An implementation of Management Information Base

Abstract

In OSI network management, information of managed objects is stored and accessed as a kind of database, the so-called Management Information Base or MIB. OSI management standards define management information with a set of templates using object-oriented concepts. In order to manage heterogeneous systems, each managed system needs to implement the MIB defined in OSI. From an implementation standpoint, software for both managing and managed systems must be built up efficiently, according to the management information actually available within the management domain. The authors developed a tool called MINT (Management INformation support Tool) which generates programs for accessing management information from the network management information template notation. They present the design criteria, functionalities, software structure for management applications and the structure of MIB and its tool MINT.<>