very rough draft: generic repeater mib proposal

["Jeffrey T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>]

Sorry for the rough format of this proposal.  I'll be prepared to give a
more formal presentation to the hubmib WG in Stockholm.

Background:
o  Multiple repeater MIBs are being developed by the IETF.
o  Every repeater MIB under development consists of generic 
   objects as well as media-specific objects, with the generic 
   objects replicated in multiple MIBs.
o  This is inconsistent with the approach taken for interfaces, 
   which have a generic core MIB that is enhanced by media-
   specific MIBs.
o  A generic core repeater MIB would promote consistency, 
   provide a common basis for the management of all 
   repeaters, and would reduce the number of MIB objects.

MIBs Evaluated:
o  802.3 Repeater MIB (RFC 1516)
o  802.3u Repeater MIB (draft from DeGraaf & Lui)
o  802.12 Repeater MIB (draft-ietf-vgmib-repeater-dev-00)

But the generic MIB should not be limited to ethernet-type media.

I forsee a generic repeater MIB which contains the following groupings
of MIB objects

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Basic Repeater Information:
o Group Capacity
o Operational Status
o Health Text
o Reset Button
o Non-Disruptive Test Button

Basic Group Information:
o  Group Description
o  Group Object ID
o  Group Opertional Status
o  Group Status Change Timestamp
o  Group Port Capacity

Basic Port Information:
o  Port Administrative Status
o  Port Operational Status

Group Monitor Information:
o  Group Total Frames
o  Group Total Octets
o  Group Total Errors

Port Monitor Information:
o  Readable Frames
o  Readable Octets
o  Error Frames

Port Address Tracking:
o  Address Changes
o  Last Address


/jeff