Summary

Recommendation ITU-T X.784 proposes guidelines for implement conformance statement (ICS) proformas for simple network management protocol (SNMP)-based interface systems.

SNMP is widely used to manage nodes such as servers, workstations, routers and switches in IP networks. When SNMP-based management systems need to be interconnected, system testing is required in order to ensure operability among them. ICS proformas are a way for implementers to claim conformance to a standardized SNMP interface specification.

This Recommendation provides an overview and constructions for the management information base (MIB) and the structure of management information (SMI) and provides several proformas (tables) for each of the SMI components to be used in an interface. Instructions on how to fill in each column in the tables are also provided. Finally some examples of the SNMP interface ICS are provided in Appendix I while additional information about the conformance test methodology for SNMP-based interfaces is provided in Appendix II.