RFC 3781 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2004

Next Generation Structure of Management Information Mappings to the Simple Network Management Protocol

Overview

RFC 3781, “Next Generation Structure of Management Information Mappings to the Simple Network Management Protocol”, is an Experimental document published in May 2004 by F. Strauss, J. Schoenwaelder. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

SMIng (Structure of Management Information, Next Generation) (RFC3780), is a protocol-independent data definition language for management information. This memo defines an SMIng language extension that specifies the mapping of SMIng definitions of identities, classes, and their attributes and events to dedicated definitions of nodes, scalar objects, tables and columnar objects, and notifications, for application to the SNMP management framework. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.

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