Internet Draft Diana Rawlins
Expiration: February 2003 WorldCom
File: draft-ietf-rap-feedback-fr-pib-03.txt Amol Kulkarni
Intel
Kwok Ho Chan
Nortel Networks
Martin Bokaemper
Unisphere Networks
Dinesh Dutt
Cisco
Framework of COPS-PR Policy Information Base for Policy Usage
Feedback
Last Updated June 30, 2002
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Abstract
Currently there are no policy classes defined for the PEP to convey
provisioned policy usage feedback to the PDP. The purpose of this
document is to define the policy usage feedback framework PIB that
specifies the policy classes common for COPS feedback reports. The
basic operation and objects for reporting usage information are
defined in [COPS]. A specific clientSI feedback object named REPORT
is defined in [COPS-PR]. A framework for approaching solicited and
periodic usage feedback is described in [COPS-FEED-FRWK]. The COPS-
PR Policy Usage Feedback Policy Information Base document defines
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the policy classes for a feedback framework Policy information base
(PIB).
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction.....................................................4
2 General Concepts.................................................4
2.1 Selection, Usage and Linkage Policies..........................4
2.2 Normal Operations..............................................5
2.2.1 Connection Establishment and Initial Configuration Request...5
2.2.2 Unsolicited Reports - Periodic Reporting.....................6
2.2.3 Unsolicited Reports - Reporting Conditions...................6
2.2.4 Solicited Reports............................................6
2.2.5 Resuming and Suspending Periodic Feedback Reporting..........7
2.2.6 Failover.....................................................7
2.3 Usage Policy and Under-specified Selection Criteria............7
3 Summary of the Feedback Framework Policy Information Base........9
3.1 SPPI ACCESS clause report-only.................................9
3.2 Feedback Groups and PRCs.......................................9
3.2.1 Feedback Action Table.......................................10
3.2.2 Feedback List Table.........................................10
3.2.3 The Feedback Selection Usage Combination Capability Table...10
3.2.4 The Feedback Report Linkage Table...........................11
3.2.5 The Feedback Traffic Statistics Threshold Table.............11
4 The Feedback Framework PIB Module...............................11
5 Security Considerations.........................................25
6 Acknowledgements................................................25
7 Authors' Addresses..............................................25
8 References......................................................26
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1 Introduction
The Framework of COPS-PR Usage Feedback describes the overall
approach to policy usage monitoring and reporting. This document
defines the specific Policy Information Base (PIB) framework for
policy usage feedback. The policy classes for monitoring and
reporting policy usage feedback as well as policy classes for
controlling reporting intervals, suspension, resumption and
solicitation are also defined.
2 General Concepts
2.1 Selection, Usage and Linkage Policies
There are three basic types of policy used to define what the PEP is
to monitor, record and report. These are the selection criteria
policy, the usage policy and the feedback report linkage policy.
The selection criteria policy is installed by the PDP. It defines the
conditions used by the PEP to monitor and record a usage policy. The
selection criteria policy may only be used for defining usage
feedback selection criteria. However, the more general case is that a
policy that already exists for policy enforcement may also be used
for specifying feedback usage selection criteria. An example of this
is the frwkRoleComboEntry may be used in defining QoS enforcement
policies but may also be used to specify conditions on which to base
usage - i.e. count the number of packets meeting the criterion of an
interface capability set name and role combination.
The usage policy defines what attributes are recorded by the PEP.
These policies have an ACCESS clause of Report. Generally, the usage
policies specify counts related to a specific action such as a packet
being dropped. The feedback framework PIB defines two usage policy
classes, frwkFeedbackTrafficUsage and frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsage.
Usage PRCs may be generic, collecting basic statistics, or they may
be specific to a particular usage. The PDP decides which PRC(s) best
suit(s) its requirements. The PEP may support only one usage feedback
PRC, in which case all statistics are gathered using instances of
that PRC. Alternatively, the PEP may support multiple usage feedback
PRCs. The PDP then decides which PRC to associate with a particular
selection criterion.
A usage feedback policy and selection policy are tightly associated
with one another. A third policy, the frwkFeedbackLinkTable, is used
to associate, or provide a linkage for the selection and usage
policies. The frwkFeedbackLinkTable also specifies when to report the
usage feedback. The frwkFeedbackLinkTable entry permits the same
selection criteria instance to be re-used for various usage feedback
policies. The frwkFeedbackLinkTable contains the value of the
selection criteria instance as well as the value of the usage
feedback PRC.
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----------------- ------------------ -----------------
| | | | | |
| Select Criteria | |Linkage Instance | |Usage Instance |
| | |-instance ID | |- instance ID |
| -instance ID |<--|-PRID of selection|--->|- PRID of Linkage|
| -conditions... | |-PRC of usage | |- counts... |
| | | | | |
----------------- ------------------ -----------------
Figure 1
Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between the selection criteria,
linkage and usage policies.
The PDP is not aware of the instance identifier of the usage feedback
policy when installing the selection criteria and feedback linkage
policies. The usage feedback policy is instantiated on the PEP by the
installation of a feedback report linkage and the PEP designates the
instance identifier. The usage feedback policy class always contains
an attribute of type ReferenceId that contains the instance value of
the associated frwkFeedbackLinkTable instance installed by the PDP.
An example of this is the attribute frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageLinkRef
2.2 Normal Operations
2.2.1 Connection Establishment and Initial Configuration Request
The Accounting Timer object in the COPS Connection Accept message
contains the minimum number of seconds between reporting intervals as
described in [COPS] and [COPS-FEEDBACK-FRWK]. This is used as the
basic unit of measurement in defining intervals for specific usage
policies with the frwkFeedbackLinkInterval attribute.
The PEP notifies the PDP of the selection criteria policy classes and
usage policy classes it supports during the initial request for
configuration data using the frwkPRCSupportTable entries [FR-PIB].
The PEP also indicates whether it supports the frwkFeedbackLinkTable
as well.
The PDP responds to the initial request for configuration with a
DECISION that installs policies. The PDP may also specify maximum
reporting intervals associated with each of the usage policies. This
is done with the frwkFeedbackLinkInterval attribute in the
frwkFeedbackLinkTable instance. It may also specify reporting
thresholds by including an instance of a threshold class (e.g.
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdTable) in the decision. The PEP monitors
and records the usage per the conditions defined by its associated
selection criteria policy. Periodically the PEP reports the usage
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with a REPORT message or provides a REPORT when solicited by the PDP.
The PDP solicits usage feedback with the frwkFeedbackActionIndicator
attribute of the frwkFeedbackActionTable.
2.2.2 Unsolicited Reports - Periodic Reporting
Reporting may be periodic in nature and unsolicited. The intervals
at which the unsolicited reports are provided by the PEP are defined
in the specific Linkage policies. The defined intervals are based on
the number of seconds specified by the PDP in the ACCT Timer value.
The PDP may specify that the associated usage instance be included
in a periodic unsolicited report only if the threshold is reached
and/or if the usage value has changed from the previous reporting
interval.
There are cases when the PEP must supply unsolicited feedback
reports that may not fall on an interval boundary. The PEP MUST
provide an unsolicited REPORT containing all defined usage instances
just prior to the PEP issuing a Delete Request State and just prior
to the PEP de-activating a PIB instance context.
2.2.3 Unsolicited Reports - Reporting Conditions
Periodic unsolicited reports for individual usage feedback instances
can be suppressed by specifying additional conditions in the
frwkFeedbackLinkTable. Supported conditions are:
ChangeOnly
If this flag is set in the frwkFeedbackLinkFlags field, the
associated usage instance is only included in a periodic
unsolicited report if its value changed since the last
unsolicited report.
Threshold
If this flag is set in the frwkFeedbackLinkFlags field, the
associated usage instance is only included in a periodic
unsolicited report, if the threshold condition referenced in
the frwkLinkThreshold field evaluates successfully for the
associated usage instance.
Both conditions can be combined in one frwkFeedbackLinkUsage object.
In this case both conditions need to succeed for the usage instance
to be reported.
Unsolicited reports triggered by a Delete Request State or the
deactivation of a PIB instance are not subject to these conditions -
all usage objects must be included in these cases.
2.2.4 Solicited Reports
The PDP may solicit policy usage feedback by issuing an unsolicited
Decision containing the frwkFeedbackActionIndicator set to SOLICIT
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USAGE REPORT NOW. The PEP is to provide a solicited REPORT feedback
containing usage feedback. The PEP shall continue to provide
periodic feedback as well at the specified intervals established at
client connection acceptance.
The reporting conditions (ChangeOnly and Threshold) do not affect
solicited reports - all requested usage instances must be included.
2.2.5 Resuming and Suspending Periodic Feedback Reporting
The PDP may suspend usage monitoring and tracking at the PEP with the
frwkFeedbackActionIndicator set to SUSPEND USAGE MONITORING AND
REPORTS. The PEP must stop tracking usage information and must not
issue any feedback reports. The PDP may only suspend feedback
reporting by setting the ActionIndicator to SUSPEND REPORTS ONLY. The
PEP must cease sending unsolicited reports but is to continue
monitoring and tracking usage. The PDP may resume the sending of
feedback reports and may resume usage monitoring by setting the
ActionIndicator to RESUME USAGE AND REPORTING.
The PDP may suspend or resume all usage instances or the PDP may
specify one or more instances that are to be suspended or resumed.
The frwkFeedbackActionList contains a tag identifier that references
a list of one or more frwkFeedbackActionListTable entries.
The PDP may halt usage monitoring, tracking and reporting of usage
policies by removing the associated Linkage entry.
2.2.6 Failover
In the event the connection is lost between the PEP and PDP, the PEP
continues to track usage information as long as it continues to
operate with the installed policy. When the locally installed policy
at the PEP expires, the usage policy data also expires.
Upon successful reconnection where the PEP is still caching policy,
the PDP indicates to the PEP that the PEP may resume sending of the
COPS accounting type report messages. The PDP does this
deterministically. It issues an unsolicited decision containing the
frwkFeedbackResumeIndicator set to resume reporting. The PEP should
resume reporting at the next appropriate feedback interval
established upon the acceptance of the re-connection. The PDP is
aware of the request state Handle(s) and the supported PRCs either
through the state synchronization mechanism or because the PDP
considers itself synchronized with the PEP upon reconnection.
2.3 Usage Policy and Under-specified Selection Criteria
Some of the usage policy objects created in the PEP with COPS-PR can
be used by the PEP multiple times - they effectively act as
templates for the objects created by the PEP. COPS-PR only has the
identity (OID) of the object that is shared between all the
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assignment the PEP created, however it is desirable to collect usage
information for each of the derived objects individually.
This capability is achieved in the feedback framework PIB by
distributing additional information to qualify a specific assignment
of an object between the selection criteria PRC and the feedback
usage PRC.
A selection criteria PRC that refers to a shared object but contains
no qualifying information selects all of the object's assignment.
Such a selection criteria PRC SHOULD be combined with a feedback
usage PRC that includes all the necessary information to identify a
specific assignment - a single selection criteria policy can then
result in the generation of many feedback usage objects, one for
each derived object.
If the selection criteria PRC contains all the required qualifying
attributes for a specific assignment, it is combined with a feedback
usage PRC that only contains the desired metrics but no additional
attributes.
Example:
The frwkRoleComboEntry may be used as a selection criteria
identifying the role combination and capability set. However,
there is a more granular piece of information associated with
capability set and role combination which is the interface index.
The interface index is associated with a specific capability set
and role combination.
The frwkIfFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry may be linked for feedback
purposes with a frwkRoleComboEnry instance. The usage policy
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry contains the item
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex that is populated by the PEP.
The frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex identifies the specific
IfIndex for a given capability set and role combination selection
pair that is being monitored.
As the selection criteria policy a frwkRoleComboEntry is used
which contains the qualifying attributes:
frwkRoleComboPrid InstanceId,
frwkRoleComboRoles RoleCombination,
frwkRoleComboCapSetName SnmpAdminString
To monitor traffic counts of a role combination and capability
set the policy would be combined in a frwkLinkageEntry with the
FrwkFeedbackTrafficUsage PRC. This combination will result in
only one FrwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry to be created which only
contains the traffic counters. The traffic counts would reflect
the aggregated counts of all interface indices associated with
a given capability set and role combination.
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Traffic count details for each interface index can be obtained
by linking the frwkRoleComboEntry and the
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsage PRC.
By combining a frwkRoleComboEntry as selection criteria with
the FrwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsage PRC, all the assignments are
selected and multiple FrwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntries get
created. Each entry not only carries the desired traffic
counters but also the IfIndex qualifying attributes to
associate it with the assignment:
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageLinkRefID ReferenceId,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex InterfaceIndex,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsagePacketCount Counter64,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageByteCount Counter64
3 Summary of the Feedback Framework Policy Information Base
3.1 SPPI ACCESS clause report-only
The selection criteria and linkage policy classes follow the
definitions specified by [SPPI]. This structure specifies well-
defined policy classes and their instances residing in a common,
virtual repository [FR-PIB]. The additional PIB-ACCESS clause
attribute of "report-only" denotes the usage policy class reported by
the PEP.
3.2 Feedback Groups and PRCs
It is useful to define reporting intervals, and suspend, resume, and
solicit characteristics as well as the common usage and selection
criteria polices. These policy classes are common to account type
reporting for various technologies and apply to ALL SUBJECT-
CATEGORIES. The policy classes are divided into three new groups,
namely, The Feedback Report Group, The Feedback Usage Group and The
Feedback Selection Group.
The policy classes in the Feedback Report Group are:
1) Feedback Action Table
2) Feedback Action List Table
3) Feedback Selection Usage Combination Capability Table
4) Feedback Linkage Table
5) Feedback Traffic Statistics Threshold Table
The policy classes in the Feedback Usage Group are:
1) Feedback Traffic Statistics Usage Table
2) Feedback Interface Traffic Statistics Usage Table
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The policy classes in the Feedback Selection Group are:
1) Feedback RoleCombo Filter Selection Table
Feedback PRI Selection Table
3.2.1 Feedback Action Table
The Feedback Action Table contains the attributes that specify
action that the PEP is to take regarding policy usage, monitoring
and tracking. The PDP may suspend usage monitoring and periodic
reporting, suspend periodic reporting only, resume usage and
periodic reporting or solicit immediate reporting. The action may
affect all feedback policies or be associated with one or more
policy instances.
The Feedback Action Indicator defines the action. The Feedback
Specific PRI indicates whether the action applies to all of the
usage policies or to a list. The Feedback List ID is the identifier
of the list of Linkage policy instances to which the action is to be
applied.
The PDP can solicit the PEP for immediate usage feedback. The PEP
shall respond with a solicited report containing the usage feedback.
The PDP can direct the resumption of usage monitoring and reporting
per the defined intervals. For example, the PEP may have re-
connected to a PDP and has cached usage policies. The PDP indicates
to the PEP to resume usage tracking and monitoring and to send all
the cached usage policy. The PEP shall respond at the next
appropriate interval with an unsolicited report containing the usage
feedback.
The PDP can suspend the monitoring of usage policy. The PEP
maintains the current usage that has been monitored but discontinues
any further monitoring until the PDP directs the PEP to resume
monitoring in a subsequent Decision.
The PDP can also suspend just the reporting of usage, but not
interrupt the monitoring and tracking of usage. The PEP shall
discontinue sending Report messages with usage feedback until the
PDP directs the PEP to resume. The PEP then begins reporting the
usage feedback at the next interval.
3.2.2 Feedback List Table
This table contains a list of PRIDs of the linkage table for which
the PDP wants feedback reports. The value is referenced by an
attribute in the Feedback Resume Table. There may be one or more
instances associated with a specific list identifier defined by the
Feedback Action List ID.
3.2.3 The Feedback Selection Usage Combination Capability Table
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This table defines the valid selection criteria PRC, and usage PRC
and threshold PRC combinations supported.
3.2.4 The Feedback Report Linkage Table
This table links the selection criteria instance with the usage
instance. It specifies the PRID of the selection criteria and the PRC
of the usage instance. This table permits the reuse of a selection
criteria instance for multiple usage policies.
The linkage table also permits the definition of a maximum reporting
interval to use when issuing the COPS accounting type reports for the
usage instance. This interval is defined in units of the Accounting
Timer Interval specified in the client accept message. A value of 0
in this attribute indicates that the usage policy must be solicited.
3.2.5 The Feedback Traffic Statistics Threshold Table
This table is used to provide threshold values for the attributes
described in the above usage tables.
3.2.6 The Feedback Traffic Statistics Usage Table
This table describes the packet counts, byte counts, last timestamp
when a packet was received and the PRID of the associated Feedback
Report Linkage instance. The count and timestamp information is
monitored and recorded by the PEP and supplied to the PDP with the
COPS accounting type report message within the maximum interval
specified.
3.2.7 The Feedback Interface Traffic Statistics Usage Table
This table is similar to the table described above, except that it
includes an additional reference to an interface index. This table
should be used with a selection criteria that matches an element
that is assigned to multiple interfaces. The interface field can be
used to associate the instances of this table with the specific
elementÆs assignment.
3.2.8 The Feedback RoleCombo Filter Selection Table
This table is used to identify a selection criteria of Role
Combination and either IP or 802 Filter. This Role Combination and
Filter is the basis upon which the usage performs monitoring and
collection.
4 The Feedback Framework PIB Module
FEEDBACK-FRAMEWORK-PIB PIB-DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
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IMPORTS
ExtUTCTime, Unsigned32, Unsigned64,
Integer32, MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE
FROM COPS-PR-SPPI
TruthValue, TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
FROM SNMPv2-TC
InstanceId, ReferenceId
FROM COPS-PR-SPPI-TC
Counter64
FROM SNMPv2-SMI
InterfaceIndex
FROM IF-MIB;
feedbackPolFrameworkPib MODULE-IDENTITY
SUBJECT-CATEGORIES { all }
LAST-UPDATED "200011171000Z"
ORGANIZATION "IETF RAP WG"
CONTACT-INFO "
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Kwok Ho Chan
Nortel Networks, Inc.
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Email: khchan@nortelnetworks.com
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Unisphere Networks
700 Silver Seven Road
Kanata, ON, K2V 1C3, Canada
Phone: 613-591-2735
Email: mbokaemper@unispherenetworks.com"
DESCRIPTION
"The PIB module containing the base set of policy rule
classes that are required for support of all policy
usage monitoring, tracking and reporting policies"
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::= { pib xx } -- xx will be assigned by IANA
--
-- The feedback report group
--
frwkFeedbackGroupClasses
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { feedbackPolFrameworkPib 1 }
--
-- Feedback Action Table
--
frwkFeedbackActionTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackActionEntry
PIB-ACCESS install
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class contains a single PRI that indicates
that the PEP is to resume the sending of
COPS accounting type reports."
::= { frwkFeedbackGroupClasses 1}
frwkFeedbackActionEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackActionEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An instance of this class can indicates a action
the PEP is to take regarding the usage policies."
PIB-INDEX { frwkFeedbackActionId}
::= { frwkFeedbackActionTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackActionEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackActionId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackActionIndicator INTEGER,
frwkFeedbackActionSpecificPri TruthValue,
frwkFeedbackActionList TagReferenceId
}
frwkFeedbackActionId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
" An arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies an
instance of the frwkFeedbackActionTable class."
::= { frwkFeedbackActionEntry 1}
frwkFeedbackActionIndicator OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
SUSPEND_USAGE_MONITORING_AND_REPORTS(0),
SUSPEND_REPORTS_ONLY(1),
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RESUME_USAGE_AND_REPORTING(2),
SOLICIT_USAGE_REPORT_NOW(3)
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value indicates if the PEP is to send cached
usage policies via COPS accounting type report
messages.
The enumeration values are:
(0) SUSPEND USAGE MONITORING_AND_REPORTS
(1) SUSPEND_REPORTS_ONLY
(2) RESUME_USAGE AND REPORTING
(3) SOLICIT USAGE REPORT NOW "
::= { frwkFeedbackActionEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackActionSpecificPri OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A value of 0 indicates that the
frwkFeedbackActionList attribute should be
ignored, and the action applied to all policies. A
value of 1 indicates that the action entry has a
specific list of policies to which it is to be
applied."
::= { frwkFeedbackActionEntry 3}
frwkFeedbackActionList OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TagReferenceId
PIB-TAG { frwkFeedbackActionListGroup }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Identifies a list of
frwkFeedbackActionListTable instances
associated with the action described by
this instance"
::= { frwkFeedbackActionEntry 4}
--
-- Feedback Action List Table
--
frwkFeedbackActionListTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackActionListEntry
PIB-ACCESS install
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class contains the ReferenceIDs of the
linkage instance which are to be impacted by
the frwkFeedbackActionIndicator for this
list."
::= { frwkFeedbackGroupClasses 2}
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frwkFeedbackActionListEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackActionListEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class identifies a set of linkage instances
for which the PDP is suspending, resuming or
soliciting usage feedback."
PIB-INDEX {frwkFeedbackActionListId }
UNIQUENESS { frwkFeedbackActionListGroup,
frwkFeedbackActionListRefID
}
::= { frwkFeedbackActionListTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackActionListEntry::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackActionListId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackActionListGroup TagId,
frwkFeedbackActionListRefID ReferenceId
}
frwkFeedbackActionListId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Arbitrary integer index that uniquely
identifies an instance of the class."
::= { frwkFeedbackActionListEntry 1 }
frwkFeedbackActionListGroup OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TagId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Represents the binding between the Action
table entry and the Action List table entries"
::= { frwkFeedbackActionListEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackActionListRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The ReferenceID of the linkage instance(s)
belonging to the list of instances identified
by the list id upon which the suspend, resume
or solicit action is directed."
::= { frwkFeedbackActionListEntry 3 }
--
-- The Feedback Selection Usage Combination Capability Table
--
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frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry
PIB-ACCESS notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This table defines the valid combinations of the
selection criteria PRCs, the usage PRCs and the
threshold PRCs that the PEP supports."
::= { frwkFeedbackGroupClasses 3}
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The attributes of this class identify valid
combinations of selection criteria, usage and
threshold PRCs for feedback supported by the PEP
device."
PIB-INDEX { frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsId }
UNIQUENESS {
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsSelection,
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsUsage,
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsThreshold
}
::= {frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsSelection OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsThreshold OBJECT IDENTIFIER
}
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
" An arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies an
instance of the frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry
class."
::= { frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry 1}
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsSelection OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRC of the selection class that is supported by
the device in the combination defined by this instance."
::= { frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry 2}
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsUsage OBJECT-TYPE
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SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRC of the usage policy class that is supported by
the device in combination with the selection PRC and the
threshold PRC defined in this instance."
::= { frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry 3}
frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsThreshold OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRC of the threshold class that is supported by
the device in the combination defined by this instance."
::= { frwkFeedbackSelUsageComboCapsEntry 4}
--
-- The Feedback Report Linkage Table
--
frwkFeedbackLinkTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackLinkEntry
PIB-ACCESS Install
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class associates the selection criteria with the
usage policy. It also permits the defining of the max
interval used for reporting the usage instance."
::= { frwkFeedbackGroupClasses 4}
frwkFeedbackLinkEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackLinkEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class associates the selection criteria with the
usage policy. It also permits the defining of the max
interval used for reporting the usage instance."
PIB-INDEX { frwkFeedbackLinkId }
UNIQUENESS {frwkFeedbackLinkSel,
frwkFeedbackLinkUsage }
::= {frwkFeedbackLinkTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackLinkEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackLinkId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackLinkSel Prid,
frwkFeedbackLinkUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
frwkFeedbackLinkInterval Integer32,
frwkFeedbackLinkThreshold Prid,
frwkFeedbackLinkFlags BITS
}
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frwkFeedbackLinkId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
" An arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies an
instance of the frwkFeedbackLinkTable class."
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 1}
frwkFeedbackLinkSel OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Prid
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRID of the Policy Class instance as the monitoring
point, or the PRID of the selection criteria instance that
defines the conditions for monitoring, to be use by the
PEP for usage reporting."
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 2}
frwkFeedbackLinkUsage OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRC of the usage policy class that the PEP uses to
monitor, record and report."
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 3}
frwkFeedbackLinkInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Maximum interval in units of the value of the
Accounting Timer specified by the PDP in the client
accept message. A frwkFeedbackLinkInterval of 1 is
equal to the value of the Accounting Timer. This value
must be 1 or greater. "
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 4}
frwkFeedbackLinkThreshold OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Prid
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The PRID of the threshold class instance. This
instance specifies the threshold values for the usage
policy."
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 5}
frwkFeedbackLinkFlags OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX BITS {
periodic(0),
threshold(1),
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changeOnly(2)
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This value indicates the reporting basis of the usage
policy. The feed back may be generated on demand, on a
periodic basis regardless of a change in value from the
previous report, on a periodic basis if a change in
value has occurred, or the usage is reported when an
identified threshold value in the usage instance has
been reached.
If the æperiodicÆ flag is set, the PEP will provide
unsolicited reports at the rate specified in
frwkFeedbackLinkInterval.
If the æperiodicÆ flag is not set, reports will only be
generated when solicited by the PDP.
The æthresholdÆ and æchangeOnlyÆ flags make the
periodic reports conditional - these flags only make
sense in combination with the æperiodicÆ flag."
::= { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry 6}
--
-- The Threshold class that accompanies the above Usage PRCs
--
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry
PIB-ACCESS Install
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class defines the threshold attributes
corresponding to usage attributes specified in
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageTable,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageTable and other similar
usage classes.
The usage object is considered to match the threshold
condition if the following expression evaluates to
æTRUEÆ:
{
byteCond = (ByteThreshold != NULL) ?
(ByteThreshold > ByteCounter) : FALSE;
packetCond (PacketThreshold != NULL) ?
(PacketThreshold > PacketCounter) : FALSE;
return ( byteCond || packetCond );
}"
::= { frwkFeedbackGroupClasses 5}
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry
STATUS current
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DESCRIPTION
"Defines the attributes to hold threshold values."
PIB-INDEX {frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdId}
::= {frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdPacketThreshold Integer64,
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdByteThreshold Integer64
}
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies
an instance of the class."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry 1 }
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdPacketThreshold OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer64
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The threshold, in terms of packets, that must be
exceeded to trigger a report in the next
reporting interval."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdByteThreshold OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer64
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The threshold, in terms of bytes, that must be
exceeded to trigger a report in the next
reporting interval."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficThresholdEntry 3 }
--
-- All actual usage classes are in the separate
-- FrwkFeedbackUsageClasses group
--
frwkFeedbackUsageClasses
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { feedbackPolFrameworkPib 2 }
--
-- The generic traffic (byte & packet count) usage class
--
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageTable OBJECT-TYPE
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SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry
PIB-ACCESS report-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This class defines the usage attributes that the PEP
is to monitor for plain traffic handling elements
like filters. All packets and the bytes contained in
these packets are counted. It also contains the PRID
of the linkage instance associating the selection
criteria instance with the usage instance."
::= { frwkFeedbackUsageClasses 1}
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Defines the attributes the PEP is to monitor,
record and report."
PIB-INDEX {frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageId}
UNIQUENESS { frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageLinkRefID }
::= {frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageLinkRefID ReferenceId,
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsagePacketCount Counter64,
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageByteCount Counter64
}
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies
an instance of the class."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry 1 }
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageLinkRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The ReferenceId of the Linkage policy instance used
to base this usage policy instance upon."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsagePacketCount OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter64
STATUS current
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DESCRIPTION
"The count of packets handled by the associated
element during the reporting interval."
::= {frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry 3}
frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageByteCount OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter64
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The byte count of packets handled by the associated
element."
::= { frwkFeedbackTrafficUsageEntry 4}
--
-- The traffic usage class, qualified for an interface
--
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry
PIB-ACCESS report-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A usage PRC similar to the basic TrafficUsage class
that also contains a reference to an interface index.
This class should be used with a underspecified
selection criteria entry from the frwkRoleComboTable
that matches an element that can be assigned to
multiple interface indices. The interface field can be
used to associate the instances of this class with the
specific elementÆs assignment."
::= { frwkFeedbackUsageClasses 2 }
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Defines the attributes the PEP is to monitor,
record and report."
PIB-INDEX {frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageId}
UNIQUENESS { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageLinkRefID,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex }
::= {frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageLinkRefID ReferenceId,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex InterfaceIndex,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsagePacketCount Counter64,
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageByteCount Counter64
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}
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies
an instance of the class."
::= { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry 1 }
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageLinkRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkFeedbackLinkEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The ReferenceId of the Linkage policy instance used
to base this usage policy instance upon."
::= { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InterfaceIndex
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of this attribute is the ifIndex which is
associated with the specified RoleCombination and
interface capability set name."
::= { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry 3 }
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsagePacketCount OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter64
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The count of packets handled by the associated element
during the reporting interval."
::= { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry 4 }
frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageByteCount OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter64
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The byte count of packets
handled by the associated element."
::= { frwkFeedbackIfTrafficUsageEntry 5 }
--
-- All Selection classes are in the separate
-- FrwkFeedbackSelectionClasses group
--
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frwkFeedbackSelectionClasses
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { feedbackPolFrameworkPib 3 }
--
-- The Role Combination Filter Selection Table
--
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry
PIB-ACCESS install
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A selection PRC that defines selection for monitoring
based on the role combination, capability set and
either IP or 802.1 filter."
::= { frwkFeedbackSelectionClasses 1 }
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Defines the attributes on which the PEP is to
base selection."
PIB-INDEX { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelId}
UNIQUENESS { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelRoleComboRefID,
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelBaseFilterRefID,
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelIP-802FilterRefID
}
::= {frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelTable 1}
FrwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelId InstanceId,
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelRoleComboRefID ReferenceId,
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelBaseFilterRefID ReferenceId,
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelIP-802FilterRefID ReferenceId
}
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InstanceId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Arbitrary integer index that uniquely identifies
an instance of the class."
::= { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry 1 }
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelRoleComboRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkRoleComboEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
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"The ReferenceId of the frwkRoleComboTable policy
instance used for selection."
::= { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry 2 }
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelBaseFilterRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkBaseFilterEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The ReferenceId of the frwkBaseFilterTable policy
used for selection."
::= { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry 3 }
frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelIP-802FilterRefID OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ReferenceId
PIB-REFERENCES { frwkIpFilterEntry }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The ReferenceId of the frwkIPFilterTable policy used
for selection."
::= { frwkFeedbackRoleComboFilterSelEntry 4 }
END
5 Security Considerations
The feedback information is sensitive and requires that authorized
messaging occur between the PEP and the PDP. This protection can
be accomplished with IPSEC or TLS [COPS-TLS] between the PEP and
the PDP or using the security mechanisms described in the base
COPS protocol.
6 Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Dave Durham and Russell Fenger of
Intel and John K. Gallant of WorldCom for their contribution to
this document.
7 Authors' Addresses
Diana Rawlins
WorldCom
901 International Parkway
Richardson, Texas 75081
Phone: 972-729-1044
Email: Diana.Rawlins@wcom.com
Amol Kulkarni
JF3-206
2111 NE 25th Ave
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
Phone: 503-712-1168
Email: amol.kulkarni@intel.com
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Kwok Ho Chan
Nortel Networks, Inc.
600 Technology Park Drive
Billerica, MA 01821 USA
Phone: 978-288-8175
Email: khchan@nortelnetworks.com
Martin Bokaemper
Unisphere Networks
700 Silver Seven Road
Kanata, ON, K2V 1C3, Canada
Phone: 613-591-2735
Email: mbokaemper@unispherenetworks.com
Dinesh G Dutt
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
Phone: 408-527-0955
Email: ddutt@cisco.com
8 References
[FEEDBACKfWK] Rawlins, D., Kulkarni, A., "Framework of COPS-PR
Policy Usage Feedback", draft-ietf-rap-feedback-frwk-02.txt,
February 2002.
[COPS] Boyle, J., Cohen, R., Durham, D., Herzog, S., Rajan, R.,
and A. Sastry, "The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol"
RFC 2748, January 2000.
[3084] K. Chan, D. Durham, S. Gai, S. Herzog, K. McCloghrie, F.
Reichmeyer, J. Seligson, A. Smith, R. Yavatkar, "COPS Usage for
Policy Provisioning," RFC 3084, May 2001.
[SPPI] K. McCloghrie, et.al., "Structure of Policy Provisioning
Information," RFC 3159, August 2001.
[DIFFSERV-PIB] Fine, M., McCloghrie, K., Seligson, J., Chan, K.,
Hahn, S., Bell, C., Smith, A. and Reichmeyer, A. "Differentiated
Services Quality of Service Policy Information Base", draft-ietf-
diffserv-pib-09.txt, June 2002
[FR-PIB] M. Fine, K. McCloghrie, J. Seligson, K. Chan, S. Hahn, A.
Smith, F. Reichmeyer "Framework Policy Information Base", draft-
ietf-rap-frameworkpib-09.txt, June 2002
[COPS-TLS], Walker, J., Kulkarni, A.,öCOPS Over TLSö, draft-ietf-
rap-cops-tls-04.txt, June 2002.
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