!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([MIB]) is a [database] used for managing the entities in a [communication] [network]. 


[{$pagename}] is most often associated with the [Simple Network Management Protocol] ([SNMP]), the term is also used more generically in contexts such as in OSI/ISO Network management model. While intended to refer to the complete collection of management information available on an [entity], it is often used to refer to a particular subset, more correctly referred to as MIB-module.

Objects in the [MIB] are defined using a subset of [Abstract Syntax Notation One ]([ASN.1]) called "[Structure of Management Information] [Version] 2 ([SMIv2])" [RFC 2578]. The software that performs the parsing is a [MIB] compiler.

The [database] is [hierarchical] (tree-structured) and each entry is addressed through an [Object Identifier] ([OID]). Internet documentation [RFCs] discuss [MIBs], notably [RFC 1155], "Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP based internets", and its two companions, [RFC 1213], "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", and [RFC 1157], "A [Simple Network Management Protocol]".

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