Description: The MIB is divided into ranges with different rights of access, in order not to grant any person access to the entire data. The protected main part of the information is located in the branch aimosObjects and can be accessed only after an authorising of the user, called login.

The areas are accessible as follows: . The public area aimosPublic is accessible without any restrictions.It serves mainly to prepare the login procedure.

. aimosLogin can be accessed only with special community names generated by the A.I.M.O.S. SNMP Agent. Here the login takes place. This authorising takes place via username and password. A valid user/password combination combined with a community name generated by the agent is called a session after the login has take place. The main part of the MIB (off aimosObjects downward) is permitted only within a valid session.

. aimosObjects contains the objects of the managed network elements. This area is accessible only after a successful login (that is within a valid session)

. aimosNotifications contains objects, which concern the alarm notifications.

. aimosGroups and aimosCompliances satisfies SNMP requirements.