Network Working Group F. Baker
Request for Comments: 1253 ACC
Obsoletes: RFC 1252 R. Coltun
Computer Science Center
August 1991
OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
Status of this Memo
This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
This memo replaces RFC 1252 which contained an error in the
"standard-mib" number assignment in Section 5. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
1. Abstract ............................................. 2
2. The Network Management Framework...................... 2
3. Objects .............................................. 2
3.1 Format of Definitions ............................... 3
4. Overview ............................................. 3
4.1 Textual Conventions ................................. 3
4.2 Structure of MIB .................................... 3
4.2.1 General Variables ................................. 4
4.2.2 Area Data Structure and Area Stub Metric Table .... 4
4.2.3 Link State Database ............................... 4
4.2.4 Address Table and Host Tables ..................... 4
4.2.5 Interface and Interface Metric Tables ............. 4
4.2.6 Virtual Interface Table ........................... 4
4.2.7 Neighbor and Virtual Neighbor Tables .............. 4
4.3 Conceptual Row Creation ............................. 5
4.4 Default Configuration ............................... 5
5. Definitions .......................................... 7
5.1 OSPF General Variables .............................. 8
5.2 OSPF Area Data Structure ............................ 11
5.3 OSPF Area Default Metric Table ...................... 14
5.4 OSPF Link State Database ............................ 16
5.5 OSPF Address Range Table ............................ 19
5.6 OSPF Host Table ..................................... 21
5.7 OSPF Interface Table ................................ 23
5.8 OSPF Interface Metric Table ......................... 28
5.9 OSPF Virtual Interface Table ........................ 31
5.10 OSPF Neighbor Table ................................ 34
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5.11 OSPF Virtual Neighbor Table ........................ 38
6. Acknowledgements ..................................... 40
7. References ........................................... 40
8. Security Considerations............................... 41
9. Authors' Addresses.................................... 42
1. Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets.
In particular, it defines objects for managing OSPF Version 2.
2. The Network Management Framework
The Internet-standard Network Management Framework consists of three
components. They are:
RFC 1155 which defines the SMI, the mechanisms used for describing
and naming objects for the purpose of management. RFC 1212
defines a more concise description mechanism, which is wholly
consistent with the SMI.
RFC 1156 which defines MIB-I, the core set of managed objects for
the Internet suite of protocols. RFC 1213, defines MIB-II, an
evolution of MIB-I based on implementation experience and new
operational requirements.
RFC 1157 which defines the SNMP, the protocol used for network
access to managed objects.
The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
experimentation and evaluation.
3. Objects
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7]
defined in the SMI. In particular, each object has a name, a syntax,
and an encoding. The name is an object identifier, an
administratively assigned name, which specifies an object type. The
object type together with an object instance serves to uniquely
identify a specific instantiation of the object. For human
convenience, we often use a textual string, termed the OBJECT