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The TCP/IP Guide  9  TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols, Services and Applications (OSI Layers 5, 6 and 7)       9  TCP/IP Network Configuration and Management Protocols (BOOTP, DHCP, SNMP and RMON)            9  TCP/IP Network Management Framework and Protocols (SNMP and RMON)                 9  TCP/IP Structure of Management Information (SMI) and Management Information Bases (MIBs)

TCP/IP MIB Objects, Object Characteristics and Object Types 1 2 3 4 TCP/IP MIB Modules and Object Groups

Of the many MIB object characteristics, only one is sufficiently interesting that it really deserves its own exposition. Or perhaps I should say, only one is sufficiently complicated that it does. J This is the object name, part of the larger naming system used for MIB objects.

As I said before, each MIB object actually has two names: an object descriptor and an object identifier. The object descriptor is a conventional text name that provides a “user-friendly handle” to refer to the object. The name is assigned based on the particular MIB object group in which the object is located. In the example definition I gave at the end of the prior topic, sysLocation is the object descriptor for that MIB object. I describe these names in greater detail in the next topic, on MIB modules and object groups.

TCP/IP MIB Objects, Object Characteristics and Object Types 1 2 3 4 TCP/IP MIB Modules and Object Groups