Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) MIB
RFC 5813

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                           R. Haas
Request for Comments: 5813                                           IBM
Category: Standards Track                                     March 2010
ISSN: 2070-1721

         Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) MIB

Abstract

   This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) module for use
   with network management protocols in the Internet community.  In
   particular, it defines managed objects for the Forwarding and Control
   Element Separation (ForCES) Network Element (NE).

Status of This Memo

   This is an Internet Standards Track document.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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Table of Contents

   1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
   2. Introduction ....................................................2
   3. Requirements Notation ...........................................3
   4. ForCES MIB Overview .............................................3
   5. ForCES MIB Definition ...........................................4
   6. Associations Kept in the MIB ...................................13
   7. Support for Multiple CEs and FEs ...............................14
   8. Security Considerations ........................................14
   9. IANA Considerations ............................................15
   10. References ....................................................15
      10.1. Normative References .....................................15
      10.2. Informative References ...................................16
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments ......................................17

1.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework

   For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
   Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
   [RFC3410].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  MIB objects are generally
   accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
   Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the
   Structure of Management Information (SMI).  This memo specifies a MIB
   module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
   [RFC2578], STD 58, [RFC2579] and STD 58, [RFC2580].

2.  Introduction

   The ForCES MIB module is a read-only MIB module that captures
   information related to the ForCES protocol ([RFC3654], [RFC3746],
   [FORCES-APP], and [RFC5810]).

   The ForCES MIB module does not include information that is specified
   in other MIB modules, such as packet counters for interfaces, etc.

   More specifically, the information in the ForCES MIB module relative
   to associations (between Control Elements and Forwarding Elements)
   that are in the UP state includes:

   o  identifiers of the elements in the association,

   o  configuration parameters of the association, and

   o  statistics of the association.

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3.  Requirements Notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this