SNMP agent interfaces - Difference between standard agent interfaces and MIB-2 interfaces

[Danny Fang]

HI,

I'm a newbie in the SNMP technology. Could anyone explain to me the differences between the interfaces on the agents i.e.(softwareLoopback, ethernet CSMACD, propPointToPointSerial)and the interfaces defined in standard MIB-2 i.e. RFC1213 (IfIndex, IfDescr, IfPhyAddress)?

My understanding is that the agent interfaces being discovered by my discovery tool lists the interfaces at the hardware-level i.e. ethernet-CSMACD, propPointToPointSerial), whereas the interfaces defined in the MIB e.g. RFC1213 are at the non-hardware layer i.e. IfDescr, IfType, IfPhyAddress). Please correct me if I wrong.

Could anyone help explain the differences to me?

Thanks
Danny

[Joseph Loo]

hi danny,

u may like to refer to this:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00495376/c00495376.pdf

regards.
(p.s. please remember to assign points.)

[Pedro VERA DE LA ROCHA]

Joseph:

Do you know if there is such a document about MIBs for HP System Health Application and Insight Management Agents as well as NIC Agents?