RFC 2108 (rfc2108) - Page 3 of 82
Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802
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RFC 2108 802.3 Repeater MIB using SMIv2 February 1997 for significant additional capabilities. Implementors are encouraged to support all applicable conformance groups in order to make the best use of the new functionality provided by this MIB. The new objects provide support for: o multiple repeaters o 100BASE-T management o port TopN capability o address search and topology mapping Certain objects have been deprecated; in particular, those scalar objects used for managing a single repeater are now of minimal use since they are duplicated in the new multiple- repeater definitions. Additional objects have been deprecated based on implementation experience with RFC 1516. 2.2. Repeater Management Instances of the object types defined in this memo represent attributes of an IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet-like) repeater, as defined by Section 9, "Repeater Unit for 10 Mb/s Baseband Networks" in the IEEE 802.3/ISO 8802-3 CSMA/CD standard [1], and Section 27, "Repeater for 100 Mb/s Baseband Networks" in the IEEE Standard 802.3u-1995 [2]. These Repeater MIB objects may be used to manage non-standard repeater-like devices, but defining objects to describe implementation-specific properties of non-standard repeater- like devices is outside the scope of this memo. The definitions presented here are based on Section 30.4, "Layer Management for 10 and 100 Mb/s Baseband Repeaters" and Annex 30A, "GDMO Specificataions for 802.3 managed objects" of [3]. Implementors of these MIB objects should note that [3] explicitly describes when, where, and how various repeater attributes are measured. The IEEE document also describes the effects of repeater actions that may be invoked by manipulating instances of the MIB objects defined here. The counters in this document are defined to be the same as those counters in [3], with the intention that the same instrumentation can be used to implement both the IEEE and IETF management standards. de Graaf, et. al. Standards Track
