Technical Summary
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects for information related
to routing within a Fibre Channel fabric which is independent of the
usage of a particular routing protocol.
Working Group Summary
This document was reviewed in the IMSS WG and in Technical Committee
T11 (the official Fibre Channel standards body). T11 voted to
recommend a prior version of this document to the IETF.
Protocol Quality
The protocol has been reviewed for the imss WG by Keith McCloghrie and
for the Operations and Management Area by Bert Wijnen.
Note to RFC Editor
Please make the following changes:
1) Append to Section 1 the following paragraph:
NEW:
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
2) Add to Normative References the Following
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
3) In Section 12:
OLD:
It is recommended that implementors consider the security features as
provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8),
including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for
authentication and privacy).
Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT
recommended. Instead, it is recommended to deploy SNMPv3 and to
enable cryptographic security.
NEW:
It is RECOMMENDED that implementors consider the security features as
provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8),
including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for
authentication and privacy).
Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT
RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to
enable cryptographic security.
4) Section 3, create sub-section 3.1
Replace OLD:
3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel
With NEW:
3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel
3.1 Introduction
5) Section 3, create sub-section 3.2
Replace OLD:
The routing of frames within the Fabric is normally based on the
standard routing protocol, called the Fabric Shortest Path First
...
With NEW:
3.2 Routing Protocols
The routing of frames within the Fabric is normally based on the
standard routing protocol, called the Fabric Shortest Path First
...
6) Section 3, create sub-section 3.3
Replace OLD:
The latest standard for an interconnecting Fabric containing multiple
Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-4] (which replaces the previous
...
With NEW:
3.3 Virtual Fabrics
The latest standard for an interconnecting Fabric containing multiple
Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-4] (which replaces the previous
...
IANA Note
IANA is requested to make an MIB OID assignment for the T11-FC-ROUTE-
MIB module under mib-2