RFC 2578 · INTERNET STANDARD · 1999
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Structure of Management Information Version 2
Overview
RFC 2578, “Structure of Management Information Version 2”, is an Internet Standard document published in April 1999 by K. McCloghrie, D. Perkins, J. Schoenwaelder. It obsoletes RFC 1902. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
It is the purpose of this document, the Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2), to define that adapted subset, and to assign a set of associated administrative values. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1999
- RFC 2577 FTP Security Considerations
- RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
- RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
- RFC 2575 View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2581 TCP Congestion Control
- RFC 2574 User-based Security Model for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2582 The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
- RFC 2573 SNMP Applications