Internet Draft Andy Bierman
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Keith McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
12 November 2001
Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for
High Capacity Alarms
<draft-bierman-rmonmib-hc-alarm-mib-00.txt>
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1. Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Internet Draft RMON HC-Alarm MIB November 12, 2001
2. Abstract
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 extending the alarm
thresholding capabilities found in the RMON MIB [RFC2819], to provide
similar threshold monitoring of objects based on the Counter64 data
type.
3. Table of Contents
1 Copyright Notice ................................................ 1
2 Abstract ........................................................ 2
3 Table of Contents ............................................... 2
4 The SNMP Network Management Framework ........................... 2
5 Overview ........................................................ 3
5.1 Terms ......................................................... 4
5.2 Relationship to the Remote Monitoring MIBs .................... 5
6 MIB Structure ................................................... 5
6.1 MIB Group Overview ............................................ 6
6.1.1 High Capacity Alarm Group ................................... 6
6.1.2 High Capacity Alarm Notifications ........................... 7
7 Definitions ..................................................... 8
8 Intellectual Property ........................................... 21
9 Acknowledgements ................................................ 21
10 References ..................................................... 21
11 Security Considerations ........................................ 24
12 Authors' Addresses ............................................. 25
13 Full Copyright Statement ....................................... 25
4. The SNMP Network Management Framework
The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
components:
o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [RFC2571].
o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
RFC 1155 [RFC1155], RFC 1212 [RFC1212] and RFC 1215 [RFC1215].
The second version, called SMIv2, is described in RFC 2578
[RFC2578], RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
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o Message protocols for transferring management information. The
first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
described in RFC 1157 [RFC1157]. A second version of the SNMP
message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [RFC1901]
and RFC 1906 [RFC1906]. The third version of the message
protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [RFC1906],
RFC 2572 [RFC2572] and RFC 2574 [RFC2574].
o Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
described in RFC 1157 [RFC1157]. A second set of protocol
operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
[RFC1905].
o A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573
[RFC2573] and the view-based access control mechanism described
in RFC 2575 [RFC2575].
A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework
can be found in RFC 2570 [RFC2570].
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.
This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine
readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
MIB.
5. Overview
There is a need for a standardized way of providing the same type of
alarm thresholding capabilities for Counter64 objects, as already exists
for Counter32 objects. The RMON-1 alarmTable objects and RMON-1
notification types are specific to 32-bit objects, and cannot be used to
properly monitor Counter64-based objects. Extensions to these existing
constructs are needed which explicitly support Counter64-based objects.
These extensions are completely independent of the existing RMON-1 alarm
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mechanisms.
The usage of Counter64 objects is increasing. One of the causes for
this increase is the increasing speeds of network interfaces; RFC 2863
[RFC2863] says:
As the speed of network media increase, the minimum time in which a
32 bit counter will wrap decreases. For example, a 10Mbs stream of
back-to-back, full-size packets causes ifInOctets to wrap in just
over 57 minutes; at 100Mbs, the minimum wrap time is 5.7 minutes, and
at 1Gbs, the minimum is 34 seconds. Requiring that interfaces be
polled frequently enough not to miss a counter wrap is increasingly
problematic.
and therefore requires:
For interfaces that operate at 20,000,000 (20 million) bits per
second or less, 32-bit byte and packet counters MUST be supported.
For interfaces that operate faster than 20,000,000 bits/second,
and slower than 650,000,000 bits/second, 32-bit packet counters
MUST be supported and 64-bit octet counters MUST be supported.
For interfaces that operate at 650,000,000 bits/second or faster,
64-bit packet counters AND 64-bit octet counters MUST be supported.
Of the variables on which thresholds are set using RMON-1's alarmTable,
two of the most popular are: ifInOctets and ifOutOctets. Thus, the
increasing usage of the 64-bit versions: ifHCInOctets and ifHCOutOctets
means that there's an increasing requiurement to use RMON-1's
thresholding capability for ifHCInOctets and ifHCOutOctets.
The RMON-1 Alarm Group is implemented not only by all RMON probes, but
also by the SNMP agents in many other types of devices for the purpose
of monitoring any of their (non-RMON) integer-valued MIB objects. The
fact that it has been so widely implemented indicates its obvious value.
Without this extension, that obvious value is becoming incomplete
because of its lack of support for 64-bit integers. This extension is
the easiest, simplest, and most compatible way for an implementation to
overcome that lack of support.
5.1. Terms
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. [RFC2119]
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5.2. Relationship to the Remote Monitoring MIBs
This MIB is intended to be implemented in Remote Monitoring (RMON)
probes, which may also support the RMON-1 MIB [RFC2819]. Such probes
may be stand-alone devices, or may be co-located with other networking
devices (e.g., ethernet switches and repeaters).
The functionality of the High Capacity Alarm Group is a supserset of
RMON-1's Alarm Group. Thus, one day in the distant future, it's a
possibility that RMON-1's Alarm Group will be deprecated in favour of
this MIB's High Capacity Alarm Group. However, that day will not come
before this document, or one of its successors, reaches the same
standardization state as RMON-1.
6. MIB Structure
Figure 1: HC-ALARM MIB Functional Structure
+---------------------------------------------+
| |
| (RMON-1) (HC-ALARM) |
| +-----------+ +-----------+ |
| | | | | |
| | alarm | | hcAlarm | |
| | Table | | Table | |
| | | | | |
| +-----------+ +-----------+ |
| | | |
| V (RMON-1) V |
| +----------------------------------+ |
| | | |
| | eventTable | |
| | | |
| +----------------------------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| V V |
| +---------------+ +----------------+ |
| | risingAlarm | | hcRisingAlarm | |
| | fallingAlarm | | hcFallingAlarm | |
| | Notifications | | Notifications | |
| +---------------+ +----------------+ |
| (RMON-1) (HC-ALARM) |
+---------------------------------------------+
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6.1. MIB Group Overview
The HC-ALARM MIB contains two MIB groups:
- hcAlarmObjects group
Controls the configuration of alarms for high capacity MIB object
instances.
- hcAlarmNotifications group
Provide new rising and falling threshold notifications for high
capacity objects.
6.1.1. High Capacity Alarm Group
This group contains one table, which is used by a management station to
configure high capacity alarm entries. To configure alarm thresholding
for Counter64 or CounterBasedGauge64 objects, a management application
must configure the hcAlarmTable in a manner similar to how RMON-1's
alarmTable is configured.
Because the language in the some of the DESCRIPTION clauses of objects
in the alarmTable is specific to the alarmTable itself, their defined
semantics do not allow them to be used for this MIB also. Therefore,
the following objects are essentially cloned from the alarmTable to the
hcAlarmTable:
alarmTable hcAlarmTable
---------- ------------
alarmIndex hcAlarmIndex
alarmInterval hcAlarmInterval
alarmVariable hcAlarmVariable
alarmSampleType hcAlarmSampleType
alarmStartupAlarm hcAlarmStartupAlarm
alarmRisingEventIndex hcAlarmRisingEventIndex
alarmFallingEventIndex hcAlarmFallingEventIndex
alarmOwner hcAlarmOwner
alarmStatus hcAlarmStatus
In addition, the following hcAlarmTable objects are used as high
capacity values instead of the corresponding 32-bit version in the
alarmTable.
alarmTable hcAlarmTable
---------- ------------
alarmValue hcAlarmAbsValue
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hcAlarmValueStatus
alarmRisingThreshold hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus
alarmFallingThreshold hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus
Nevertheless, the hcAlarmTable does have a few differences from the
alarmTable:
- Counter64 based objects are thresholded properly
- an entry is not destroyed if the instance identified by the
hcAlarmVariable is not available during a polling interval.
- the RowStatus textual convention is used instead of EntryStatus for
the hcAlarmStatus object."
6.1.2. High Capacity Alarm Notifications
This group contains two notifications, hcRisingAlarm and hcFallingAlarm.
These are generated for high capacity alarms in the same manner and used
to convey essentially the same information as RMON-1's risingAlarm and
fallingAlarm notifications do for alarmTable-specified alarms.
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7. Definitions
HC-ALARM-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
Integer32, Counter64, experimental
FROM SNMPv2-SMI
MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
FROM SNMPv2-CONF
RowStatus, VariablePointer, TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
FROM SNMPv2-TC
OwnerString, rmonEventGroup
FROM RMON-MIB;
hcAlarmMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200111060000Z"
ORGANIZATION "Cisco Systems, Inc."
CONTACT-INFO
" Andy Bierman
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Tel: +1 408 527-3711
E-mail: abierman@cisco.com
Postal: 170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
Keith McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Tel: +1 408 526-5260
E-mail: kzm@cisco.com
Postal: 170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
"
DESCRIPTION
"This module defines Remote Monitoring MIB extensions for
High Capacity Alarms."
REVISION "200111060000Z"
DESCRIPTION
"Initial version of the High Capacity Alarm MIB module."
::= { experimental 999999 } -- unassigned
hcAlarmObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmMIB 1 }
hcAlarmNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmMIB 2 }
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hcAlarmConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmMIB 3 }
hcAlarmControlObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmObjects 1 }
--
-- Textual Conventions
--
HcValueStatus ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This data type indicates the validity and sign of the data
in associated object instances of the type HcAbsoluteValue.
Objects of this type MUST be defined together with an object
of type HcAbsoluteValue.
If the associated object instance of type HcAbsoluteValue
could not be accessed during the sampling interval, and is
therefore invalid, then the associated HcValueStatus object
will contain the value 'valueNotAvailable(1)'.
If the associated object instance of type HcAbsoluteValue is
valid and actual value of the sample is greater than or
equal to zero, then the associated HcValueStatus object will
contain the value 'valuePositive(2)'.
If the associated object instance of type HcAbsoluteValue is
valid and the actual value of the sample is less than zero,
then the associated HcValueStatus object will contain the
value 'valueNegative(3)'. The associated absolute value
should be multiplied by -1 to obtain the true sample value."
SYNTAX INTEGER {
valueNotAvailable(1),
valuePositive(2),
valueNegative(3)
}
HcAbsoluteValue ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects of this data type represent a 64-bit absolute
value. Objects of this type MUST be defined together with
an object of type HcValueStatus. The 'combined object'
represents a 64-bit signed integer, or an unavailable
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number.
This data type represents a non-negative integer, which may
increase or decrease, but shall never exceed a maximum
value, nor fall below a minimum value. The maximum value can
not be greater than 2^64-1 (18446744073709551615 decimal),
and the minimum value can not be smaller than 0. The value
of an HcAbsoluteValue has its maximum value whenever the
information being modeled is greater than or equal to its
maximum value, and has its minimum value whenever the
information being modeled is smaller than or equal to its
minimum value. If the information being modeled
subsequently decreases below (increases above) the maximum
(minimum) value, the HcAbsoluteValue also decreases
(increases).
Note that this TC is not strictly supported in SMIv2,
because the 'always increasing' and 'counter wrap' semantics
associated with the Counter64 base type are not preserved.
It is possible that management applications which rely
solely upon the (Counter64) ASN.1 tag to determine object
semantics will mistakenly operate upon objects of this type
as they would for Counter64 objects.
This textual convention represents a limited and short-term
solution, and may be deprecated as a long term solution is
defined and deployed to replace it."
SYNTAX Counter64 -- CounterBasedGauge64
--
-- High Capacity Alarm Table
--
hcAlarmTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF HcAlarmEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A list of entries for the configuration of high capacity
alarms."
::= { hcAlarmControlObjects 1 }
hcAlarmEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcAlarmEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A conceptual row in the hcAlarmTable. Entries are created
in this table by management application action only.
The agent SHOULD support non-volatile configuration of this
table, and upon system initialization, the table SHOULD be
initialized with the saved values."
INDEX { hcAlarmIndex }
::= { hcAlarmTable 1 }
HcAlarmEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
hcAlarmIndex Integer32,
hcAlarmInterval Integer32,
hcAlarmVariable VariablePointer,
hcAlarmSampleType INTEGER,
hcAlarmAbsValue HcAbsoluteValue,
hcAlarmValueStatus HcValueStatus,
hcAlarmStartupAlarm INTEGER,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue HcAbsoluteValue,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus HcValueStatus,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue HcAbsoluteValue,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus HcValueStatus,
hcAlarmRisingEventIndex Integer32,
hcAlarmFallingEventIndex Integer32,
hcAlarmOwner OwnerString,
hcAlarmStatus RowStatus }
hcAlarmIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..65535)
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An arbitrary integer index value used to uniquely identify
this high capacity alarm entry."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 1 }
hcAlarmInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647)
UNITS "seconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The interval in seconds over which the data is sampled and
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compared with the rising and falling thresholds. When
setting this variable, care should be taken in the case of
deltaValue sampling - the interval should be set short
enough that the sampled variable is very unlikely to
increase or decrease by more than 2^63 - 1 during a single
sampling interval.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 2 }
hcAlarmVariable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX VariablePointer
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The object identifier of the particular variable to be
sampled. Only variables that resolve to an ASN.1 primitive
type of INTEGER (INTEGER, Integer32, Counter32, Counter64,
Gauge, or TimeTicks) may be sampled.
Because SNMP access control is articulated entirely in terms
of the contents of MIB views, no access control mechanism
exists that can restrict the value of this object to
identify only those objects that exist in a particular MIB
view. Because there is thus no acceptable means of
restricting the read access that could be obtained through
the alarm mechanism, the probe must only grant write access
to this object in those views that have read access to all
objects on the probe.
During a set operation, if the supplied variable name is not
available in the selected MIB view, a badValue error MUST be
returned.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 3 }
hcAlarmSampleType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
absoluteValue(1),
deltaValue(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-create
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The method of sampling the selected variable and
calculating the value to be compared against the thresholds.
If the value of this object is absoluteValue(1), the value
of the selected variable will be compared directly with the
thresholds at the end of the sampling interval. If the
value of this object is deltaValue(2), the value of the
selected variable at the last sample will be subtracted from
the current value, and the difference compared with the
thresholds.
If the associated hcAlarmVariable instance could not be
obtained at the previous sample interval, then a delta
sample is not possible, and the value of the associated
hcAlarmValueStatus object for this interval will be
valueNotAvailable(1).
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 4 }
hcAlarmAbsValue OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcAbsoluteValue
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The absolute value (i.e. unsigned value) of the
hcAlarmVariable statistic during the last sampling period.
The value during the current sampling period is not made
available until the period is completed.
To obtain the true value for this sampling interval, the
associated instance of hcAlarmValueStatus must be checked,
and the value of this object adjusted as necessary.
If the MIB instance could not be accessed during the
sampling interval, then this object will have a value of
zero and the associated instance of hcAlarmValueStatus will
be set to 'valueNotAvailable(1)'."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 5 }
hcAlarmValueStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcValueStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-only
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object indicates the validity and sign of the data for
the hcAlarmAbsValue object, as described in the
HcValueStatus textual convention."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 6 }
hcAlarmStartupAlarm OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
risingAlarm(1),
fallingAlarm(2),
risingOrFallingAlarm(3)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The alarm that may be sent when this entry is first set to
valid. If the first sample after this entry becomes valid
is greater than or equal to the rising threshold and this
object is equal to risingAlarm(1) or
risingOrFallingAlarm(3), then a single rising alarm will be
generated. If the first sample after this entry becomes
valid is less than or equal to the falling threshold and
this object is equal to fallingAlarm(2) or
risingOrFallingAlarm(3), then a single falling alarm will be
generated.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 7 }
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcAbsoluteValue
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The absolute value for threshold for the sampled statistic.
The actual threshold value is determined by the associated
instance of the hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus object, as
described in the HcAbsoluteValue textual convention.
When the current sampled value is greater than or equal to
this threshold, and the value at the last sampling interval
was less than this threshold, a single event will be
generated. A single event will also be generated if the
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first sample after this entry becomes valid is greater than
or equal to this threshold and the associated
hcAlarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm(1) or
risingOrFallingAlarm(3).
After a rising event is generated, another such event will
not be generated until the sampled value falls below this
threshold and reaches the threshold identified by the
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue and
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus objects.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 8 }
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcValueStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object indicates the sign of the data for the
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue object, as described in the
HcValueStatus textual convention.
The enumeration 'valueNotAvailable(1)' is not allowed, and
the associated hcAlarmStatus object cannot be equal to
'active(1)' if this object is set to this value.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 9 }
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcAbsoluteValue
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The absolute value for threshold for the sampled statistic.
The actual threshold value is determined by the associated
instance of the hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus object, as
described in the HcAbsoluteValue textual convention.
When the current sampled value is less than or equal to this
threshold, and the value at the last sampling interval was
greater than this threshold, a single event will be
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generated. A single event will also be generated if the
first sample after this entry becomes valid is less than or
equal to this threshold and the associated
hcAlarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm(2) or
risingOrFallingAlarm(3).
After a falling event is generated, another such event will
not be generated until the sampled value rises above this
threshold and reaches the threshold identified by the
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue and
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus objects.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 10 }
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX HcValueStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object indicates the sign of the data for the
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue object, as described in the
HcValueStatus textual convention.
The enumeration 'valueNotAvailable(1)' is not allowed, and
the associated hcAlarmStatus object cannot be equal to
'active(1)' if this object is set to this value.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 11 }
hcAlarmRisingEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..65535)
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The index of the eventEntry that is used when a rising
threshold is crossed. The eventEntry identified by a
particular value of this index is the same as identified by
the same value of the eventIndex object. If there is no
corresponding entry in the eventTable, then no association
exists. In particular, if this value is zero, no associated
event will be generated, as zero is not a valid event index.
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This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 12 }
hcAlarmFallingEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..65535)
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The index of the eventEntry that is used when a falling
threshold is crossed. The eventEntry identified by a
particular value of this index is the same as identified by
the same value of the eventIndex object. If there is no
corresponding entry in the eventTable, then no association
exists. In particular, if this value is zero, no associated
event will be generated, as zero is not a valid event index.
This object may not be modified if the associated
hcAlarmStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 13 }
hcAlarmOwner OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OwnerString
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The entity that configured this entry and is therefore
using the resources assigned to it."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 14 }
hcAlarmStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX RowStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The status of this row.
An entry MUST NOT exist in the active state unless all
objects in the entry have an appropriate value, as described
in the description clause for each writable object."
::= { hcAlarmEntry 15 }
--
-- Notifications
--
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hcAlarmNotifPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER
::= { hcAlarmNotifications 0 }
hcRisingAlarm NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { hcAlarmVariable,
hcAlarmSampleType,
hcAlarmAbsValue,
hcAlarmValueStatus,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus,
hcAlarmRisingEventIndex }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The SNMP notification that is generated when a high
capacity alarm entry crosses its rising threshold and
generates an event that is configured for sending SNMP
traps.
The hcAlarmEntry object instances identified in the OBJECTS
clause are from the entry that causes this notification to
be generated."
::= { hcAlarmNotifPrefix 1 }
hcFallingAlarm NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { hcAlarmVariable,
hcAlarmSampleType,
hcAlarmAbsValue,
hcAlarmValueStatus,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus,
hcAlarmFallingEventIndex }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The SNMP notification that is generated when a high
capacity alarm entry crosses its falling threshold and
generates an event that is configured for sending SNMP
traps.
The hcAlarmEntry object instances identified in the OBJECTS
clause are from the entry that causes this notification to
be generated."
::= { hcAlarmNotifPrefix 2 }
--
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-- Conformance Section
--
hcAlarmCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmConformance 1 }
hcAlarmGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { hcAlarmConformance 2 }
hcAlarmCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Describes the requirements for conformance to the High
Capacity Alarm MIB."
MODULE -- this module
MANDATORY-GROUPS {
hcAlarmControlGroup,
hcAlarmNotificationsGroup
}
MODULE RMON-MIB
MANDATORY-GROUPS { rmonEventGroup }
::= { hcAlarmCompliances 1 }
-- Object Groups
hcAlarmControlGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
hcAlarmInterval,
hcAlarmVariable,
hcAlarmSampleType,
hcAlarmAbsValue,
hcAlarmValueStatus,
hcAlarmStartupAlarm,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdAbsValue,
hcAlarmRisingThresholdValStatus,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdAbsValue,
hcAlarmFallingThresholdValStatus,
hcAlarmRisingEventIndex,
hcAlarmFallingEventIndex,
hcAlarmOwner,
hcAlarmStatus
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects used to configure entries for high
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capacity alarm threshold monitoring purposes."
::= { hcAlarmGroups 1 }
hcAlarmNotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
NOTIFICATIONS {
hcRisingAlarm,
hcFallingAlarm
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of notifications to deliver information
related to a high capacity rising or falling threshold event
to a management application."
::= { hcAlarmGroups 2 }
END
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8. Intellectual Property
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intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to pertain
to the implementation or use of the technology described in this
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The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
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which may cover technology that may be required to practice this
standard. Please address the information to the IETF Executive
Director.
9. Acknowledgements
This memo is based on existing alarmTable objects in the RMON-1 MIB
module [RFC2819]. In order to maintain the RMON 'look-and-feel' and
semantic consistency, some of Steve Waldbusser's text from [RFC2819] has
been adapted for use in this MIB.
10. References
[RFC1155]
Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", RFC 1155,
Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May 1990.
[RFC1157]
Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple Network
Management Protocol", RFC 1157, SNMP Research, Performance Systems
International, Performance Systems International, MIT Laboratory
for Computer Science, May 1990.
[RFC1212]
Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", RFC 1212,
Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, March 1991.
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[RFC1215]
M. Rose, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP",
RFC 1215, Performance Systems International, March 1991.
[RFC1901]
SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
Waldbusser, "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901,
SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting,
Inc., International Network Services, January 1996.
[RFC1905]
SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
Waldbusser, "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, SNMP Research,
Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.,
International Network Services, January 1996.
[RFC1906]
SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.
Waldbusser, "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco
Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International Network
Services, January 1996.
[RFC2021]
S. Waldbusser, "Remote Network Monitoring MIB (RMON-2)", RFC 2021,
International Network Services, January 1997.
[RFC2026]
Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", RFC
2026, Harvard University, October, 1996.
[RFC2119]
S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels" RFC 2119, Harvard University, March 1997.
[RFC2570]
Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart, "Introduction to
Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework",
RFC 2570, SNMP Research, Inc., TIS Labs at Network Associates,
Inc., Ericsson, Cisco Systems, April 1999.
[RFC2571]
Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for
Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, Cabletron
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Systems, Inc., BMC Software, Inc., IBM T. J. Watson Research, April
1999.
[RFC2572]
Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R., and B. Wijnen, "Message
Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2572, SNMP Research, Inc., Cabletron Systems,
Inc., BMC Software, Inc., IBM T. J. Watson Research, April 1999.
[RFC2573]
Levi, D., Meyer, P., and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications", RFC
2573, SNMP Research, Inc., Secure Computing Corporation, Cisco
Systems, April 1999.
[RFC2574]
Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM) for
version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC
2574, IBM T. J. Watson Research, April 1999.
[RFC2575]
Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access
Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)", RFC 2575, IBM T. J. Watson Research, BMC Software, Inc.,
Cisco Systems, Inc., April 1999.
[RFC2578]
McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M.,
and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information Version 2
(SMIv2)", RFC 2578, STD 58, Cisco Systems, SNMPinfo, TU
Braunschweig, SNMP Research, First Virtual Holdings, International
Network Services, April 1999.
[RFC2579]
McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M.,
and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", RFC 2579, STD
58, Cisco Systems, SNMPinfo, TU Braunschweig, SNMP Research, First
Virtual Holdings, International Network Services, April 1999.
[RFC2580]
McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M.,
and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", RFC 2580,
STD 58, Cisco Systems, SNMPinfo, TU Braunschweig, SNMP Research,
First Virtual Holdings, International Network Services, April 1999.
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[RFC2819]
S. Waldbusser, "Remote Network Monitoring Management Information
Base", STD 59, RFC 2819, Lucent Technologies, May 2000.
[RFC2856]
Bierman, A., McCloghrie, K., and R. Presuhn, "Textual Conventions
for Additional High Capacity Data Types", RFC 2856, Cisco Systems,
Inc., BMC Software, Inc., June, 2000.
[RFC2863]
McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB", RFC
2863, Cisco Systems, Argon Networks, June, 2000.
11. Security Considerations
There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB that have a
MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. Such objects may be
considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. The
support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper
protection can have a negative effect on network operations.
There are a number of managed objects in this MIB that may contain
sensitive information. These are:
hcAlarmAbsValue
hcAlarmValueStatus
This object may expose the values of particular MIB instances, as
identified by associated instances of the hcAlarmVariable object.
SNMPv1 by itself is not a secure environment. Even if the network
itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then, there is no
control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and GET/SET
(read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB.
It is recommended that the implementors consider the security features
as provided by the SNMPv3 framework. Specifically, the use of the User-
based Security Model RFC 2574 [RFC2574] and the View-based Access
Control Model RFC 2575 [RFC2575] is recommended.
It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity
giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly configured to give
access to the objects only to those principals (users) that have
legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.
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12. Authors' Addresses
Andy Bierman
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
Phone: +1 408-527-3711
Email: abierman@cisco.com
Keith McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
Phone: +1 408-526-5260
Email: kzm@cisco.com
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