Q-Logic SANBOX2 manual Transmission Group, Snmp Group, SnmpInPkts

4 – MIB-II Objects

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4.19

The Transmission Group

Based on the transmission media underlying each interface on a system, the corresponding portion of the Transmission group is mandatory for that system.

When Internet-standard definitions for managing transmission media are defined, the transmission group is used to provide a prefix for the names of those objects.

Typically, such definitions reside in the experimental portion of the MIB until they are "proven", then as a part of the Internet standardization process, the definitions are accordingly elevated and a new object identifier, under the transmission group is defined. By convention, the name assigned is:

type OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission number }.

Where "type" is the symbolic value used for the media in the ifType column of the ifTable object, and "number" is the actual integer value corresponding to the symbol.

4.20

The SNMP Group

Implementation of the SNMP group is mandatory for all systems which support an SNMP protocol entity. Some of the objects defined below will be zero-valued in those SNMP implementations that are optimized to support only those functions specific to either a management agent or a management station. In particular, it should be observed that the objects below refer to an SNMP entity, and there may be several SNMP entities residing on a managed Node.

snmpInPkts (1.3.6.1.2.1.11.1)

The total number of messages delivered to the SNMP entity from the transport service.

Syntax

Counter

Access

read-only

Status

mandatory

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