NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring Protocol

The NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring Protocol (DMP) provides the facilities to obtain status information about local and remote nodes on the network. This protocol is broadly comparable with the basic functionality provided by the Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) within the TCP/IP suite of protocols.

The NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring Protocol (DMP) provides the facilities to obtain information including:

It is worth noting that this facility is part of the protocol and not an advantage of a given Operating System that happens to be using the protocol.

NetBIOS Diagnostic and Monitoring frames on 802.2 networks

Table 6. Diagnostic and Monitoring frames (Octets in order transmitted.)

    Special frame Special frame Special frame Special frame
Field Name Length STATUS QUERY STATUS RESPONSE TERMINATE TRACE Terminate local & remote trace
Length 2 0x2C 0x2C 0x2C 0x2C
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Deliminator 2 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF
0xEF 0xEF 0xEF 0xEF
Command 1 0x03 0x0F 0x07 0x13
Data 1 1 nn nn Reserved Reserved
Data 2 2 Length of status buf bbbbbbbb Reserved Reserved
Length of status buf xybbbbbb Reserved Reserved
XMIT Cor 2 Reserved nnnn Reserved Reserved
Reserved nnnn Reserved Reserved
RSP Cor 2 nnnn Reserved Reserved Reserved
nnnn Reserved Reserved Reserved
Destination Name 16 Name of receiver Receiver's NAME NUMBER 1 Reserved Reserved
Source Name 16 Sending node NAME NUMBER 1 Name of sender Reserved Reserved