Management Information Base

(MIB) A database of managed objects acessed by networkmanagement protocols. An SNMP MIB is a set of parameters

which an SNMP management station can query or set in the

SNMP agent of a network device (e.g. router).

SNMP has two standard MIBs. The first, MIB I, was

established in RFC 1156, was defined to manage

TCP/IP-based internets. MIB II, defined in RFC 1213, is

basically an update to MIB I.

Standard minimal MIBs have been defined, and many hardware

(and certain software, e.g. DBMS) providers have developed

private MIBs in ASN.1 format allowing them to be compiled

for use in a Nework Management System. In theory, any SNMPmanager can talk to any SNMP agent with a properly defined

MIB.

See also client-server model.

(1994-11-14)