Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 2819
STD: 59
Obsoletes: 1757
Category: Standards Track
S. Waldbusser
Lucent Technologies
May 2000
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Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base

Status of this Memo

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets. In particular, it defines objects for managing remote network monitoring devices.

This memo obsoletes RFC 1757. This memo extends that specification by documenting the RMON MIB in SMIv2 format while remaining semantically identical to the existing SMIv1-based MIB.


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Table of Contents

1 The SNMP Management Framework
2 Overview
2.1 Remote Network Management Goals
2.2 Textual Conventions
2.3 Structure of MIB
2.3.1 The Ethernet Statistics Group
2.3.2 The History Control Group
2.3.3 The Ethernet History Group
2.3.4 The Alarm Group
2.3.5 The Host Group
2.3.6 The HostTopN Group
2.3.7 The Matrix Group
2.3.8 The Filter Group
2.3.9 The Packet Capture Group
2.3.10 The Event Group
3 Control of Remote Network Monitoring Devices
3.1 Resource Sharing Among Multiple Management Stations ... 9 3.2 Row Addition Among Multiple Management Stations
4 Conventions
5 Definitions
6 Security Considerations
7 Acknowledgments
8 Author's Address
9 References
10 Intellectual Property
11 Full Copyright Statement

1 The SNMP Management Framework

The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major components:


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1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and RFC 2574 [12].

A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework can be found in RFC 2570 [22].

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the MIB.

2 Overview

Remote network monitoring devices, often called monitors or probes, are instruments that exist for the purpose of managing a network. Often these remote probes are stand-alone devices and devote significant internal resources for the sole purpose of managing a network. An organization may employ many of these devices, one per network segment, to manage its internet. In addition, these devices may be used for a network management service provider to access a client network, often geographically remote.

The objects defined in this document are intended as an interface between an RMON agent and an RMON management application and are not intended for direct manipulation by humans. While some users may tolerate the direct display of some of these objects, few will


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tolerate the complexity of manually manipulating objects to accomplish row creation. These functions should be handled by the management application.

While most of the objects in this document are suitable for the management of any type of network, there are some which are specific to managing Ethernet networks. These are the objects in the etherStatsTable, the etherHistoryTable, and some attributes of the filterPktStatus and capturBufferPacketStatus objects. The design of this MIB allows similar objects to be defined for other network types. It is intended that future versions of this document and additional documents will define extensions for other network types.

There are a number of companion documents to the RMON MIB. The Token Ring RMON MIB [19] provides objects specific to managing Token Ring networks. The RMON-2 MIB [20] extends RMON by providing RMON analysis up to the application layer. The SMON MIB [21] extends RMON by providing RMON analysis for switched networks.

2.1 Remote Network Management Goals

For this reason, this MIB allows a probe to be configured to perform diagnostics and to collect statistics continuously, even when communication with the management station may not be possible or efficient. The probe may then attempt to notify the management station when an exceptional condition occurs. Thus, even in circumstances where communication between management station and probe is not continuous, fault, performance, and configuration information may be continuously accumulated and communicated to the management station conveniently and efficiently.


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about the failure. This historical information can be played back by the management station in an attempt to perform further diagnosis into the cause of the problem.

2.2 Textual Conventions

Two new data types are introduced as a textual convention in this MIB document, OwnerString and EntryStatus.

2.3 Structure of MIB

The objects are arranged into the following groups:

         - ethernet statistics

         - history control

         - ethernet history

         - alarm

         - host


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         - hostTopN

         - matrix

         - filter

         - packet capture

         - event

These groups are the basic unit of conformance. If a remote monitoring device implements a group, then it must implement all objects in that group. For example, a managed agent that implements the host group must implement the hostControlTable, the hostTable and the hostTimeTable. While this section provides an overview of grouping and conformance information for this MIB, the authoritative reference for such information is contained in the MODULE-COMPLIANCE and OBJECT-GROUP macros later in this MIB.

All groups in this MIB are optional. Implementations of this MIB must also implement the system group of MIB-II [16] and the IF-MIB [17]. MIB-II may also mandate the implementation of additional groups.

These groups are defined to provide a means of assigning object identifiers, and to provide a method for implementors of managed agents to know which objects they must implement.

2.3.1 The Ethernet Statistics Group

The ethernet statistics group contains statistics measured by the probe for each monitored Ethernet interface on this device. This group consists of the etherStatsTable.

2.3.2 The History Control Group

The history control group controls the periodic statistical sampling of data from various types of networks. This group consists of the historyControlTable.

2.3.3 The Ethernet History Group

The ethernet history group records periodic statistical samples from an ethernet network and stores them for later retrieval. This group consists of the etherHistoryTable.


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2.3.4 The Alarm Group

The alarm group periodically takes statistical samples from variables in the probe and compares them to previously configured thresholds. If the monitored variable crosses a threshold, an event is generated.

A hysteresis mechanism is implemented to limit the generation of alarms. This group consists of the alarmTable and requires the implementation of the event group.

2.3.5 The Host Group

The host group contains statistics associated with each host discovered on the network. This group discovers hosts on the network by keeping a list of source and destination MAC Addresses seen in good packets promiscuously received from the network. This group consists of the hostControlTable, the hostTable, and the
hostTimeTable.

2.3.6 The HostTopN Group

The hostTopN group is used to prepare reports that describe the hosts that top a list ordered by one of their statistics. The available statistics are samples of one of their base statistics over an interval specified by the management station. Thus, these statistics are rate based. The management station also selects how many such hosts are reported. This group consists of the hostTopNControlTable and the hostTopNTable, and requires the implementation of the host group.

2.3.7 The Matrix Group

The matrix group stores statistics for conversations between sets of two addresses. As the device detects a new conversation, it creates a new entry in its tables. This group consists of the
matrixControlTable, the matrixSDTable and the matrixDSTable.

2.3.8 The Filter Group

The filter group allows packets to be matched by a filter equation. These matched packets form a data stream that may be captured or may generate events. This group consists of the filterTable and the channelTable.


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2.3.9 The Packet Capture Group

The Packet Capture group allows packets to be captured after they flow through a channel. This group consists of the
bufferControlTable and the captureBufferTable, and requires the implementation of the filter group.

2.3.10 The Event Group

The event group controls the generation and notification of events from this device. This group consists of the eventTable and the logTable.

3 Control of Remote Network Monitoring Devices

Due to the complex nature of the available functions in these devices, the functions often need user configuration. In many cases, the function requires parameters to be set up for a data collection operation. The operation can proceed only after these parameters are fully set up.

Many functional groups in this MIB have one or more tables in which to set up control parameters, and one or more data tables in which to place the results of the operation. The control tables are typically read-write in nature, while the data tables are typically read-only. Because the parameters in the control table often describe resulting data in the data table, many of the parameters can be modified only when the control entry is invalid. Thus, the method for modifying these parameters is to invalidate the control entry, causing its deletion and the deletion of any associated data entries, and then create a new control entry with the proper parameters. Deleting the control entry also gives a convenient method for reclaiming the resources used by the associated data.

Some objects in this MIB provide a mechanism to execute an action on the remote monitoring device. These objects may execute an action as a result of a change in the state of the object. For those objects in this MIB, a request to set an object to the same value as it currently holds would thus cause no action to occur.

To facilitate control by multiple managers, resources have to be shared among the managers. These resources are typically the memory and computation resources that a function requires.


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3.1 Resource Sharing Among Multiple Management Stations

When multiple management stations wish to use functions that compete for a finite amount of resources on a device, a method to facilitate this sharing of resources is required. Potential conflicts include:

A mechanism is provided for each management station initiated function in this MIB to avoid these conflicts and to help resolve them when they occur. Each function has a label identifying the initiator (owner) of the function. This label is set by the initiator to provide for the following possibilities:

Management stations and probes should support any format of the owner string dictated by the local policy of the organization. It is suggested that this name contain one or more of the following: IP address, management station name, network manager's name, location, or phone number. This information will help users to share the resources more effectively.

There is often default functionality that the device or the administrator of the probe (often the network administrator) wishes to set up. The resources associated with this functionality are then owned by the device itself or by the network administrator, and are intended to be long-lived. In this case, the device or the administrator will set the relevant owner object to a string starting with 'monitor'. Indiscriminate modification of the monitor-owned configuration by network management stations is discouraged. In fact, a network management station should only modify these objects under the direction of the administrator of the probe.


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Resources on a probe are scarce and are typically allocated when control rows are created by an application. Since many applications may be using a probe simultaneously, indiscriminate allocation of resources to particular applications is very likely to cause resource shortages in the probe.

When a network management station wishes to utilize a function in a monitor, it is encouraged to first scan the control table of that function to find an instance with similar parameters to share. This is especially true for those instances owned by the monitor, which can be assumed to change infrequently. If a management station decides to share an instance owned by another management station, it should understand that the management station that owns the instance may indiscriminately modify or delete it.

It should be noted that a management application should have the most trust in a monitor-owned row because it should be changed very infrequently. A row owned by the management application is less long-lived because a network administrator is more likely to re- assign resources from a row that is in use by one user than from a monitor-owned row that is potentially in use by many users. A row owned by another application would be even less long-lived because the other application may delete or modify that row completely at its discretion.

3.2 Row Addition Among Multiple Management Stations

The addition of new rows is achieved using the method described in RFC 1905 [13]. In this MIB, rows are often added to a table in order to configure a function. This configuration usually involves parameters that control the operation of the function. The agent must check these parameters to make sure they are appropriate given restrictions defined in this MIB as well as any implementation specific restrictions such as lack of resources. The agent implementor may be confused as to when to check these parameters and when to signal to the management station that the parameters are invalid. There are two opportunities:

If the latter is chosen, it would be unclear to the management station which of the several parameters was invalid and caused the badValue error to be emitted. Thus, wherever possible, the implementor should choose the former as it will provide more information to the management station.


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A problem can arise when multiple management stations attempt to set configuration information simultaneously using SNMP. When this involves the addition of a new conceptual row in the same control table, the managers may collide, attempting to create the same entry. To guard against these collisions, each such control entry contains a status object with special semantics that help to arbitrate among the managers. If an attempt is made with the row addition mechanism to create such a status object and that object already exists, an error is returned. When more than one manager simultaneously attempts to create the same conceptual row, only the first can succeed. The others will receive an error.

When a manager wishes to create a new control entry, it needs to choose an index for that row. It may choose this index in a variety of ways, hopefully minimizing the chances that the index is in use by another manager. If the index is in use, the mechanism mentioned previously will guard against collisions. Examples of schemes to choose index values include random selection or scanning the control table looking for the first unused index. Because index values may be any valid value in the range and they are chosen by the manager, the agent must allow a row to be created with any unused index value if it has the resources to create a new row.

Some tables in this MIB reference other tables within this MIB. When creating or deleting entries in these tables, it is generally allowable for dangling references to exist. There is no defined order for creating or deleting entries in these tables.

4 Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout the RMON MIB and its companion documents.

Good Packets

Good packets are error-free packets that have a valid frame length. For example, on Ethernet, good packets are error-free packets that are between 64 octets long and 1518 octets long. They follow the form defined in IEEE 802.3 section 3.2.all.

Bad Packets

Bad packets are packets that have proper framing and are therefore recognized as packets, but contain errors within the packet or have an invalid length. For example, on Ethernet, bad packets have a valid preamble and SFD, but have a bad CRC, or are either shorter than 64 octets or longer than 1518 octets.


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5 Definitions

 RMON-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, OBJECT-IDENTITY,
NOTIFICATION-TYPE, mib-2, Counter32,

         Integer32, TimeTicks                   FROM SNMPv2-SMI

         TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, DisplayString      FROM SNMPv2-TC

MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,

         NOTIFICATION-GROUP                     FROM SNMPv2-CONF;

 --  Remote Network Monitoring MIB

rmonMibModule MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200005110000Z" -- 11 May, 2000
ORGANIZATION "IETF RMON MIB Working Group"
CONTACT-INFO
"Steve Waldbusser
Phone: +1-650-948-6500

         Fax:   +1-650-745-0671
         Email: waldbusser@nextbeacon.com"
     DESCRIPTION
         "Remote network monitoring devices, often called
         monitors or probes, are instruments that exist for
         the purpose of managing a network. This MIB defines
         objects for managing remote network monitoring devices."

     REVISION "200005110000Z"    -- 11 May, 2000
     DESCRIPTION
         "Reformatted into SMIv2 format.

This version published as RFC 2819."

REVISION "199502010000Z" -- 1 Feb, 1995
DESCRIPTION
"Bug fixes, clarifications and minor changes based on implementation experience, published as RFC1757 [18].

Two changes were made to object definitions:

1) A new status bit has been defined for the
captureBufferPacketStatus object, indicating that the packet order within the capture buffer may not be identical to the packet order as received off the wire. This bit may only


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be used for packets transmitted by the probe. Older NMS applications can safely ignore this status bit, which might be used by newer agents.

2) The packetMatch trap has been removed. This trap was never actually 'approved' and was not added to this document along with the risingAlarm and fallingAlarm traps. The packetMatch trap could not be throttled, which could cause disruption of normal network traffic under some circumstances. An NMS should configure a risingAlarm threshold on the appropriate channelMatches instance if a trap is desired for a packetMatch event. Note that logging of packetMatch events is still supported--only trap generation for such events has been removed.

In addition, several clarifications to individual object definitions have been added to assist agent and NMS implementors:

         - global definition of 'good packets' and 'bad packets'

         - more detailed text governing conceptual row creation and
           modification

         - instructions for probes relating to interface changes and
           disruptions

         - clarification of some ethernet counter definitions

         - recommended formula for calculating network utilization

         - clarification of channel and captureBuffer behavior for some
           unusual conditions

         - examples of proper instance naming for each table"

     REVISION "199111010000Z"    -- 1 Nov, 1991
     DESCRIPTION
         "The original version of this MIB, published as RFC1271."
     ::= { rmonConformance 8 }

     rmon    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 16 }

     -- textual conventions

 OwnerString ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
     STATUS current


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DESCRIPTION
"This data type is used to model an administratively assigned name of the owner of a resource. Implementations must accept values composed of well-formed NVT ASCII sequences. In addition, implementations should accept values composed of well-formed UTF-8 sequences.

It is suggested that this name contain one or more of the following: IP address, management station name, network manager's name, location, or phone number.
In some cases the agent itself will be the owner of an entry. In these cases, this string shall be set to a string starting with 'monitor'.

SNMP access control is articulated entirely in terms of the contents of MIB views; access to a particular SNMP object instance depends only upon its presence or absence in a particular MIB view and never upon
its value or the value of related object instances. Thus, objects of this type afford resolution of
resource contention only among cooperating
managers; they realize no access control function
with respect to uncooperative parties."
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..127))

 EntryStatus ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
     STATUS current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of a table entry.

Setting this object to the value invalid(4) has the effect of invalidating the corresponding entry.
That is, it effectively disassociates the mapping
identified with said entry.
It is an implementation-specific matter as to whether the agent removes an invalidated entry from the table. Accordingly, management stations must be prepared to receive tabular information from agents that corresponds to entries currently not in use. Proper
interpretation of such entries requires examination of the relevant EntryStatus object.

An existing instance of this object cannot be set to createRequest(2). This object may only be set to
createRequest(2) when this instance is created. When this object is created, the agent may wish to create supplemental object instances with default values
to complete a conceptual row in this table. Because the


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creation of these default objects is entirely at the option of the agent, the manager must not assume that any will be created, but may make use of any that are created.
Immediately after completing the create operation, the agent must set this object to underCreation(3).

When in the underCreation(3) state, an entry is allowed to exist in a possibly incomplete, possibly inconsistent state, usually to allow it to be modified in multiple PDUs. When in this state, an entry is not fully active.
Entries shall exist in the underCreation(3) state until the management station is finished configuring the entry and sets this object to valid(1) or aborts, setting this object to invalid(4). If the agent determines that an entry has been in the underCreation(3) state for an abnormally long time, it may decide that the management station has crashed. If the agent makes this decision, it may set this object to invalid(4) to reclaim the entry. A prudent agent will understand that the
management station may need to wait for human input and will allow for that possibility in its
determination of this abnormally long period.

An entry in the valid(1) state is fully configured and consistent and fully represents the configuration or operation such a row is intended to represent. For example, it could be a statistical function that is configured and active, or a filter that is available in the list of filters processed by the packet capture process.

A manager is restricted to changing the state of an entry in the following ways:

              To:       valid  createRequest  underCreation  invalid
         From:
         valid             OK             NO             OK       OK
         createRequest    N/A            N/A            N/A      N/A
         underCreation     OK             NO             OK       OK
         invalid           NO             NO             NO       OK
         nonExistent       NO             OK             NO       OK

In the table above, it is not applicable to move the state from the createRequest state to any other state because the manager will never find the variable in that state. The nonExistent state is not a value of the enumeration, rather it means that the entryStatus variable does not exist at all.


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An agent may allow an entryStatus variable to change state in additional ways, so long as the semantics of the states are followed. This allowance is made to ease the implementation of the agent and is made despite the fact that managers should never exercise these additional state transitions."

     SYNTAX INTEGER {
                valid(1),
                createRequest(2),
                underCreation(3),
                invalid(4)
            }

     statistics        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 1 }
     history           OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 2 }
     alarm             OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 3 }
     hosts             OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 4 }
     hostTopN          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 5 }
     matrix            OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 6 }
     filter            OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 7 }
     capture           OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 8 }
     event             OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 9 }
     rmonConformance   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { rmon 20 }

 -- The Ethernet Statistics Group
 --
 -- Implementation of the Ethernet Statistics group is optional.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The ethernet statistics group contains statistics measured by the
 -- probe for each monitored interface on this device.  These
 -- statistics take the form of free running counters that start from
 -- zero when a valid entry is created.
 --
 -- This group currently has statistics defined only for
 -- Ethernet interfaces.  Each etherStatsEntry contains statistics
 -- for one Ethernet interface.  The probe must create one
 -- etherStats entry for each monitored Ethernet interface
 -- on the device.

etherStatsTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF EtherStatsEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of Ethernet statistics entries."
     ::= { statistics 1 }


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etherStatsEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EtherStatsEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A collection of statistics kept for a particular
         Ethernet interface.  As an example, an instance of the
         etherStatsPkts object might be named etherStatsPkts.1"
     INDEX { etherStatsIndex }
     ::= { etherStatsTable 1 }

 EtherStatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     etherStatsIndex                    Integer32,
     etherStatsDataSource               OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
     etherStatsDropEvents               Counter32,
     etherStatsOctets                   Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts                     Counter32,
     etherStatsBroadcastPkts            Counter32,
     etherStatsMulticastPkts            Counter32,
     etherStatsCRCAlignErrors           Counter32,
     etherStatsUndersizePkts            Counter32,
     etherStatsOversizePkts             Counter32,
     etherStatsFragments                Counter32,
     etherStatsJabbers                  Counter32,
     etherStatsCollisions               Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts64Octets             Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts65to127Octets        Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts128to255Octets       Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts256to511Octets       Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts512to1023Octets      Counter32,
     etherStatsPkts1024to1518Octets     Counter32,
     etherStatsOwner                    OwnerString,
     etherStatsStatus                   EntryStatus
 }

etherStatsIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of this object uniquely identifies this
         etherStats entry."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 1 }

etherStatsDataSource OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current


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DESCRIPTION
"This object identifies the source of the data that this etherStats entry is configured to analyze. This source can be any ethernet interface on this device. In order to identify a particular interface, this object shall identify the instance of the ifIndex object,
defined in RFC 2233 [17], for the desired interface. For example, if an entry were to receive data from
interface #1, this object would be set to ifIndex.1.

The statistics in this group reflect all packets
on the local network segment attached to the identified interface.

An agent may or may not be able to tell if fundamental changes to the media of the interface have occurred and necessitate an invalidation of this entry. For example, a hot-pluggable ethernet card could be pulled out and replaced by a token-ring card. In such a case, if the agent has such knowledge of the change, it is recommended that it
invalidate this entry.

This object may not be modified if the associated
etherStatsStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 2 }

etherStatsDropEvents OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of events in which packets
         were dropped by the probe due to lack of resources.
         Note that this number is not necessarily the number of
         packets dropped; it is just the number of times this
         condition has been detected."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 3 }

etherStatsOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of octets of data (including
         those in bad packets) received on the
         network (excluding framing bits but including
         FCS octets).


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This object can be used as a reasonable estimate of 10-Megabit ethernet utilization. If greater precision is desired, the etherStatsPkts and etherStatsOctets objects should be sampled before and after a common interval. The differences in the sampled values are Pkts and Octets, respectively, and the number of seconds in the interval is Interval. These values are used to calculate the Utilization as follows:

Pkts * (9.6 + 6.4) + (Octets * .8)

          Utilization = -------------------------------------
                                  Interval * 10,000

The result of this equation is the value Utilization which is the percent utilization of the ethernet segment on a scale of 0 to 100 percent."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 4 }

etherStatsPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad packets,
         broadcast packets, and multicast packets) received."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 5 }

etherStatsBroadcastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of good packets received that were
         directed to the broadcast address.  Note that this
         does not include multicast packets."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 6 }

etherStatsMulticastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of good packets received that were
         directed to a multicast address.  Note that this number
         does not include packets directed to the broadcast


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address."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 7 }

etherStatsCRCAlignErrors OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets received that
         had a length (excluding framing bits, but
         including FCS octets) of between 64 and 1518
         octets, inclusive, but had either a bad
         Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral
         number of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with
         a non-integral number of octets (Alignment Error)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 8 }

etherStatsUndersizePkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets received that were
         less than 64 octets long (excluding framing bits,
         but including FCS octets) and were otherwise well
         formed."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 9 }

etherStatsOversizePkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets received that were
         longer than 1518 octets (excluding framing bits,
         but including FCS octets) and were otherwise
         well formed."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 10 }

etherStatsFragments OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION


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"The total number of packets received that were less than 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets) and had either a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral number of octets (Alignment Error).

Note that it is entirely normal for etherStatsFragments to increment. This is because it counts both runts (which are normal occurrences due to collisions) and noise hits."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 11 }

etherStatsJabbers OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets received that were
         longer than 1518 octets (excluding framing bits,
         but including FCS octets), and had either a bad
         Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number
         of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral
         number of octets (Alignment Error).

Note that this definition of jabber is different
than the definition in IEEE-802.3 section 8.2.1.5
(10BASE5) and section 10.3.1.4 (10BASE2). These
documents define jabber as the condition where any
packet exceeds 20 ms. The allowed range to detect
jabber is between 20 ms and 150 ms."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 12 }

etherStatsCollisions OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Collisions"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The best estimate of the total number of collisions
         on this Ethernet segment.

The value returned will depend on the location of the RMON probe. Section 8.2.1.3 (10BASE-5) and section

10.3.1.3 (10BASE-2) of IEEE standard 802.3 states that a
station must detect a collision, in the receive mode, if three or more stations are transmitting simultaneously. A repeater port must detect a collision when two or more


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stations are transmitting simultaneously. Thus a probe placed on a repeater port could record more collisions than a probe connected to a station on the same segment would.

Probe location plays a much smaller role when considering 10BASE-T. 14.2.1.4 (10BASE-T) of IEEE standard 802.3 defines a collision as the simultaneous presence of signals on the DO and RD circuits (transmitting and receiving at the same time). A 10BASE-T station can only detect collisions when it is transmitting. Thus probes placed on a station and a repeater, should report the same number of collisions.

Note also that an RMON probe inside a repeater should ideally report collisions between the repeater and one or more other hosts (transmit collisions as defined by IEEE 802.3k) plus receiver collisions observed on any coax segments to which the repeater is connected."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 13 }

etherStatsPkts64Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were 64 octets in length
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 14 }

etherStatsPkts65to127Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were between
         65 and 127 octets in length inclusive
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 15 }

etherStatsPkts128to255Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were between
         128 and 255 octets in length inclusive
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 16 }

etherStatsPkts256to511Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were between
         256 and 511 octets in length inclusive
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 17 }

etherStatsPkts512to1023Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were between
         512 and 1023 octets in length inclusive
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 18 }

etherStatsPkts1024to1518Octets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets (including bad
         packets) received that were between
         1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 19 }

etherStatsOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current


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DESCRIPTION
"The entity that configured this entry and is therefore using the resources assigned to it."

     ::= { etherStatsEntry 20 }

etherStatsStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this etherStats entry."
     ::= { etherStatsEntry 21 }

 -- The History Control Group

 -- Implementation of the History Control group is optional.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The history control group controls the periodic statistical
 -- sampling of data from various types of networks.  The
 -- historyControlTable stores configuration entries that each
 -- define an interface, polling period, and other parameters.
 -- Once samples are taken, their data is stored in an entry
 -- in a media-specific table.  Each such entry defines one
 -- sample, and is associated with the historyControlEntry that
 -- caused the sample to be taken.  Each counter in the
 -- etherHistoryEntry counts the same event as its similarly-named
 -- counterpart in the etherStatsEntry, except that each value here
 -- is a cumulative sum during a sampling period.
 --
 -- If the probe keeps track of the time of day, it should start
 -- the first sample of the history at a time such that
 -- when the next hour of the day begins, a sample is
 -- started at that instant.  This tends to make more
 -- user-friendly reports, and enables comparison of reports
 -- from different probes that have relatively accurate time
 -- of day.
 --
 -- The probe is encouraged to add two history control entries
 -- per monitored interface upon initialization that describe a short
 -- term and a long term polling period.  Suggested parameters are 30
 -- seconds for the short term polling period and 30 minutes for
 -- the long term period.

historyControlTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HistoryControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of history control entries."
     ::= { history 1 }

historyControlEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     HistoryControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of parameters that set up a periodic sampling of
         statistics.  As an example, an instance of the
         historyControlInterval object might be named
         historyControlInterval.2"
     INDEX { historyControlIndex }
     ::= { historyControlTable 1 }

 HistoryControlEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     historyControlIndex             Integer32,
     historyControlDataSource        OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
     historyControlBucketsRequested  Integer32,
     historyControlBucketsGranted    Integer32,
     historyControlInterval          Integer32,
     historyControlOwner             OwnerString,
     historyControlStatus            EntryStatus
 }

historyControlIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the
         historyControl table.  Each such entry defines a
         set of samples at a particular interval for an
         interface on the device."
     ::= { historyControlEntry 1 }

historyControlDataSource OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "This object identifies the source of the data for
         which historical data was collected and
         placed in a media-specific table on behalf of this
         historyControlEntry.  This source can be any
         interface on this device.  In order to identify


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a particular interface, this object shall identify
the instance of the ifIndex object, defined
in RFC 2233 [17], for the desired interface.
For example, if an entry were to receive data from
interface #1, this object would be set to ifIndex.1.

The statistics in this group reflect all packets
on the local network segment attached to the identified interface.

An agent may or may not be able to tell if fundamental changes to the media of the interface have occurred and necessitate an invalidation of this entry. For example, a hot-pluggable ethernet card could be pulled out and replaced by a token-ring card. In such a case, if the agent has such knowledge of the change, it is recommended that it
invalidate this entry.

This object may not be modified if the associated
historyControlStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { historyControlEntry 2 }

historyControlBucketsRequested OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The requested number of discrete time intervals
         over which data is to be saved in the part of the
         media-specific table associated with this
         historyControlEntry.

When this object is created or modified, the probe
should set historyControlBucketsGranted as closely to this object as is possible for the particular probe implementation and available resources."
DEFVAL { 50 }

     ::= { historyControlEntry 3 }

historyControlBucketsGranted OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of discrete sampling intervals
         over which data shall be saved in the part of
         the media-specific table associated with this
         historyControlEntry.


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When the associated historyControlBucketsRequested
object is created or modified, the probe
should set this object as closely to the requested
value as is possible for the particular
probe implementation and available resources. The
probe must not lower this value except as a result
of a modification to the associated
historyControlBucketsRequested object.

There will be times when the actual number of
buckets associated with this entry is less than
the value of this object. In this case, at the
end of each sampling interval, a new bucket will
be added to the media-specific table.

When the number of buckets reaches the value of
this object and a new bucket is to be added to the
media-specific table, the oldest bucket associated
with this historyControlEntry shall be deleted by
the agent so that the new bucket can be added.

When the value of this object changes to a value less than the current value, entries are deleted
from the media-specific table associated with this
historyControlEntry. Enough of the oldest of these entries shall be deleted by the agent so that their number remains less than or equal to the new value of this object.

When the value of this object changes to a value greater than the current value, the number of associated media- specific entries may be allowed to grow."

     ::= { historyControlEntry 4 }

historyControlInterval OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..3600)
     UNITS      "Seconds"
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The interval in seconds over which the data is
         sampled for each bucket in the part of the
         media-specific table associated with this
         historyControlEntry.  This interval can
         be set to any number of seconds between 1 and
         3600 (1 hour).

Because the counters in a bucket may overflow at their


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maximum value with no indication, a prudent manager will take into account the possibility of overflow in any of the associated counters. It is important to consider the minimum time in which any counter could overflow on a particular media type and set the historyControlInterval object to a value less than this interval. This is typically most important for the 'octets' counter in any media-specific table. For example, on an Ethernet
network, the etherHistoryOctets counter could overflow in about one hour at the Ethernet's maximum
utilization.

This object may not be modified if the associated
historyControlStatus object is equal to valid(1)."
DEFVAL { 1800 }

     ::= { historyControlEntry 5 }

historyControlOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
         using the resources assigned to it."
     ::= { historyControlEntry 6 }

historyControlStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this historyControl entry.

Each instance of the media-specific table associated with this historyControlEntry will be deleted by the agent if this historyControlEntry is not equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { historyControlEntry 7 }

 -- The Ethernet History Group

 -- Implementation of the Ethernet History group is optional.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The Ethernet History group records periodic statistical samples
 -- from a network and stores them for later retrieval.
 -- Once samples are taken, their data is stored in an entry
 -- in a media-specific table.  Each such entry defines one


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 -- sample, and is associated with the historyControlEntry that
 -- caused the sample to be taken.  This group defines the
 -- etherHistoryTable, for Ethernet networks.
 --

etherHistoryTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF EtherHistoryEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of Ethernet history entries."
     ::= { history 2 }

etherHistoryEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EtherHistoryEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An historical sample of Ethernet statistics on a particular
         Ethernet interface.  This sample is associated with the
         historyControlEntry which set up the parameters for
         a regular collection of these samples.  As an example, an
         instance of the etherHistoryPkts object might be named
         etherHistoryPkts.2.89"
     INDEX { etherHistoryIndex , etherHistorySampleIndex }
     ::= { etherHistoryTable 1 }

 EtherHistoryEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     etherHistoryIndex                 Integer32,
     etherHistorySampleIndex           Integer32,
     etherHistoryIntervalStart         TimeTicks,
     etherHistoryDropEvents            Counter32,
     etherHistoryOctets                Counter32,
     etherHistoryPkts                  Counter32,
     etherHistoryBroadcastPkts         Counter32,
     etherHistoryMulticastPkts         Counter32,
     etherHistoryCRCAlignErrors        Counter32,
     etherHistoryUndersizePkts         Counter32,
     etherHistoryOversizePkts          Counter32,
     etherHistoryFragments             Counter32,
     etherHistoryJabbers               Counter32,
     etherHistoryCollisions            Counter32,
     etherHistoryUtilization           Integer32
 }

etherHistoryIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The history of which this entry is a part.  The
         history identified by a particular value of this
         index is the same history as identified
         by the same value of historyControlIndex."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 1 }

etherHistorySampleIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..2147483647)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies the particular
         sample this entry represents among all samples
         associated with the same historyControlEntry.
         This index starts at 1 and increases by one
         as each new sample is taken."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 2 }

etherHistoryIntervalStart OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     TimeTicks
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of sysUpTime at the start of the interval
         over which this sample was measured.  If the probe
         keeps track of the time of day, it should start
         the first sample of the history at a time such that
         when the next hour of the day begins, a sample is
         started at that instant.  Note that following this
         rule may require the probe to delay collecting the
         first sample of the history, as each sample must be
         of the same interval.  Also note that the sample which
         is currently being collected is not accessible in this
         table until the end of its interval."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 3 }

etherHistoryDropEvents OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of events in which packets
         were dropped by the probe due to lack of resources
         during this sampling interval.  Note that this number
         is not necessarily the number of packets dropped, it
         is just the number of times this condition has been


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detected."

     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 4 }

etherHistoryOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of octets of data (including
         those in bad packets) received on the
         network (excluding framing bits but including
         FCS octets)."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 5 }

etherHistoryPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets (including bad packets)
         received during this sampling interval."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 6 }

etherHistoryBroadcastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets received during this
         sampling interval that were directed to the
         broadcast address."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 7 }

etherHistoryMulticastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets received during this
         sampling interval that were directed to a
         multicast address.  Note that this number does not
         include packets addressed to the broadcast address."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 8 }


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etherHistoryCRCAlignErrors OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets received during this
         sampling interval that had a length (excluding
         framing bits but including FCS octets) between
         64 and 1518 octets, inclusive, but had either a bad Frame
         Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number of octets
         (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral number
         of octets (Alignment Error)."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 9 }

etherHistoryUndersizePkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets received during this
         sampling interval that were less than 64 octets
         long (excluding framing bits but including FCS
         octets) and were otherwise well formed."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 10 }

etherHistoryOversizePkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets received during this
         sampling interval that were longer than 1518
         octets (excluding framing bits but including
         FCS octets) but were otherwise well formed."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 11 }

etherHistoryFragments OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The total number of packets received during this
         sampling interval that were less than 64 octets in
         length (excluding framing bits but including FCS


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octets) had either a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS) with an integral number of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral number of octets (Alignment Error).

Note that it is entirely normal for etherHistoryFragments to increment. This is because it counts both runts (which are normal occurrences due to collisions) and noise hits."

     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 12 }

etherHistoryJabbers OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets received during this
         sampling interval that were longer than 1518 octets
         (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets),
         and  had either a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS)
         with an integral number of octets (FCS Error) or
         a bad FCS with a non-integral number of octets
         (Alignment Error).

Note that this definition of jabber is different
than the definition in IEEE-802.3 section 8.2.1.5
(10BASE5) and section 10.3.1.4 (10BASE2). These
documents define jabber as the condition where any
packet exceeds 20 ms. The allowed range to detect
jabber is between 20 ms and 150 ms."

     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 13 }

etherHistoryCollisions OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Collisions"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The best estimate of the total number of collisions
         on this Ethernet segment during this sampling
         interval.

The value returned will depend on the location of the RMON probe. Section 8.2.1.3 (10BASE-5) and section

10.3.1.3 (10BASE-2) of IEEE standard 802.3 states that a
station must detect a collision, in the receive mode, if three or more stations are transmitting simultaneously. A repeater port must detect a collision when two or more


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stations are transmitting simultaneously. Thus a probe placed on a repeater port could record more collisions than a probe connected to a station on the same segment would.

Probe location plays a much smaller role when considering 10BASE-T. 14.2.1.4 (10BASE-T) of IEEE standard 802.3 defines a collision as the simultaneous presence of signals on the DO and RD circuits (transmitting and receiving at the same time). A 10BASE-T station can only detect collisions when it is transmitting. Thus probes placed on a station and a repeater, should report the same number of collisions.

Note also that an RMON probe inside a repeater should ideally report collisions between the repeater and one or more other hosts (transmit collisions as defined by IEEE 802.3k) plus receiver collisions observed on any coax segments to which the repeater is connected."

     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 14 }

etherHistoryUtilization OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..10000)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The best estimate of the mean physical layer
         network utilization on this interface during this
         sampling interval, in hundredths of a percent."
     ::= { etherHistoryEntry 15 }

 -- The Alarm Group

 -- Implementation of the Alarm group is optional. The Alarm Group
 -- requires the implementation of the Event group.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The Alarm group periodically takes statistical samples from
 -- variables in the probe and compares them to thresholds that have
 -- been configured.  The alarm table stores configuration
 -- entries that each define a variable, polling period, and
 -- threshold parameters.  If a sample is found to cross the
 -- threshold values, an event is generated.  Only variables that
 -- resolve to an ASN.1 primitive type of INTEGER (INTEGER, Integer32,
 -- Counter32, Counter64, Gauge32, or TimeTicks) may be monitored in
 -- this way.
 --


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 -- This function has a hysteresis mechanism to limit the generation
 -- of events.  This mechanism generates one event as a threshold
 -- is crossed in the appropriate direction.  No more events are
 -- generated for that threshold until the opposite threshold is
 -- crossed.
 --
 -- In the case of a sampling a deltaValue, a probe may implement
 -- this mechanism with more precision if it takes a delta sample
 -- twice per period, each time comparing the sum of the latest two
 -- samples to the threshold.  This allows the detection of threshold
 -- crossings that span the sampling boundary.  Note that this does
 -- not require any special configuration of the threshold value.
 -- It is suggested that probes implement this more precise algorithm.

alarmTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF AlarmEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of alarm entries."
     ::= { alarm 1 }

alarmEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     AlarmEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of parameters that set up a periodic checking
         for alarm conditions.  For example, an instance of the
         alarmValue object might be named alarmValue.8"
     INDEX { alarmIndex }
     ::= { alarmTable 1 }

 AlarmEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     alarmIndex                    Integer32,
     alarmInterval                 Integer32,
     alarmVariable                 OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
     alarmSampleType               INTEGER,
     alarmValue                    Integer32,
     alarmStartupAlarm             INTEGER,
     alarmRisingThreshold          Integer32,
     alarmFallingThreshold         Integer32,
     alarmRisingEventIndex         Integer32,
     alarmFallingEventIndex        Integer32,
     alarmOwner                    OwnerString,
     alarmStatus                   EntryStatus
 }


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alarmIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the
         alarm table.  Each such entry defines a
         diagnostic sample at a particular interval
         for an object on the device."
     ::= { alarmEntry 1 }

alarmInterval OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     UNITS      "Seconds"
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The interval in seconds over which the data is
         sampled and compared with the rising and falling
         thresholds.  When setting this variable, care
         should be taken in the case of deltaValue
         sampling - the interval should be set short enough
         that the sampled variable is very unlikely to
         increase or decrease by more than 2^31 - 1 during
         a single sampling interval.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 2 }

alarmVariable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The object identifier of the particular variable to be
         sampled.  Only variables that resolve to an ASN.1 primitive
         type of INTEGER (INTEGER, Integer32, Counter32, Counter64,
         Gauge, or TimeTicks) may be sampled.

Because SNMP access control is articulated entirely in terms of the contents of MIB views, no access
control mechanism exists that can restrict the value of this object to identify only those objects that exist in a particular MIB view. Because there is thus no acceptable means of restricting the read access that could be obtained through the alarm mechanism, the
probe must only grant write access to this object in


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those views that have read access to all objects on the probe.

During a set operation, if the supplied variable name is not available in the selected MIB view, a badValue error must be returned. If at any time the variable name of an established alarmEntry is no longer available in the selected MIB view, the probe must change the status of this alarmEntry to invalid(4).

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 3 }

alarmSampleType OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                  absoluteValue(1),
                  deltaValue(2)
                }
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The method of sampling the selected variable and
         calculating the value to be compared against the
         thresholds.  If the value of this object is
         absoluteValue(1), the value of the selected variable
         will be compared directly with the thresholds at the
         end of the sampling interval.  If the value of this
         object is deltaValue(2), the value of the selected
         variable at the last sample will be subtracted from
         the current value, and the difference compared with
         the thresholds.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 4 }

alarmValue OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of the statistic during the last sampling
         period.  For example, if the sample type is deltaValue,
         this value will be the difference between the samples
         at the beginning and end of the period.  If the sample
         type is absoluteValue, this value will be the sampled
         value at the end of the period.


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This is the value that is compared with the rising and falling thresholds.

The value during the current sampling period is not made available until the period is completed and will remain available until the next period completes."

     ::= { alarmEntry 5 }

alarmStartupAlarm OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                  risingAlarm(1),
                  fallingAlarm(2),
                  risingOrFallingAlarm(3)
                }
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The alarm that may be sent when this entry is first
         set to valid.  If the first sample after this entry
         becomes valid is greater than or equal to the
         risingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal to
         risingAlarm(1) or risingOrFallingAlarm(3), then a single
         rising alarm will be generated.  If the first sample
         after this entry becomes valid is less than or equal
         to the fallingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal
         to fallingAlarm(2) or risingOrFallingAlarm(3), then a
         single falling alarm will be generated.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 6 }

alarmRisingThreshold OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A threshold for the sampled statistic.  When the current
         sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold,
         and the value at the last sampling interval was less than
         this threshold, a single event will be generated.
         A single event will also be generated if the first
         sample after this entry becomes valid is greater than or
         equal to this threshold and the associated
         alarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm(1) or
         risingOrFallingAlarm(3).

After a rising event is generated, another such event


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will not be generated until the sampled value
falls below this threshold and reaches the
alarmFallingThreshold.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 7 }

alarmFallingThreshold OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A threshold for the sampled statistic.  When the current
         sampled value is less than or equal to this threshold,
         and the value at the last sampling interval was greater than
         this threshold, a single event will be generated.
         A single event will also be generated if the first
         sample after this entry becomes valid is less than or
         equal to this threshold and the associated
         alarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm(2) or
         risingOrFallingAlarm(3).

After a falling event is generated, another such event will not be generated until the sampled value
rises above this threshold and reaches the
alarmRisingThreshold.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 8 }

alarmRisingEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The index of the eventEntry that is
         used when a rising threshold is crossed.  The
         eventEntry identified by a particular value of
         this index is the same as identified by the same value
         of the eventIndex object.  If there is no
         corresponding entry in the eventTable, then
         no association exists.  In particular, if this value
         is zero, no associated event will be generated, as
         zero is not a valid event index.

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alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 9 }

alarmFallingEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The index of the eventEntry that is
         used when a falling threshold is crossed.  The
         eventEntry identified by a particular value of
         this index is the same as identified by the same value
         of the eventIndex object.  If there is no
         corresponding entry in the eventTable, then
         no association exists.  In particular, if this value
         is zero, no associated event will be generated, as
         zero is not a valid event index.

This object may not be modified if the associated
alarmStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { alarmEntry 10 }

alarmOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
         using the resources assigned to it."
     ::= { alarmEntry 11 }

alarmStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this alarm entry."
     ::= { alarmEntry 12 }

 -- The Host Group

 -- Implementation of the Host group is optional.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The host group discovers new hosts on the network by
 -- keeping a list of source and destination MAC Addresses seen
 -- in good packets.  For each of these addresses, the host group


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 -- keeps a set of statistics.  The hostControlTable controls
 -- which interfaces this function is performed on, and contains
 -- some information about the process.  On behalf of each
 -- hostControlEntry, data is collected on an interface and placed
 -- in both the hostTable and the hostTimeTable.  If the
 -- monitoring device finds itself short of resources, it may
 -- delete entries as needed.  It is suggested that the device
 -- delete the least recently used entries first.

 -- The hostTable contains entries for each address discovered on
 -- a particular interface.  Each entry contains statistical
 -- data about that host.  This table is indexed by the
 -- MAC address of the host, through which a random access
 -- may be achieved.

 -- The hostTimeTable contains data in the same format as the
 -- hostTable, and must contain the same set of hosts, but is
 -- indexed using hostTimeCreationOrder rather than hostAddress.
 -- The hostTimeCreationOrder is an integer which reflects
 -- the relative order in which a particular entry was discovered
 -- and thus inserted into the table.  As this order, and thus
 -- the index, is among those entries currently in the table,
 -- the index for a particular entry may change if an
 -- (earlier) entry is deleted.  Thus the association between
 -- hostTimeCreationOrder and hostTimeEntry may be broken at
 -- any time.

 -- The hostTimeTable has two important uses.  The first is the
 -- fast download of this potentially large table.  Because the
 -- index of this table runs from 1 to the size of the table,
 -- inclusive, its values are predictable.  This allows very
 -- efficient packing of variables into SNMP PDU's and allows
 -- a table transfer to have multiple packets outstanding.
 -- These benefits increase transfer rates tremendously.

 -- The second use of the hostTimeTable is the efficient discovery
 -- by the management station of new entries added to the table.
 -- After the management station has downloaded the entire table,
 -- it knows that new entries will be added immediately after the
 -- end of the current table.  It can thus detect new entries there
 -- and retrieve them easily.

 -- Because the association between hostTimeCreationOrder and
 -- hostTimeEntry may be broken at any time, the management
 -- station must monitor the related hostControlLastDeleteTime
 -- object.  When the management station thus detects a deletion,
 -- it must assume that any such associations have been broken,
 -- and invalidate any it has stored locally.  This includes


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 -- restarting any download of the hostTimeTable that may have been
 -- in progress, as well as rediscovering the end of the
 -- hostTimeTable so that it may detect new entries.  If the
 -- management station does not detect the broken association,
 -- it may continue to refer to a particular host by its
 -- creationOrder while unwittingly retrieving the data associated
 -- with another host entirely.  If this happens while downloading
 -- the host table, the management station may fail to download
 -- all of the entries in the table.

hostControlTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HostControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of host table control entries."
     ::= { hosts 1 }

hostControlEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     HostControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of parameters that set up the discovery of hosts
         on a particular interface and the collection of statistics
         about these hosts.  For example, an instance of the
         hostControlTableSize object might be named
         hostControlTableSize.1"
     INDEX { hostControlIndex }
     ::= { hostControlTable 1 }

 HostControlEntry ::= SEQUENCE {

     hostControlIndex            Integer32,
     hostControlDataSource       OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
     hostControlTableSize        Integer32,
     hostControlLastDeleteTime   TimeTicks,
     hostControlOwner            OwnerString,
     hostControlStatus           EntryStatus
 }

hostControlIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
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hostControl table. Each such entry defines
a function that discovers hosts on a particular interface and places statistics about them in the hostTable and the hostTimeTable on behalf of this hostControlEntry."

     ::= { hostControlEntry 1 }

hostControlDataSource OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "This object identifies the source of the data for
         this instance of the host function.  This source
         can be any interface on this device.  In order
         to identify a particular interface, this object shall
         identify the instance of the ifIndex object, defined
         in RFC 2233 [17], for the desired interface.
         For example, if an entry were to receive data from
         interface #1, this object would be set to ifIndex.1.

The statistics in this group reflect all packets
on the local network segment attached to the identified interface.

An agent may or may not be able to tell if fundamental changes to the media of the interface have occurred and necessitate an invalidation of this entry. For example, a hot-pluggable ethernet card could be pulled out and replaced by a token-ring card. In such a case, if the agent has such knowledge of the change, it is recommended that it
invalidate this entry.

This object may not be modified if the associated
hostControlStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { hostControlEntry 2 }

hostControlTableSize OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of hostEntries in the hostTable and the
         hostTimeTable associated with this hostControlEntry."
     ::= { hostControlEntry 3 }

hostControlLastDeleteTime OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     TimeTicks
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of sysUpTime when the last entry
         was deleted from the portion of the hostTable
         associated with this hostControlEntry.  If no
         deletions have occurred, this value shall be zero."
     ::= { hostControlEntry 4 }

hostControlOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
         using the resources assigned to it."
     ::= { hostControlEntry 5 }

hostControlStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this hostControl entry.

If this object is not equal to valid(1), all associated entries in the hostTable, hostTimeTable, and the
hostTopNTable shall be deleted by the agent."

     ::= { hostControlEntry 6 }

hostTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HostEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of host entries."
     ::= { hosts 2 }

hostEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     HostEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A collection of statistics for a particular host that has
         been discovered on an interface of this device.  For example,
         an instance of the hostOutBroadcastPkts object might be
         named hostOutBroadcastPkts.1.6.8.0.32.27.3.176"
     INDEX { hostIndex, hostAddress }
     ::= { hostTable 1 }


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 HostEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     hostAddress             OCTET STRING,
     hostCreationOrder       Integer32,
     hostIndex               Integer32,
     hostInPkts              Counter32,
     hostOutPkts             Counter32,
     hostInOctets            Counter32,
     hostOutOctets           Counter32,
     hostOutErrors           Counter32,
     hostOutBroadcastPkts    Counter32,
     hostOutMulticastPkts    Counter32
 }

hostAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The physical address of this host."
     ::= { hostEntry 1 }

hostCreationOrder OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that defines the relative ordering of
         the creation time of hosts captured for a
         particular hostControlEntry.  This index shall
         be between 1 and N, where N is the value of
         the associated hostControlTableSize.  The ordering
         of the indexes is based on the order of each entry's
         insertion into the table, in which entries added earlier
         have a lower index value than entries added later.

It is important to note that the order for a
particular entry may change as an (earlier) entry
is deleted from the table. Because this order may
change, management stations should make use of the
hostControlLastDeleteTime variable in the
hostControlEntry associated with the relevant
portion of the hostTable. By observing
this variable, the management station may detect
the circumstances where a previous association
between a value of hostCreationOrder
and a hostEntry may no longer hold."

     ::= { hostEntry 2 }


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hostIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The set of collected host statistics of which
         this entry is a part.  The set of hosts
         identified by a particular value of this
         index is associated with the hostControlEntry
         as identified by the same value of hostControlIndex."
     ::= { hostEntry 3 }

hostInPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted to this
         address since it was added to the hostTable."
     ::= { hostEntry 4 }

hostOutPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets, including bad packets, transmitted
         by this address since it was added to the hostTable."
     ::= { hostEntry 5 }

hostInOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of octets transmitted to this address since
         it was added to the hostTable (excluding framing
         bits but including FCS octets), except for those
         octets in bad packets."
     ::= { hostEntry 6 }

hostOutOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of octets transmitted by this address since
         it was added to the hostTable (excluding framing
         bits but including FCS octets), including those
         octets in bad packets."
     ::= { hostEntry 7 }

hostOutErrors OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of bad packets transmitted by this address
         since this host was added to the hostTable."
     ::= { hostEntry 8 }

hostOutBroadcastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted by this
         address that were directed to the broadcast address
         since this host was added to the hostTable."
     ::= { hostEntry 9 }

hostOutMulticastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted by this
         address that were directed to a multicast address
         since this host was added to the hostTable.
         Note that this number does not include packets
         directed to the broadcast address."
     ::= { hostEntry 10 }

 -- host Time Table

hostTimeTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HostTimeEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current


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DESCRIPTION
"A list of time-ordered host table entries."

     ::= { hosts 3 }

hostTimeEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     HostTimeEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A collection of statistics for a particular host that has
         been discovered on an interface of this device.  This
         collection includes the relative ordering of the creation
         time of this object.  For example, an instance of the
         hostTimeOutBroadcastPkts object might be named
         hostTimeOutBroadcastPkts.1.687"
     INDEX { hostTimeIndex, hostTimeCreationOrder }
     ::= { hostTimeTable 1 }

 HostTimeEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     hostTimeAddress              OCTET STRING,
     hostTimeCreationOrder        Integer32,
     hostTimeIndex                Integer32,
     hostTimeInPkts               Counter32,
     hostTimeOutPkts              Counter32,
     hostTimeInOctets             Counter32,
     hostTimeOutOctets            Counter32,
     hostTimeOutErrors            Counter32,
     hostTimeOutBroadcastPkts     Counter32,
     hostTimeOutMulticastPkts     Counter32
 }

hostTimeAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The physical address of this host."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 1 }

hostTimeCreationOrder OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in
         the hostTime table among those entries associated
         with the same hostControlEntry.  This index shall
         be between 1 and N, where N is the value of


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the associated hostControlTableSize. The ordering
of the indexes is based on the order of each entry's insertion into the table, in which entries added earlier have a lower index value than entries added later.
Thus the management station has the ability to
learn of new entries added to this table without
downloading the entire table.

It is important to note that the index for a
particular entry may change as an (earlier) entry
is deleted from the table. Because this order may
change, management stations should make use of the
hostControlLastDeleteTime variable in the
hostControlEntry associated with the relevant
portion of the hostTimeTable. By observing
this variable, the management station may detect
the circumstances where a download of the table
may have missed entries, and where a previous
association between a value of hostTimeCreationOrder and a hostTimeEntry may no longer hold."

     ::= { hostTimeEntry 2 }

hostTimeIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The set of collected host statistics of which
         this entry is a part.  The set of hosts
         identified by a particular value of this
         index is associated with the hostControlEntry
         as identified by the same value of hostControlIndex."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 3 }

hostTimeInPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted to this
         address since it was added to the hostTimeTable."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 4 }

hostTimeOutPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets, including bad packets, transmitted
         by this address since it was added to the hostTimeTable."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 5 }

hostTimeInOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of octets transmitted to this address since
         it was added to the hostTimeTable (excluding framing
         bits but including FCS octets), except for those
         octets in bad packets."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 6 }

hostTimeOutOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of octets transmitted by this address since
         it was added to the hostTimeTable (excluding framing
         bits but including FCS octets), including those
         octets in bad packets."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 7 }

hostTimeOutErrors OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of bad packets transmitted by this address
         since this host was added to the hostTimeTable."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 8 }

hostTimeOutBroadcastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted by this
         address that were directed to the broadcast address


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since this host was added to the hostTimeTable."

     ::= { hostTimeEntry 9 }

hostTimeOutMulticastPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of good packets transmitted by this
         address that were directed to a multicast address
         since this host was added to the hostTimeTable.
         Note that this number does not include packets directed
         to the broadcast address."
     ::= { hostTimeEntry 10 }

 -- The Host Top "N" Group

 -- Implementation of the Host Top N group is optional. The Host Top N
 -- group requires the implementation of the host group.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The Host Top N group is used to prepare reports that describe
 -- the hosts that top a list ordered by one of their statistics.
 -- The available statistics are samples of one of their
 -- base statistics, over an interval specified by the management
 -- station.  Thus, these statistics are rate based.  The management
 -- station also selects how many such hosts are reported.

 -- The hostTopNControlTable is used to initiate the generation of
 -- such a report.  The management station may select the parameters
 -- of such a report, such as which interface, which statistic,
 -- how many hosts, and the start and stop times of the sampling.
 -- When the report is prepared, entries are created in the
 -- hostTopNTable associated with the relevant hostTopNControlEntry.
 -- These entries are static for each report after it has been
 -- prepared.

hostTopNControlTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HostTopNControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of top N host control entries."
     ::= { hostTopN 1 }

hostTopNControlEntry OBJECT-TYPE


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     SYNTAX     HostTopNControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A set of parameters that control the creation of a report
         of the top N hosts according to several metrics.  For
         example, an instance of the hostTopNDuration object might
         be named hostTopNDuration.3"
     INDEX { hostTopNControlIndex }
     ::= { hostTopNControlTable 1 }

 HostTopNControlEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     hostTopNControlIndex    Integer32,
     hostTopNHostIndex       Integer32,
     hostTopNRateBase        INTEGER,
     hostTopNTimeRemaining   Integer32,
     hostTopNDuration        Integer32,
     hostTopNRequestedSize   Integer32,
     hostTopNGrantedSize     Integer32,
     hostTopNStartTime       TimeTicks,
     hostTopNOwner           OwnerString,
     hostTopNStatus          EntryStatus
 }

hostTopNControlIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry
         in the hostTopNControl table.  Each such
         entry defines one top N report prepared for
         one interface."
     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 1 }

hostTopNHostIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The host table for which a top N report will be prepared
         on behalf of this entry.  The host table identified by a
         particular value of this index is associated with the same
         host table as identified by the same value of
         hostIndex.

This object may not be modified if the associated
hostTopNStatus object is equal to valid(1)."


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     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 2 }

hostTopNRateBase OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                  hostTopNInPkts(1),
                  hostTopNOutPkts(2),
                  hostTopNInOctets(3),
                  hostTopNOutOctets(4),
                  hostTopNOutErrors(5),
                  hostTopNOutBroadcastPkts(6),
                  hostTopNOutMulticastPkts(7)
                }
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The variable for each host that the hostTopNRate
         variable is based upon.

This object may not be modified if the associated
hostTopNStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 3 }

hostTopNTimeRemaining OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     UNITS      "Seconds"
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of seconds left in the report currently being
         collected.  When this object is modified by the management
         station, a new collection is started, possibly aborting
         a currently running report.  The new value is used
         as the requested duration of this report, which is
         loaded into the associated hostTopNDuration object.

When this object is set to a non-zero value, any
associated hostTopNEntries shall be made
inaccessible by the monitor. While the value of this object is non-zero, it decrements by one per second until it reaches zero. During this time, all associated
hostTopNEntries shall remain inaccessible. At the time that this object decrements to zero, the report is made accessible in the hostTopNTable. Thus, the hostTopN table needs to be created only at the end of the collection interval."
DEFVAL { 0 }

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 4 }


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hostTopNDuration OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     UNITS      "Seconds"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of seconds that this report has collected
         during the last sampling interval, or if this
         report is currently being collected, the number
         of seconds that this report is being collected
         during this sampling interval.

When the associated hostTopNTimeRemaining object is set, this object shall be set by the probe to the same value and shall not be modified until the next time
the hostTopNTimeRemaining is set.

This value shall be zero if no reports have been
requested for this hostTopNControlEntry."
DEFVAL { 0 }

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 5 }

hostTopNRequestedSize OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The maximum number of hosts requested for the top N
         table.

When this object is created or modified, the probe
should set hostTopNGrantedSize as closely to this
object as is possible for the particular probe
implementation and available resources."
DEFVAL { 10 }

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 6 }

hostTopNGrantedSize OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The maximum number of hosts in the top N table.

When the associated hostTopNRequestedSize object is created or modified, the probe should set this
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resources. The probe must not lower this value except as a result of a set to the associated
hostTopNRequestedSize object.

Hosts with the highest value of hostTopNRate shall be placed in this table in decreasing order of this rate until there is no more room or until there are no more hosts."

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 7 }

hostTopNStartTime OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     TimeTicks
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of sysUpTime when this top N report was
         last started.  In other words, this is the time that
         the associated hostTopNTimeRemaining object was
         modified to start the requested report."
     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 8 }

hostTopNOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
         using the resources assigned to it."
     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 9 }

hostTopNStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this hostTopNControl entry.

If this object is not equal to valid(1), all associated hostTopNEntries shall be deleted by the agent."

     ::= { hostTopNControlEntry 10 }

hostTopNTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF HostTopNEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of top N host entries."
     ::= { hostTopN 2 }


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hostTopNEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     HostTopNEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A set of statistics for a host that is part of a top N
         report.  For example, an instance of the hostTopNRate
         object might be named hostTopNRate.3.10"
     INDEX { hostTopNReport, hostTopNIndex }
     ::= { hostTopNTable 1 }

 HostTopNEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     hostTopNReport                Integer32,
     hostTopNIndex                 Integer32,
     hostTopNAddress               OCTET STRING,
     hostTopNRate                  Integer32
 }

hostTopNReport OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "This object identifies the top N report of which
         this entry is a part.  The set of hosts
         identified by a particular value of this
         object is part of the same report as identified
         by the same value of the hostTopNControlIndex object."
     ::= { hostTopNEntry 1 }

hostTopNIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in
         the hostTopN table among those in the same report.
         This index is between 1 and N, where N is the
         number of entries in this table.  Increasing values
         of hostTopNIndex shall be assigned to entries with
         decreasing values of hostTopNRate until index N
         is assigned to the entry with the lowest value of
         hostTopNRate or there are no more hostTopNEntries."
     ::= { hostTopNEntry 2 }

hostTopNAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only


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     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The physical address of this host."
     ::= { hostTopNEntry 3 }

hostTopNRate OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The amount of change in the selected variable
         during this sampling interval.  The selected
         variable is this host's instance of the object
         selected by hostTopNRateBase."
     ::= { hostTopNEntry 4 }

 -- The Matrix Group

 -- Implementation of the Matrix group is optional.
 -- Consult the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro for the authoritative
 -- conformance information for this MIB.
 --
 -- The Matrix group consists of the matrixControlTable, matrixSDTable
 -- and the matrixDSTable.  These tables store statistics for a
 -- particular conversation between two addresses.  As the device
 -- detects a new conversation, including those to a non-unicast
 -- address, it creates a new entry in both of the matrix tables.
 -- It must only create new entries based on information
 -- received in good packets.  If the monitoring device finds
 -- itself short of resources, it may delete entries as needed.
 -- It is suggested that the device delete the least recently used
 -- entries first.

matrixControlTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF MatrixControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of information entries for the
         traffic matrix on each interface."
     ::= { matrix 1 }

matrixControlEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     MatrixControlEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
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interface. For example, an instance of the
matrixControlLastDeleteTime object might be named
matrixControlLastDeleteTime.1"
INDEX { matrixControlIndex }

     ::= { matrixControlTable 1 }

 MatrixControlEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     matrixControlIndex           Integer32,
     matrixControlDataSource      OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
     matrixControlTableSize       Integer32,
     matrixControlLastDeleteTime  TimeTicks,
     matrixControlOwner           OwnerString,
     matrixControlStatus          EntryStatus
 }

matrixControlIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the
         matrixControl table.  Each such entry defines
         a function that discovers conversations on a particular
         interface and places statistics about them in the
         matrixSDTable and the matrixDSTable on behalf of this
         matrixControlEntry."
     ::= { matrixControlEntry 1 }

matrixControlDataSource OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "This object identifies the source of
         the data from which this entry creates a traffic matrix.
         This source can be any interface on this device.  In
         order to identify a particular interface, this object
         shall identify the instance of the ifIndex object,
         defined in RFC 2233 [17], for the desired
         interface.  For example, if an entry were to receive data
         from interface #1, this object would be set to ifIndex.1.

The statistics in this group reflect all packets
on the local network segment attached to the identified interface.

An agent may or may not be able to tell if fundamental changes to the media of the interface have occurred and


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necessitate an invalidation of this entry. For example, a hot-pluggable ethernet card could be pulled out and replaced by a token-ring card. In such a case, if the agent has such knowledge of the change, it is recommended that it
invalidate this entry.

This object may not be modified if the associated
matrixControlStatus object is equal to valid(1)."

     ::= { matrixControlEntry 2 }

matrixControlTableSize OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of matrixSDEntries in the matrixSDTable
         for this interface.  This must also be the value of
         the number of entries in the matrixDSTable for this
         interface."
     ::= { matrixControlEntry 3 }

matrixControlLastDeleteTime OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     TimeTicks
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The value of sysUpTime when the last entry
         was deleted from the portion of the matrixSDTable
         or matrixDSTable associated with this matrixControlEntry.
         If no deletions have occurred, this value shall be
         zero."
     ::= { matrixControlEntry 4 }

matrixControlOwner OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OwnerString
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
         using the resources assigned to it."
     ::= { matrixControlEntry 5 }

matrixControlStatus OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     EntryStatus
     MAX-ACCESS read-create
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The status of this matrixControl entry.


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If this object is not equal to valid(1), all associated entries in the matrixSDTable and the matrixDSTable
shall be deleted by the agent."

     ::= { matrixControlEntry 6 }

matrixSDTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF MatrixSDEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of traffic matrix entries indexed by
         source and destination MAC address."
     ::= { matrix 2 }

matrixSDEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     MatrixSDEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A collection of statistics for communications between
         two addresses on a particular interface.  For example,
         an instance of the matrixSDPkts object might be named
         matrixSDPkts.1.6.8.0.32.27.3.176.6.8.0.32.10.8.113"
     INDEX { matrixSDIndex,
             matrixSDSourceAddress, matrixSDDestAddress }
     ::= { matrixSDTable 1 }

 MatrixSDEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     matrixSDSourceAddress       OCTET STRING,
     matrixSDDestAddress         OCTET STRING,
     matrixSDIndex               Integer32,
     matrixSDPkts                Counter32,
     matrixSDOctets              Counter32,
     matrixSDErrors              Counter32
 }

matrixSDSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The source physical address."
     ::= { matrixSDEntry 1 }

matrixSDDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current


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DESCRIPTION
"The destination physical address."

     ::= { matrixSDEntry 2 }

matrixSDIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The set of collected matrix statistics of which
         this entry is a part.  The set of matrix statistics
         identified by a particular value of this index
         is associated with the same matrixControlEntry
         as identified by the same value of matrixControlIndex."
     ::= { matrixSDEntry 3 }

matrixSDPkts OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of packets transmitted from the source
         address to the destination address (this number includes
         bad packets)."
     ::= { matrixSDEntry 4 }

matrixSDOctets OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Octets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of octets (excluding framing bits but
         including FCS octets) contained in all packets
         transmitted from the source address to the
         destination address."
     ::= { matrixSDEntry 5 }

matrixSDErrors OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Counter32
     UNITS      "Packets"
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The number of bad packets transmitted from
         the source address to the destination address."
     ::= { matrixSDEntry 6 }


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 -- Traffic matrix tables from destination to source

matrixDSTable OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF MatrixDSEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A list of traffic matrix entries indexed by
         destination and source MAC address."
     ::= { matrix 3 }

matrixDSEntry OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     MatrixDSEntry
     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "A collection of statistics for communications between
         two addresses on a particular interface.  For example,
         an instance of the matrixSDPkts object might be named
         matrixSDPkts.1.6.8.0.32.10.8.113.6.8.0.32.27.3.176"
     INDEX { matrixDSIndex,
             matrixDSDestAddress, matrixDSSourceAddress }
     ::= { matrixDSTable 1 }

 MatrixDSEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
     matrixDSSourceAddress       OCTET STRING,
     matrixDSDestAddress         OCTET STRING,
     matrixDSIndex               Integer32,
     matrixDSPkts                Counter32,
     matrixDSOctets              Counter32,
     matrixDSErrors              Counter32
 }

matrixDSSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The source physical address."
     ::= { matrixDSEntry 1 }

matrixDSDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The destination physical address."
     ::= { matrixDSEntry 2 }


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matrixDSIndex OBJECT-TYPE

     SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
     MAX-ACCESS read-only
     STATUS     current
     DESCRIPTION
         "The set of collected matrix statistics of which
         this entry is a part.  The set of matrix statistics
         identified by a particular value of this index
         is associated with the same matrixControlEntry
         as identified by the same value of matrixControlIndex."
     ::= { matrixDSEntry 3 }

matrixDSPkts OBJECT-T