= { dot3StatsEntry 16 } -- the Ethernet-like Collision Statistics group -- Implementation of this group is optional; it is appropriate -- 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 { dot3CollIndex, dot3CollCount } ::= { dot3CollTable 1 } Dot3CollEntry ::= SEQUENCE { dot3CollIndex INTEGER, dot3CollCount INTEGER, dot3CollFrequencies Counter Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 16]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 } dot3CollIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER ACCESS read-only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION "The index value that uniquely identifies the interface to which a particular collision histogram cell pertains. The interface identified by a particular value of this index is the same interface as identified by the same value of ifIndex." ::= { dot3CollEntry 1 } dot3CollCount OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (1..16) ACCESS read-only 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 is accompanied by a particular number of media collisions." ::= { dot3CollEntry 3 } -- 802.3 Tests -- The ifExtnsTestTable defined in [11] provides a common means -- for a manager to test any interface corresponding to a value -- of ifIndex. -- At this time, one well known test (testFullDuplexLoopBack) is -- defined in [11]. For ethernet-like interfaces, this test -- configures the MAC chip and executes an internal loopback -- test of memory and the MAC chip logic. This loopback test can Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 17]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 -- only be executed if the interface is offline. Once the test -- has completed, the MAC chip should be reinitialized for network -- operation, but it should remain offline. -- If an error occurs during a test, the object ifExtnsTestResult -- (defined in [11]) will be set to failed(7). The following two -- OBJECT IDENTIFIERs may be used to provided more information as -- values for the object ifExtnsTestCode in [11]: dot3Errors OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 7 } -- couldn't initialize MAC chip for test dot3ErrorInitError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 1 } -- expected data not received (or not -- received correctly) in loopback test dot3ErrorLoopbackError OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Errors 2 } -- TDR Test -- Another test, specific to ethernet-like interfaces, -- is Time-domain Reflectometry (TDR) which is defined -- as follows: dot3Tests OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 6 } dot3TestTdr OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3Tests 1 } -- A TDR test returns as its result the time interval between the -- most recent TDR test transmission and the subsequent detection -- of a collision. This interval is based on a 10 MHz clock and -- should be normalized if the time base is other than 10 MHz. -- On successful completion of a TDR test, the result is stored -- as the value of the appropriate instance of the MIB object -- dot3TestTdrValue, and the OBJECT IDENTIFIER of that instance -- is stored in the corresponding instance of ifExtnsTestResult -- (thereby indicating where the result has been stored). -- 802.3 Hardware Chipsets -- The object ifExtnsChipSet is provided in [11] to identify the -- MAC hardware used to communcate on an interface. The following -- hardware chipsets are provided for 802.3: dot3ChipSets OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3 8 } dot3ChipSetAMD OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSets 1 } dot3ChipSetAMD7990 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 1 } Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 18]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 dot3ChipSetAMD79900 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dot3ChipSetAMD 2 } 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 } -- For those chipsets not represented above, OBJECT IDENTIFIER -- assignment is required in other documentation, e.g., assignment -- within that part of the registration tree delegated to -- individual enterprises (see [3]). END 6. Acknowledgements This document was produced by the Transmission MIB Working Group. This document 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. Thanks to Frank Kastenholz of Interlan and Louis Steinberg of IBM for their experimentation. 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 Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 19]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 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] 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. [13] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions", RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, March 1991. Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 20]
RFC 1284 ETHERNET-LIKE OBJECTS December 1991 Security Considerations Security issues are not discussed in this memo. Author's Address John Cook Chipcom Corporation 118 Turnpike Road Southborough, MA 01772 For more information, contact the chair of the Ethernet MIB working group: Frank Kastenholz Clearpoint Research Inc 35 Parkwood Drive Hopkinton Mass 01748 Phone: 508-435-2000 EMail: kasten@europa.clearpoint.com Transmission MIB Working Group [Page 21]