CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Theodore Brunner/Bellcore

Minutes of the Interfaces MIB Working Group (IFMIB)

The group will recommend that RFC 1304 ``Definitions of Managed Objects
for the SIP Interface Type'' be elevated from Proposed Standard to Draft
Standard.  The Internet-Draft, ``Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS
Interfaces'' (draft-ietf-ifmib-sipmib-00.txt), will be submitted to the
area director, upon completion of changes, with the recommendation for
Draft Standard status.

The group recommends that RFC 1398 ``Definitions of Managed Objects for
the Ethernet-like Interface Types'' be elevated from Draft Standard to
Standard.  The Internet-Draft, ``Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types'' (draft-ietf-ifmib-types-00.txt), will be
submitted to the area director for consideration as a Standard.  A list
of changes between RFC 1398 and this Internet-Draft can be found in the
change log in the Internet-Draft.

The group discussed elevating RFC 1231 ``IEEE 802.5 Token Ring MIB''
from Proposed Standard to Draft Standard.  A list of suggested changes
to the document was circulated on the mailing list by the authors.
These suggestions were, for the most part, adopted.

In addition:


   o Implementation experience was collected by Ted Brunner via
     questionnaire.

   o Dot5TimerTable is declared obsolete.

   o There is interest in a ``bridge#/ring#'' for source route support.

   o The working group will discuss proprietary vendor MIBS on the
     mailing list.

   o On the mailing list, the working group will decide whether to (a)
     reject source route support, or (b) create separate source route
     MIB.

   o Compliance is conditional that a host doing source routing must
     support the SR table.


The Internet-Draft ``Management Information Base for Management of
Network Connections'' (draft-ietf-ifmib-conntable-01.txt) will be
recommended as a Proposed Standard.  Applicability is only mandatory
where the network supports interworking between Frame Relay and ATM. A
generic connection MIB should be pursued for future services.

An informal presentation was made on the 100baseX MIB. The author had
sent a MIB fragment to the mailing list.  The working group will make no
decisions on the MIB until summer at the earliest.  Dave Perkins will
assist Maurice Turcotte is crafting the MIB.


Attendees

Nashwa Abdel-Baki        nashwa@frcu.eun.eg
David Arneson            arneson@ctron.com
Bashir Ashrafi           bashraf@chipcom.com
Fred Baker               fbaker@acc.com
Jim Barnes               barnes@xylogics.com
Andy Bierman             abierman@synoptics.com
Tony Bogovic             tjb@bellcore.com
Theodore Brunner         ted.brunner@tek.com
Jeff Case                case@snmp.com
Paul Chang               pchangmac@asante.com
David Chen               dchen@vnet.ibm.com
Chris Chiotasso          chris@lightstream.com
Wayne Clark              wclark@cisco.com
Hugo da Cruz             hac@3com.com
Anthony Daniel           anthony@informix.com
Taso Devetzis            devetzis@bellcore.com
David Engel              david@ods.com
Louis Fernandez          lff@sequent.com
John Flick               johnf@hprnljf.rose.hp.com
Shawn Gillam             shawn@timonware.com
Dragan Grebovich         dragan@bnr.ca
Chris Gunner             gunner@dsmail.lkg.dec.com
William Haggerty         haggerty@ctron.com
Stuart Hale              stu_hale@vnet.ibm.com
Greg Hill                ghill@atmsys.com
John Hopprich            hopprich@davidsys.com
Ronald Jacoby            rj@sgi.com
Jeff Johnson             jjohnson@cisco.com
Frank Kastenholz         kasten@ftp.com
Manu Kaycee              kaycee_m@timeplex.com
Mark Kepke               mak@aiinet.com
Deirdre Kostick          dck2@mail.bellcore.com
Kenrick Kutzler          kkutzler@synoptics.com
William Kwan             kwan@crosscomm.com
Faye Ly                  fly@synoptics.com
Andrew Malis             malis@maelstrom.timeplex.com
Keith McCloghrie         kzm@cisco.com
Evan McGinnis            bem@3com.com
Dwayne McIntosh          mcintosh@sleepy.ns.us.boeing.com
Rina Nathaniel           rina@rnd-gate.rad.co.il
Brian O'Keefe            bok@cnd.hp.com
Andrew Pearson           pearson@snmp.com
Alan Perelman            a_perelman@emulex.com
David Perkins            dperkins@synoptics.com
Jason Perreault          jason@synoptics.com
Kenneth Rehbehn          kjr@netrix.com
Kenneth Rodemann         krr@qsun.att.com
Benny Rodrig             brodrig@rnd-gate.rad.co.il
Guenter Roeck            roeck@conware.de
Dan Romascanu            dan@lannet.com
Marshall T. Rose         mrose.iesg@dbc.mtview.ca.us
Michal Rozenthal         michal@fibronics.co.il
Michael Scanlon          scanlon@ftp.com
Timon Sloane             timon@timonware.com
Robert Snyder            snyder@cisco.com
Ira Steckler             isteckle@chipcom.com
Bob Stewart              rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com
Kaj Tesink               kaj@cc.bellcore.com
Rodney Thayer            rodney@world.std.com
Maurice Turcotte         mturc@atlanta.nsc.com
William Wagner           dpi@world.std.com
Kiho Yum                 kxy@nsd.3com.com