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4.1.3.
Management Information Base (MIB)
The MIB is defined as a tree consisting of object identifiers, and has the structure shown in Figure 4.2.
Each blue box contains, as well as the associated system, a group of objects. The Yacoub MIB is part of
the Yacoub box.
Figure 4.2.: Standard MIB
It contains five types of objects which are included in Figure 4.3. The complete representation of the
Yacoub MIB is located in Appendix C.
4.1.4.
Integrated MIB-Engine
The switch has a built-in MIB engine. This manages the MIB, shown in Figure 4.3.
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MIB-II (RFC 1213):
Figure 4.3.: Yacoub MIB
- System Group:
Contains basic information about the device (eg, description, uptime, ...)
- Interface Group:
Contains generic information about each interface (port) (eg speed,
transmitted packets, ...).
