RFC 1902 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1996

Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol

Overview

RFC 1902, “Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol”, is a Draft Standard document published in January 1996 by J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser. It obsoletes RFC 1442. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2578 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

It is the purpose of this document, the Structure of Management Information (SMI), to define that adapted subset, and to assign a set of associated administrative values. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Draft Standard” means

A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 1442
Obsoleted by
RFC 2578
Other RFCs from 1996

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