The MIB module for managing the new Ethernet OAM features
introduced by the Ethernet in the First Mile task force (IEEE
802.3ah).  The functionality presented here is based on IEEE
802.3ah [802.3ah], released in October, 2004.  [802.3ah] was
prepared as an addendum to the standing version of IEEE 802.3
[802.3-2002] at the time.  Since then, [802.3ah] has been
merged into the base IEEE 802.3 specification in [802.3-2005].

In particular, this MIB focuses on the new OAM functions
introduced in Clause 57 of [802.3ah].  The OAM functionality
of Clause 57 is controlled by new management attributes
introduced in Clause 30 of [802.3ah].  The OAM functions are
not specific to any particular Ethernet physical layer, and
can be generically applied to any Ethernet interface of
[802.3-2002].  

An Ethernet OAM protocol data unit is a valid Ethernet frame
with a destination MAC address equal to the reserved MAC
address for Slow Protocols (See 43B of [802.3ah]), a
lengthOrType field equal to the reserved type for Slow
Protocols, and a Slow Protocols subtype equal to that of the
subtype reserved for Ethernet OAM.  OAMPDU is used throughout
this document as an abbreviation for Ethernet OAM protocol
data unit.  

The following reference is used throughout this MIB module:  

  [802.3ah] refers to:
    IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004: 'Draft amendment to -
    Information technology - Telecommunications and
    information exchange between systems - Local and
    metropolitan are networks - Specific requirements - Part
    3: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
    (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications
    - Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and
    Management Parameters for subscriber access networks',
    October 2004.

  [802.3-2002] refers to:
    IEEE Std 802.3-2002: 
    'Information technology - Telecommunications and
    information exchange between systems - Local and
    metropolitan are networks - Specific requirements - Part
    3: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
    (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications
    - Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and
    Management Parameters for subscriber access networks',
    March 2002.

  [802.3-2005] refers to:
    IEEE Std 802.3-2002: 
    'Information technology - Telecommunications and
    information exchange between systems - Local and
    metropolitan are networks - Specific requirements - Part
    3: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
    (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications
    - Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and
    Management Parameters for subscriber access networks',
    December 2005.

  [802-2001] refers to:
    'IEEE Standard for LAN/MAN (Local Area
    Network/Metropolitan Area Network): Overview and
    Architecture', IEEE 802, June 2001.