Subject: comp.protocols.snmp [SNMP] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.snmp,comp.answers,news.answers From: panther@seltd.jvnc.net (Panther Digital) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 13:35:26 GMT Archive-name: snmp-faq Last-Modified: 22 Nov 1994 Version: 1.24 comp.protocols.snmp ------------------- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ Simple Network Management Protocol ---------------------------------- This document is provided as a service by and for the readers of Internet USENET news group comp.protocols.snmp and may be used for research and educational purposes only. Any commercial use of the text may be in violation of copyright laws under the terms of the Berne Convention. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please feel free to EMail corrections, enhancements, and/or additions to the Reply-To address, above. Your input will receive full credit in this FAQ unless you request otherwise. --------------------------------------------------------- New this month: --------------- > Miscellaneous corrections submitted by readers Note on host names and addresses: please email me with any changes to host names and IP addresses. The MIT host rtfm has an autoresponder which always replies to postings with an incorrect IP. It would be nice if every host had that, but they don't, so I need your assistance. Subject: TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- @0. What is the purpose of this FAQ? ------------------------------------ @I. General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2 ------------------------------------------- @1. What is SNMP? @2. What is an RFC? @3. Where can I get RFC text? @4. What books are there which cover SNMP? @5. What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP? @6. What classes are available on the topic of SNMP? @7. Who are some leading authorities of SNMP? @8. What discussion groups are available for SNMP? @9. What trade shows cater to SNMP? @10. What SNMP product User Groups are available. @20. What is SNMPv2? @30. What is RMON? @40. What is CMIP? @41. What books should I read about CMIP? @50. What is OMNIPoint? @II. SNMP Software and Related Products ---------------------------------------- @1. Where can I get SNMP software? @2. What CMIP software is available? @III. MIBS ----------- @1. What is a MIB? @2. What are MIB-I and MIB-II @3. What are enterprise MIBs? @4. Where can I get enterprise MIBs? @5. How can I register an enterprise MIB? @6. What is the SMI? @7. What is ASN.1? @Appendix A. Glossary @Appendix B. Acknowledgements & Credits Subject: C O N T E N T S - - - - - - - - @0. Subject: What is the purpose of this FAQ? ---------------------------------------- This FAQ is to serve as a guide to the resources known to be available for helping you to understand SNMP, SNMPv2, and their related technologies. OSI/CMIP is touched on briefly as well because we're fair-minded folk. There is NO INTENT that this be a one-stop SNMP tutorial. You WILL need to read the books listed herein, maybe even some of the RFCs. You may wish to take a class as well. Just think of this as your "tourist guide book." This FAQ is archived (as with all "licensed" FAQs) at rtfm.mit.edu [18.181.0.24] under /pub/usenet/news.answers as snmp-faq, or under /pub/usenet/comp.protocols.snmp as its own self (the only file in that directory). Use anonymous ftp to retrieve. What? No ftp? Send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" for instructions on FTP via e-mail. @I. Subject: General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2 ----------------------------------------------- @1. Subject: What is SNMP? ---------------- The Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol for Internet network management services. It is formally specified in a series of related RFC documents. RFC 1089 - SNMP over Ethernet RFC 1140 - IAB Official Protocol Standards RFC 1147 - Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices [superceded by RFC 1470] RFC 1155 - Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP based internets. RFC 1156 - Management Information Base Network Management of TCP/IP based internets RFC 1157 - A Simple Network Managment Protocol RFC 1158 - Management Information Base Network Management of TCP/IP based internets: MIB-II RFC 1161 - SNMP over OSI RFC 1212 - Concise MIB Definitions RFC 1213 - Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II RFC 1215 - A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP RFC 1298 - SNMP over IPX @2. Subject: What is an RFC? ------------------ The letters stand for the title Request For Comment, which is the initial stage in the process for creating Internet standards. RFCs go through several stages of review and refinement before they are adopted as final by the Internet community. @3. Subject: Where can I get RFC text? ============================================================== RFC-Info Simplified Help submitted by: Mark Wallace ----------------------- Use RFC-Info by sending an email messages to RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU. 1. To get a specific RFC send a message with text as follows: Retrieve: RFC Doc-ID: RFC1500 This gets RFC 1500. All RFC numbers in the Doc-Id are 4 digits (RFC 791 would be Doc-ID: RFC0791). 2. To get a specific FYI send a message with text as follows: Retrieve: FYI Doc-ID: FYI0004 3. To get a list of available RFC's that match a certain criteria: LIST: RFC Keywords: Gateway Returns a list of RFC's with the word Gateway in the title or specified as a keyword. 4. To get information about other ways to get RFCs, FYIs, STDs, or IMRs. HELP: ways_to_get_rfcs HELP: ways_to_get_fyis HELP: ways_to_get_stds HELP: ways_to_get_imrs 5. To get help about using RFC-Info: HELP: help or HELP: topics =============================================================== An archie search for the keyword "rfc" turned up 99 hits. A few of the more prominent or amusing are shown below: animal-farm.nevada.edu cs.columbia.edu ftp.internic.net ftp.uu.net merit.edu nic.ddn.mil - note: avoid using this one, it's SLOW nis.nsf.net src.doc.ic.ac.uk venera.isi.edu world.std.com munnari.oz.au \___ Pacific Rim Sites use these archie.au / A. Use anonymous ftp & look for rfc or pub/rfc directories above. Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending an EMAIL message to "rfc-info@ISI.EDU" with the message body "help: ways_to_get_rfcs". For example: >> To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU >> Subject: getting rfcs >> help: ways_to_get_rfcs B. You can get a CD Rom with all the RFC's as of the date of the CD ROM (Mar 93) from : Info Magic POB 338 Pennington, NJ 08534-0338 (800) 800-6613 (609) 683-5501 Title is 'The Internet CD-ROM' (around $50) Includes sources for BSD 4.3 and GNU. C. In Germany and Europe, try Christian Seyb: "I also offer a CDROM with all RFC's as of the date of beginning of Aug 93." The following CDROM is available for DM 98,-- (app. $60) and contains the following software: - Linux SLS V1.03, Kernel 0.99.11 and utilities for Linux - 386BSD version 0.1 including patch-kit 0.2.4 - NetBSD version 0.8 - Utilities for 386BSD and NetBSD - The Berkely Second Networking Distribution - GNU software (gcc 2.4.5, emacs 19.17, gmake 3.68, etc) - X11R5 up to patch 25 and lots of Contributed Software - TeX version 3.14 - The Internet RFCs up to RFC1493 - News, mail and mailbox software and many utilities for Unix Issue: Aug 1993 Contact: CDROM Versand Helga Seyb Fuchsweg 86 Tel: +49-8106-302210 85598 Baldham Fax: +49-8106-302310 Germany Bbs/Fax: +49-8106-34593 Christian Seyb | cs@gold.muc.de | Mailbox/uucp/Fax: 08106-34593 --------------------------------------------------- @4. Subject: What books are there which cover SNMP? ----------------------------------------- A. The Simple Book: An Introduction to Managment of TCP/IP-based Internets by: Marshall T. Rose ISBN 0-13-812611-9 (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc And ... The Simple Book: (Second Edition) by: Marshall T. Rose ISBN 0-13-177254-6 Prentice-Hall copyright 1994 B. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards by: William Stallings ISBN 0-201-63331-0 (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc NOTE: >>A second printing of >>SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management (Addison-Wesley, 1993) >>is now in bookstores. A number of errata in the first printing have been >>corrected. None of these are "fatal" but they were a nuisance. For anyone >>with a first printing, an errata sheet is available via anonymous ftp in the file SNMP.errata in directory ftp/pub on aw.com. >>Bill Stallings >>72500.3562@compuserve.com C. Network Management: A Practical Perspective by: Allan Leinwand & Karen Fang ISBN 0-201-52771-5 (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc D. Internetworking with TCP/IP (3 Volumes) Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture by: Douglas E. Comer ISBN 0-13-468505-9 (Note: 2nd Edition) Volume 2: Design, Implementation, and Internals by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens ISBN 0-13-472242-6 (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc Volume 3: Client-Server Programming and Applications by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens ISBN 0-13-474222-2 (Note: BSD Socket Version) (c) 1993 Prentice-Hall, Inc E. Managing Internetworks with SNMP by: Mark A. Miller, P.E. ISBN 1-55851-304-3 (c) 1993 M&T Books, New York, NY F. Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin ISBN 0-201-56334-7 (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley While largely about OSI, this book contains lots of stuff about TCP/IP and SNMP as well. G. Total SNMP by: Sean Harnedy ISBN 1-878956-33-7 (c) 1994 CPM Books, 1300 Virginia Drive, 3rd Floor Fort Washington, PA 19034 H. How to Manage Your Network using SNMP by: Marshall T. Rose & Keith McCloghrie ISBN 0-13-141517-4 (c) 1995 P T R Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ @5. Subject: What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP? -------------------------------------------------- A. One bi-monthly newsletter is "SIMPLE TIMES". You can subscribe via email at st-subscriptions@simple-times.org Use HELP on the Subject line for details. Note: Simple Times has suspended publication until Spring of 1995 B. ConneXions, The Interoperability Report 480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040 Ph: 415-941-3399 Fx: 415-949-1779 @6. Subject: What classes are available on the topic of SNMP? ---------------------------------------------------- A. ZD Expos (formerly: Interop Company) 303 Vintage Park Drive Foster City, CA 94404 415-578-6986 EMail: onsite@interop.com B. William Stallings offers videotaped classes. contact info: email: ws@shore.net C. Network World Technical Seminars Ph: 800-643-4668 (direct: 508-820-7493) Fx: 800-756-9430 [Fax back line, ask for document 55] @7. Subject: Who are some leading authorities of SNMP? ---------------------------------------- [Contributions will be noted as time permits] A. Authors of Key RFCs Jeffrey D. Case James R. Davin Michael A. Erlinger Mark S. Fedor Keith McCloghrie Marshall T. Rose Martin L. Schoffstall Steven Waldbusser B. Authors of Related Material A. L. Chapin Edwin E. Meir David M. Piscitello William Stallings C. Others of Note Vinton G. Cerf David D. Clark @8. Subject: What discussion groups are available for SNMP? ------------------------------------------------- The basic discussion groups are: snmp@psi.com Covers SNMP V1. snmp2@tis.com Covers SNMP V2. SNMP Mailing Lists. SNMPv1 To add yourself to the SNMPv1 mailing list send an email message with the title subscribe and containing your preferred email address in the body to snmp-request@psi.com eg. mail snmp-request@psi.com subject: subscribe n.user@fred.com To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address. If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to the list (and there are hundreds) the address is snmp@psi.com. SNMPv2 To add yourself to the SNMPv2 mailing list send an email message with the title subscribe and containing your preferred email address in the body to snmpv2-request@tis.com eg. mail snmpv2-request@tis.com subject: subscribe n.user@fred.com To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address. If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to the list (and there are many) the address is snmpv2@tis.com. @9. Subject: What trade shows cater to SNMP? ----------------------------------- These days nearly every networking trade show in the US, and many outside the US, covers the SNMP market. The grandparent of them all, and still the champ in many ways, is Interop. Interop was sold by its founder, Dan Lynch to Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Co and has been combined with Networld: Networld & Interop Phone: 800-488-2883 Fax: 415-525-0199 Mail Registration: ------------------ ZD Expos Attn: Registration Department PO Box 5855 San Mateo, CA 94402-0855 Parent Company: ------------------ Ziff-Davis Exposition and Conference Co 303 Vintage Park Drive Foster City, CA 94404 415-578-6900 Fax: 415-525-0194 @10. Subject: What SNMP Product User Groups Are There? ------------------------------------------------ For owners of a run time license to HP OpenView, there is the the OpenView Forum (a yearly fee is charged). Contact: Richard C. "Rick" Sturm, OV Forum President, at U.S. West Advanced Technologies 4001 Discovery Drive Suite 190 Boulder, CO 80303 303-541-6262 Fax: 303-541-6250 EMail: sturm@advtech.uswest.com 11 - 19 Reserved @20. Subject: What is SNMPv2? ------------------ SNMPv2 is a revised protocol (not just a new MIB) which includes improvements to SNMP in the areas of performance, security, confidentiality, and manager-to-manager communications. SNMPv2 Framework : The following RFC's identify the major components of SNMPv2. RFC 1441 - Introduction to SNMP v2 RFC 1442 - SMI For SNMP v2 RFC 1443 - Textual Conventions for SNMP v2 RFC 1444 - Conformance Statements for SNMP v2 RFC 1445 - Administrative Model for SNMP v2 RFC 1446 - Security Protocols for SNMP v2 RFC 1447 - Party MIB for SNMP v2 RFC 1448 - Protocol Operations for SNMP v2 RFC 1449 - Transoport Mappings for SNMP v2 RFC 1450 - MIB for SNMP v2 RFC 1451 - Manager to Manger MIB RFC 1452 - Coexistance between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2 21 - 29 Reserved @30. Subject: What is RMON? ---------------- The Remote Network Monitoring MIB is a SNMP MIB for remote management of networks. While other MIBs usually are created to support a network device whose primary function is other than management, RMON was created to provide management of a network. RMON is one of the many SNMP based MIBs that are on the IETF Standards track. @31. RMON Standardization Status -------------------------------- RMON is one of the many SNMP based MIBs that are on the IETF Standards track (RFC 1310). Currently (Jan 94) RMON has two instantiations in the IETF standards process. First, RFC 1271 - a Proposed Standard, specifies the general structure of RMON and the particulars of an Ethernet based RMON agent. RFC 1513 - a Proposed Standard specifies the additional RMON groups and specifics for a Token Ring network. @32. RMON Working Group. ------------------------ The RMON Working Group is an IETF Working Group under the Network Management Area. The WG meets periodically - usually at all IETF meetings. The WG maintains a mailing list for Questions and Comments concerning RMON. Mail List: rmonmib@cs.hmc.edu @33. Joining the RMON Working Group Mailing List ----------------------------------------------- To join the RMON Working Group mailing list, send mail to: Mail List Requets: rmonmib-request@jarthur.claremont.edu. DO NOT send a request to join message to the general mailing list. @34. Historical RMON Records ----------------------------- There are copies of the RMON mailing list messages and meeting minutes within the IETF archive structure - available at various sites. There is also a RMON archive directory which can be accessed via anonymous ftp at: jarthur.cs.hmc.edu, directory /pub/rmon @35. RMON Documents ----------------------- 1. RMON White Paper in the anonymous ftp directory at jarthur.cs.hmc.edu. There are two formats: frame and postscript. This paper was developed by members of the RMON working group prior to an Interop. It is a superficial discussion of RMON. 2. Chapter 7 in "SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards" by William Stallings, (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley, goes into some detail on the RMON MIB. @36-39 Reserved -------------- @40. Subject: What is CMIP? ---------------- YES, we do need to mention it here! Paul Rolland writes from France: >CMIP is the Common Management Information Protocol. >It is an OSI protocol that has been defined for Network Management. >It comes together with the CMIS (Commom Management Information Service). >This service provides : >- monitoring : in this case, you are using CMIP to gain information, >- control : you can manipulate objects that you manage, >- reporting : Managed objects can tell you something wrong is happening. @41. Subject: What books should I read about CMIP? --------------------------------------- The collected OSI specifications are of sufficient bulk to sink a small craft in calm waters. Start easy: A. The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI by: Marshall T. Rose ISBN 0-13-643016-3 (c) 1990 Prentice-Hall, Inc B. Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin ISBN 0-201-56334-7 (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley C. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards by: William Stallings ISBN 0-201-63331-0 (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc 42 - 49 Reserved @50. Subject: What is OMNIPoint? --------------------------- "A common approach to the integrated management of networked information systems." In practical terms, a vehicle for helping to bridge the standards gap between SNMP and OSI/CMIP so that the end user customer can reap the benefits of both. A product of the: Network Management Forum 40 Morristown Road Bernardsville, NJ 07924 Ph: 908-766-1544 Fx: 908-766-5741 A catalog of products is available. @II. Subject: SNMP Software and Related Products @1. Subject: Where can I get SNMP software? --------------------------------- A. Public Domain: ----------------- a. Carnegie-Mellon University 4910 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 ftp from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.13.21) both SNMP and SNMPv2 are available. b. MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts ftp from thyme.lcs.mit.edu at /pub/snmp (18.26.0.115) c. Christophe Meessen writes: >I've put a small package on a ftp server that relates to SNMP. >It is a minimal set of BER assembling/disassembling primitives >needed to implement SNMPv1 or SNMPv2. >BER compilation primitives compile in reverse. That is they compile from the >last byte toward the first byte. This result in the simplest BER compilation code. >The exact path is ftp.in2p3.fr (134.158.69.153) /pub/snmp/ber d. NAS HNMS (NAS Hierarchical Network Management System) [What follows is a much-edited post from Jude A. George] HNMS is the NAS Hierarchical Management System -- an SNMP- and X Windows- based software package for monitoring large, heterogeneous IP networks. [.. deletions here by Tom.. ] VERSION 2.0c3 NOTICE There is a version of the software that we sent to COSMIC, which is NASA's technology transfer organization at the University of Georgia. As of yet, COSMIC is still putting together their distribution. Anyone can get a copy of HNMS v2.0c3 directly from COSMIC, and expand/revise/modify/redistribute it. However, if you do redistribute it, the following provisions are in effect: You MAY NOT: make minor changes and re-release the entire package with your own copyright. You MAY: make make minor changes and copyright only the changes. You MAY: make major ( > 50% ) changes, and copyright the whole work. [.. deletions here by Tom.. ] For sample screen snapshots, try the following in your favorite WWW viewer: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/heyjude/SCREEN1.gif ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/heyjude/SCREEN2.gif There is an HNMS mailing list, maintained by Jason Thorpe at Oregon State University. To subscribe to the list, send mail to majordomo@maillist.cs.orst.edu, [ message body ] subscribe hnms-users [your e-mail address, optional] For help, send the message body 'help'. Questions about the list may be sent to owner-hnms-users@maillist.cs.orst.edu. e. The UT-SNMP projectgroup --------------------------- description: Currently, we are building version 4 of the UT-SNMP package. In this new version we initialize the PartyMIB by a configuration file(s). The layout of this initialization file is defined and described in the "SNMPv2 Administrative Configuration Proposal" by Dave Perkins and John Seligson (Synoptics). Some projectmembers have made software to create those configuration file(s) in a very convenient manner. The software asks some simple questions and depending on the input generates the initialization file(s). package: UT-PERKINS-1_0.tar.Z programmers: Martijn Visser & Erwin Bonsma. postal: The UT-SNMP projectgroup Tele-Informatics and Open Systems Group Department of Computer Science P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands voice: +31 53 894099 email: snmp@cs.utwente.nl www: http:/snmp.cs.uwtente.nl/ ftp: ftp.cs.utwente.nl:/pub/src/snmp/ B. Proprietary: --------------- a. SNMP Research 3001 Kimberlin Heights Road Knoxville, TN 37920-9716 Ph: 615-573-1434 Fx: 615-573-9197 Email: John Southwood, john@snmp.com SNMP agents, extensible agents, managers, tools, etc. In Europe: SNMP Research International, Inc David Partain, Managing Director Teknikringen 1 S-583 30 Linkoping Sweden Fax/Phone +46 13 21 18 81 EMail: partain@europe.snmp.com b. Epilogue Technology Corp. 11116 Desert Classic Lane Albuquerque, NM 87111 "Envoy(tm), Emissary, Attache, Attache Plus, Ambassador: Portable SNMPv1 & SNMPv2 agent/manager, MIB Compiler, UDP/IP & TCP/IP protocol stacks, RMON agent" Ph: +1-805-650-7107 or (505) 271-9933 Fax: +1-805-650-7108 or (505) 271-9798 Email: David Preston, djp@epilogue.com Australasian/Pacific Rim Distributor Internode Systems Pty Ltd 414 Goodwood Road, PO Box 69, Daw Park SA 5041 Australia Email: Simon Hackett, simon@internode.com.au [Technical] Sales Folk, sales@internode.com.au [Sales] Ph: +61-8-373-1020 Fax: +61-8-373-4911 c. PEER Networks 3375 Scott Blvd. Suite 100 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Voice (408) 727-4111 FAX (408) 727-4410 EMAIL sales@peer.com "We provide agents and development tools for adding SNMP to applications." d. Paul Freeman Associates, Inc. 14 Pleasant St., P. O. Box 2067 Westford, MA 01886-5067 Voice: 508-692-4436 Email: pwilson@world.std.com "Universal SNMP Agent (tm): extensible and portable V1+V2 agent in source form for installation on any platform, under any OS, with any transport. Also available as drop-in binary with MIB-II for SVR4." e. Software Clearing House, Inc. Three Centennial Plaza 895 Central Avenue Cincinnati OH 45202 (800) SAY UNIX (729-8649) Voice: Continental US (513) 579-0455 Voice: Outside US (513) 579-1064 FAX info@sch.com email "OS/EYE*NODE - distributed, scalable mgt system" f. NetPort (408) 257-4907 Voice: jbartas@sunlight.com email NetPort is a vendor of portable SNMP agents & protocol stacks, and we also provide SNMP consulting services. Also, we will be releasing a series of DOS utilitys as freeware (executables will be available for free) in a few weeks. Call for details. [EDITOR'S NOTE: SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO CONTACT NetPort ABOUT THEIR OFFERING COULD NOT SUCCEED. MAY BE DEFUNCT.] g. Empire Technologies, Inc. 500 Northside Circle, NW Suite D7 Atlanta, GA 30309-2100 Ph: 404-350-0107 Fx: 404-351-3638 Email: Cheryl Krupczak, cheryl@empiretech.com MIB Manager(tm) X/Windows NMS tool, Agents for UNIX Systems Management and Host Resources MIB, and base SNMP agent source code. C. General: Bruce Barnett writes: >Here is my list of authoritative sites for SNMP source code.... >In particular, the MIB II version of CMU's code is available on ftp.near.net:/pub/cmu-snmp1.2u.tar.Z - Version 1.2(Unofficial) CMU SNMP code. MIB-II support >and munnari.OZ.AU:pub/cmu-mu-snmp1.5.tar.Z MIB-II enhancements to CMU's SNMPv1 API --------------------------------------------------------- SNMP Archives summary. Maintained by Bruce Barnett The following are FTP sites for various packages... lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu:/pub/snmp-dist/* snmp2.1.2.tar CMU SNMP v2 source (Library, agent, mid-level agent, Tcl/Tk interface, net management routines) ftp.ics.uci.edu:mrose/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.Z 4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package dnpap.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/btng Contains: RMON agent for OS/2, SunOS 4.1.X, & Ultrix 4.1 Tricklet (Perl-based SNMP tool for Unix or OS/2) nic.nikhef.nl:~ftp/pub/monet/monet-0.10.tar.Z Xmonet network monitoring tools ftp.synoptics.com:/eng/mibcompiler/src.tar.Z SMIC - MIB Compiler ftp.synoptics.com:/eng/mibcompiler/mibs.tar.Z - Public MIBS munnari.OZ.AU:pub/cmu-mu-snmp1.5.tar.Z MIB-II enhancements to CMU's SNMPv1 AP --- removed erroneous reference to ncgia.ucsb.edu "xsnmp" ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/pub/local/src/snacc SNACC - MIB compiler with MIB-II Macros and C, C++ BER routines. venera.isi.edu:/ftp/mib various Public MIBS ftp.cisco.com: MIBS for CISCO routers ftp.near.net:/pub/cmu-snmp1.2u.tar.Z - Version 1.2(Unofficial) CMU SNMP code. MIB-II support zippy.telcom.arizona.edu:/pub/snm/agents/* Schema and oid for SunNet Manager ptt.lcs.mit.edu:/pub/snmp - MIT SNMP code - MIB-II gatekeeper.dec.com:/private/mib - Source of MIBs for DEC products. nexus.yorku.ca:~/pub/tcl_snmp Tcl/Tk interface to SNMP ctron.com:/pub/management/mibs - Cabletron MIBS loki.oar.net:/pub/xnetdb - Xnetdb "A network database and monitoring tool" by henryc@oar.net X-based network monitoring system with an integrated database which uses SNMP and PING to graphically display the state of the network. ftp.jvnc.net:jvncnet-packages/nocol/ NOCOL - Network Operations Center OnLine From: aggarwal@nisc.jvnc.net (Vikas Aggarwal) NOCOL (NOC-On Line) is a network monitoring package for TCP/IP networks. Has monitors for reachability, SNMP traps, nameserver, thruput. Uses curses display, runs on Unix. Future enhancements intended for SNMP variables, etc. aarnet.edu.au:/pub/gwtraffic AARNet Traffic Monitoring This document describes the implementation of the 'new' AARNet traffic monitoring application. The application is composed of several (sh) shell script programs, together with an SNMP application (GWTRAFFIC) and an interactive plotting program (GNUPLOT). Re: perl & SNMP There are two solutions: one requires patches to perl, the other (Tricklet, see above) uses an external program. Contact gmstreet@guy.b30.ingr.com for information on his extension/patches to perl for SNMP. It might be available via FTP on liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/net/snmp/snmpperl* Re: "The Internet Rover" contact wbn@merit.edu -----------------------------------Thanks, Bruce! -----------------------Paul Boot writes: I have a small contribution to the FAQ concerning SNMP FTP sites. For the European users this site will be usefull: src.doc.ic.ac.uk dir: computing/comms/tcpip/snmp This dir contains Tricklet, xsnmp, xnetdb and others. -------------------------Danke, Paul! @2. Subject: What CMIP software is available? ------------------------------------- A. Public Domain Software is available from University College London, UK as follows: Graham Knight writes: >HOW TO GET A COPY >OSIMIS is not a supported package and no guarantees are offered about >its operation. You may use it and adapt it to your own use but this is >entirely at your own risk. We may be able >to help with any problems you have but we can offer no guarantees - >there is very little effort to spare for this at UCL. >1. Internet > If you can FTP to the Internet, you can use anonymous FTP to > cs.ucl.ac.uk [128.16.5.31] and retrieve the files > osimis/osimis-3.tar.Z (a 2.2 Mb compressed tar image), > osimis/osimis-manual-1.ps.Z (0.4 Mb of compressed postrcript). > If you do not have InterViews-2.6, you may also retrieve the files > osimis/InterViews-2.6.tar.Z (a 3.4 Mb compressed tar image) and > osimis/InterViews.README (a text file). >2. FTAM on the IPSS, JANET or IXI > If you can use FTAM over X.25, you can use anonymous FTAM to the > host 23421920030013 through IPSS, 00000511160013 through JANET > or 20433450420113 through IXI with TSEL 259 (acsii encoding). > You should log in as "anon" and retrieve the files > osimis/osimis-3.tar.Z (a 2.2 Mb compressed tar image) and > osimis/osimis-manual-1.ps.Z (0.4 Mb of compressed postrcript). > If you do not have InterViews-2.6, you may also retrieve the files > osimis/InterViews-2.6.tar.Z (a 3.4 Mb compressed tar image) and > osimis/InterViews.README (a text file). > For information only: > Telephone: +44-71-380-7215 (George Pavlou) > +44-71-380-7366 (Graham Knight) > Fax: +44-71-387-1397 > Telex: 28722 > Internet: @III. MIBS @1. Subject: What is a MIB? ----------------- A collection of objects which describe an SNMP managable entity. An Important Note: There IS ONLY ONE SNMP MIB. All these other "MIBs" which are cited herein are extensions to *the* SNMP MIB. Popular usage and strict definition do not agree on this point, so be careful in how and when you talk about the plural of MIB. @2. Subject: What are MIB-I and MIB-II ----------------------------- MIB-I was the first SNMP MIB accepted as standard. MIB-II added some much-needed objects, and has become the standard SNMP MIB. Note that SNMPv2 expands upon MIB-II with new groups and objects, and is therefore not MIB-II but includes MIB-II. Dave Jagoda (dj@netlabs.com) writes to provide ... " ... some useful RFC's that I think might be of general interest (particularly since I think many people don't realize these exist and might try to invent something like these on their own). They all have in common the fact that they are assigned under the mib-2 portion of the tree." RFC1158, RFC1213, RFC1215: mib-2 ( 1 - 11 ) mib-2 ------------------------------------------- In the case of MIB-2 (12), brock@cs.unca.edu writes: In RFC 1229, Extension to the Generica-Interface MIB, the objects in ifExtensions, experimental (6), are defined. In RFC 1239, some experimental MIBs are reassigned to standard MIBs. At that time, the Generic IF objects are reassigned to mib-2 (12). However, RFC 1573 officially "obsoletes" RFC 1229, by defining a new class objects, in mib(30) and mib(31) that replace the the ones of RFC 1229. Also, there seems to be a new RFC -- RFC 1657 -- for mib-2 (15), BGP. ------------------------------------------- RFC1243: mib-2 ( 13 ) appletalk RFC1253: mib-2 ( 14 ) ospf RFC1269: mib-2 ( 15 ) bgp (obsolete?) RFC1657: mib-2 ( 15 ) BGP (current?) RFC1271: mib-2 ( 16 ) rmon RFC1286: mib-2 ( 17 ) dot1dBridge RFC1289: mib-2 ( 18 ) phiv RFC1316: mib-2 ( 19 ) char RFC1353: mib-2 ( 20 - 21) snmpParties, snmpSecrets RFC1368: mib-2 ( 22 ) snmpDot3RptrMgt RFC1389: mib-2 ( 23 ) rip2 RFC1414: mib-2 ( 24 ) ident RFC1514: mib-2 ( 25 ) host RFC1515: mib-2 ( 26 ) 802.3 MAUs RFC1565: mib-2 ( 27 ) network services RFC1566: mib-2 ( 28 ) mail RFC1567: mib-2 ( 29 ) X.500 directory RFC1573: mib-2 ( 30 ) "IANA ifType" RFC1573: mib-2 ( 31 ) "Interfaces Group" RFC1611: mib-2 ( 32 ) DNS server RFC1628: mib-2 ( 33 ) UPS RFC1666: mib-2 ( 34 ) SNA NAUs @3. Subject: What are enterprise MIBs? ----------------------------- An enterprise MIB is a MIB created by an enterprise [company, etc] to define a set of objects that are related to some product[s] from this enterprise, and that the enterprise agrees to make public so that network managers can use the MIB to manage some products from this enterprise. Here are some enterprises that have their own enterprise MIB : Proteon, IBM, CMU, ACC... - Paul Rolland Note: There are now hundreds of enterprise MIB numbers assigned. @4. Subject: Where can I get enterprise MIBs? ------------------------------------ A. Try anonymous ftp to venera.isi.edu in mib/ B. For now: see Section II [more to come on this topic] @5. Subject: How can I register an enterprise MIB? ------------------------------------------ Judy Bettinger writes: - A.5 (page 265) in "The Simple Book" shows how to apply. - You can email to iana@isi.edu. - You can just call Joe Kemp at IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). The number is 310-822-1511. (Someone else gave me the same number, but with area code 213. Maybe the Californians can tell us which is the correct one.) He'll ask you a few questions and give you your number. This is faster than e-mail. - You can snail mail: Joe Kemp Internet Assigned Numbers Authority USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 -- Mark Wallace Harris Corporation, Electronic Systems, Melbourne, Florida, USA mwallace@sur3ax.ess.harris.com If you utilize GNU Emacs, a profile is available which makes Emacs set up specifically for ASN.1 editing. Contact David C. Brower via dbrower@us.oracle.com. @6. Subject: What is the SMI? ------------------- "In order for the MIB to serve the needs of a network-management system, it must meet two objectives: 1. The object or objects used to represent a particular resource must be the same at each node. [...] 2. A common scheme for representation must be used to support interoperability." - William Stallings, op. cit. below In both Internet and OSI network management these two objectives are met by a common structure of managment information (SMI) which is defined in RFC 1155. The SMI is the specification for the tree of MIB objects which which provides a means of associating a common numerical identification code for a given object. The top of the SMI tree is the familiar mapping: iso = 1 org = 3 dod = 6 internet = 1 mgmt = 2 mib-2 = 1 which is the global root prefix of every SNMP MIB object. For more details, read: I4B. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards by: William Stallings @7. Subject: What is ASN.1? ------------------- ASN.1 : This is an Abstract Syntax Notation One. ASN.1 is an language used to define the formats of the PDUs that are exchanged by SNMP entities, and also used to defined the objects that are managed thru SNMP. This is a formal language, with a grammar that has been defined in : Information Processing - Open System Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation ONE (ASN.1). International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Committee, 1987. International Standard 8824. In ASN.1, you can define Modules, which are collections of ASN.1 descriptions, each description referring to an object. Possible objects are : types, values and macros. Types can be both simple or constructed, constructed types being based on one or more simple types. Simple types are : Integer, Octet String, Object Identifier, NULL. - Paul Rolland ASN.1 is well defined and explained in three of the books mentioned in this FAQ: From Philipp Hoschka: "I've assembled a number of ASN.1-related internet resources and included them in my homepage." The mosaic URL is: ftp://zenon.inria.fr/rodeo/hoschka/hoschka.html and look in "ASN.1 Resources". "Additions are welcome, but only in the form of working html references, please." I4F. Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin I4B. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management Standards by: William Stallings I41A. The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI by: Marshall T. Rose ALSO::::: >>ASN.1 is also defined in ITU (formerly CCITT) recommendation X.208. >>X.208 is electroniccaly available from itu document store: >>This is zip'ed postscript file of english version. >>Taavi Talvik [ Below is a revised address sent to Dave Waddell by Bob Shaw ] "Here's a new URL. We're in the midst of a software upgrade here so there may be service interruptions. These are in ZIPPED Postscript format. [X.208] Recommendation X.208 - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation On e (ASN.1) //info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.22887 You might also be interested in: [X.209] Recommendation X.209 - Specification of basic encoding rules for Ab stract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) //info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.24177 Go a couple of levels up to see other Recommendations." @A Subject: Appendix A. Glossary -------------------- TBS @B Subject: Appendix B. Acknowledgements & Credits --------------------------------------- Some folks have sent in contributions, while others have contributed unwittingly by the nature of their posts. The assistance of each of the following folks in the creation of this document is hereby gratefully acknowledged: --- o0o --- Robert Babb (babbr@roadrunner.pictel.com) Bruce Barnett David Battle Judy Bettinger (judy@evolving.com) Paul W. Boot (boot@einstein.et.tudelft.nl) (brock@cs.unca.edu) Tom Cikoski (panther@seltd.newnet.com) Robin Cutshaw (robin@paros.com) Arnold de Leon (arnold@synopsys.com) George Dolbier (georged@sequent.com) Jeff Drew (drew@mtung.att.com) Michael A. Erlinger (erlinger@aero.org) Moritz Farbstein (moritz@il.us.swissbank.com) Jude A. George (heyjude@netcom.com) Richard L. Gralnik (rlg@patuxent.desktalk.com) Eric van Hengstum (hengstum@cs.utwente.nl) Philipp Hoschka (hoschka@zenon.inria.fr) Dave Jagoda (dj@netlabs.com) Earl Jones (earl%sch.com) Russell Jones (rcjones@na.SJF.Novell.COM) Graham Knight (G.Knight@cs.ucl.ac.uk) Cheryl Krupczak (cheryl@empiretech.com) Simon Leinen (simon@lia.di.epfl.ch) Christophe Meessen (meessen@marina.in2p3.fr) David Partain (partain@europe.snmp.com) Dave Perkins (dperkins@synoptics.com) David Pascoe (davidp@qpsx.oz.au) Paul Rolland (rol@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr) Richard Schneider (rschneid@erc.epson.com) Christian Seyb (cs@gold.muc.de) Robert Slade (ROBERTS@decus.ca) Bill Stallings (72500.3562@compuserve.com) Judi Theg Talley Taavi Talvik Ruediger Volk (rv@deins.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE) Dave Waddell (waddell@posc.org) Mark Wallace (mwallace@sur3ax.ess.harris.com) Phil Wentworth (phil@uunet.UU.NET) Pete Wilson (pwilson@world.std.com) Bruce Wollen (bruce@nds.com) Ralph C Wolman PS: Some of the above EMail addresses will bounce. Sorry. --- o0o --- Subject: A Special, Personal Thanks -------------------------- My meager, threadbare knowledge of SNMP and SNMPv2 would be all the more so except for the patient attention of Jeff Case and Steve Waldbusser. These two fellows are not only masters of their craft, they are also true gentlemen in every sense of the word. My gratitude. - Tom Cikoski And a large Milk Bone to Mutley, the SNMP dog from down on the farm -- inspiration for the motto "that dog'll hunt!" Subject: "Truth in Publishing" Notice: ----------------------------- This FAQ is maintained by Tom Cikoski of Panther Digital Corporation, Danbury Connecticut, USA, using Internet access paid for by Panther Digital for its business use, which includes EMail, ftp, telnet, etc. Panther Digital Corporation sells/resells network management products and services, including SNMP managers and tools. Panther Digital is a reseller for some products and services named in the above FAQ. 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