RFC1285-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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Category: IETF Standards

Description: Implements FDDI MIB objects for ring monitoring, SMT frames, and station management per RFC 1285.

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What Is RFC1285-MIB?

RFC1285-MIB is an IETF standards-track FDDI Station Management (SMT 7.3) MIB, an earlier version of FDDI management objects later superseded by RFC 1512. It defines objects for FDDI ring status, SMT (Station Management) frames, and station-level configuration and state across the MAC, PHY (PORT), and SMT layers of an FDDI station. It is used to monitor the operational health of FDDI ring hardware and firmware: ring state and station status objects reveal whether a station is properly inserted and passing traffic on the dual ring, while SMT frame counters can expose neighbor notification or ring-management protocol problems that precede a ring wrap or isolation. It is a self-contained IETF standard that was later effectively replaced in most deployments by the newer FDDI MIB in RFC 1512, though both describe the same underlying SMT/MAC/PORT FDDI architecture. It would be deployed on FDDI ring stations, concentrators, and router FDDI interfaces in legacy fiber-ring campus/backbone networks. Engineers can download the RFC1285-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • FDDI ring stations, concentrators, and router FDDI interfaces

Monitoring Examples

No sample_objects were supplied for this module in the available source, so specific object names cannot be cited directly; based on the RFC 1285 SMT structure, an administrator would be expected to poll station and ring-state objects to detect a station transitioning out of the ring-operational state, and SMT frame counters to spot abnormal neighbor notification activity, though exact object identifiers used are not confirmed from available data.

What Can Be Monitored

  • FDDI ring/station operational state
  • SMT frame counters
  • port connection state
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter

From RFC1213-MIB

transmission
OIDs

RFC description

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Management Information Base defined in RFC 1285, providing standardized SNMP management objects for FDDI network devices and interfaces.

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