Overview of APPC MIB

    SNA NAU MIB Working Group
    30th IETF -Toronto July, 1994


       Bill Kwan
       CrossComm Corporation
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Structure of APPC MIB
        Model
                Multiple PUs with multiple LUs
                Supplements SNA NAU MIB with parallel tables (same indexing)
        Top level objects
                appcGlobal
                appcLU 
                appcTp 
                appcSession 
                appcConversation
                appcCPIC
        Admin vs. Oper Tables
                Admin - configuration information
                Oper - runtime and current configuration information 

appcGlobal
        Global APPC objects
        appcGlobalTable
                Global counters
                e.g., number of active LU and Sessions
                Supplements snaNodeOperTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex
                Only entries for APPC nodes
        appcStatCntrlGroup
                Control start/stop of statistics gathering
                e.g., session counters, routing counters
                Not a table
                Global to whole system
                Optional

appcGlobal (Cont'd)
        appcDefaultTable
        Default configurations
        Infor such as LU, modes,  and TP startup
        Supplements snaNodeOperTable
        Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex
        Only entries for APPC nodes

appcLU - Local LU
        Info such as BIND Rsp queuing and max sessions
        appcLluOperTable
                Supplements snaLUOperTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex and snaLuAdminLuIndex
                Only entries for LU6.2
        No admin table
                snaLUAdminTable sufficient

appcLU - Partner LU
        Info such as name and parallel session support
        appcParLuAdminTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex and appcParLuAdminIndex
                Global to APPC node or associated with particular local LU
                Could be created and deleted via RowStatus
        appcParLuOperTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex, snaLuAdminIndex, and 
                        appcParLuAdminIndex
                Always associated with a local LU

appcLU - Mode
        Info such as name, max sessions,  RU size, and pacing
        appcModeAdminTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex and appcModeAdminIndex
                Global to APPC node or associated with a particular local 
                        and partner LU pair
                Could be created and deleted via RowStatus
        appcModeOperTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex, snaLuAdminIndex, 
                        appcParLuAdminIndex, and appcModeAdminIndex
                Always associated with a local and partner LU pair

appcTp
        Info such as name, file specification and privileges
        appcTpAdminTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex and appcTpAdminIndex
                Global to APPC node or associated with a particular local LU
                Could be created and deleted via RowStatus
        appcTpOperTable
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex, snaLuAdminIndex and 
                        appcTpOperIndex
                Always associated with a local LU
                appcTpOperTpAdminIndex object points to entry in Admin 
                        table if exist 
                        Will be 0 if TP is started locally (i.e., not via 
                                remote ATTACH)

appcSession
        Info about active LU6.2 sessions
                Information from BIND (e.g., PCID, security)
                adaptive pacing counters (e.g., current window size)
        appcSessnTable
                Supplements snaLuSessnTable
                Oper table only
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex, snaLuAdminLuIndex, 
                        snaLuSessnRluIndex (appcParLuAdminIndex), and
                        snaLuSessnIndex
                Only entries for LU6.2

appcConversation
        Info about conversations
                State (e.g., send, receive)
                Type (e.g., basic, mapped)
                Start and Stop time
        appcConvTable
                Oper table only
                Historical info (both active and inactive conversations)
                Indexed by snaNodeAdminIndex, snaLuAdminLuIndex, 
                        appcTpOperIndex, and appcConvIndex

appcCPIC
        Info on CPI-C
                Side Information Table
                Symbolic Destination Name
                Remote/Partner LU Name
                Remote TP Name
        appcCpicAdminTable
                Indexed by appcCpicAdminIndex
                Global to APPC system or associated with a particular local
                         LU
                Could be created and deleted via RowStatus
        appcCpicOperTable
                Indexed by appcCpicOperIndex
                Always associated with a local LU