SNMP MIB M
ANAGEMENT
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Interface Administration
Data for this window is extracted from the Interface Group
in MIB II (RFC 1213). Each MAC frame type supported by a
physical network interface is listed as a unique logical
network interface in the display window. (Refer to ifType in
RFC 1156.) For example, even though there may only by one
physical network interface on a monitored device, it may
concurrently support both ethernet-csmacd and
iso88023-csmacd. Also note that the same type may be
reported more than once where a logical interface includes
several valid subtypes. For example, ethernet-802.2 and
ethernet-II both fall under ethernet-csmacd.
Field Description for Interface Admin Window
System Up for Time since the SNMP agent was last re-initialized.
Contact Name of contact person for this monitored node; and how to make contact.
Name Administrative designation for this node.
Location Physical location of this node.
Service Layers Internet protocol services offered by this node. The OSI model includes: (1) Physical, (2) Data Link,
(3) Network, (4) Transport, (5) Session, (6) Presentation, and (7) Application layers.
Table 6-4 Field Description for Interface Admin Window
Field Description
Interface (Index) A unique index for each subnetwork connection.
Description A textual description of the interface, which may include items such as the product name,
manufacturer, or version number for the hardware interface.
Type The interface type based on the physical/link protocols running immediately below the network
layer, e.g. ethernet-csmacd (where csmacd indicates Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
Detection).
Physical Address The interface address used at the protocol layer immediately below the network layer. This value
will be zero for interface types that do not support such an address.
Table 6-3 Field Descriptions for System Information Window
Field Description
This window provides a description and status information
on each subnetwork connected to this system.