Network Working Group E. Stephan
Internet-Draft France Telecom R&D
Category: Informational J. Palet
Expires: November 22, 2004 Consulintel
May 24, 2004
Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and
Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
draft-ietf-rmonmib-pi-ipv6-04.txt
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Abstract
This memo defines additional (to those in RFC2896) protocol
identifier examples for IP version 6 and MPLS protocols. These can be
used to produce valid protocolDirTable INDEX encodings, as defined by
the Remote Network Monitoring MIB (Management Information Base)
Version 2 (RFC2021) and the RMON Protocol Identifier Reference
(RFC2895).
This document contains additional (to those in RFC2896) protocol
identifier macros for well-known protocols. A conformant
implementation of the RMON-2 MIB (RFC2021) can be accomplished
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without the use of these protocol identifiers, and accordingly, this
document does not specify any IETF standard. It is published to
encourage better interoperability between RMON-2 agent
implementations, by providing RMON related IPv6 and MPLS protocol
information.
Table of Contents
1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Relationship to the Remote Network Monitoring MIB . . . . . . 3
4. MPLS layer protocol identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. IPv6 Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 9
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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
RFC 3410 [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, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579]
and STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
2. Overview
This memo defines basic protocol identifiers for IP version 6 and
MPLS protocols.
The "Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Macros"
[RFC2896], defines various protocol identifiers. The syntax of the
protocol identifier descriptor is defined in the RMON Protocol
Identifier Reference [RFC2895]. The reader should be familiar with
these documents.
The intent of this document is not to adapt each protocol identifier
defined in the RFC 2895 and in the RFC 2896 to IP version 6, but to
define protocol identifiers for IP version 6 protocols and for MPLS
protocol.
3. Relationship to the Remote Network Monitoring MIB
RMON MIB implementations use protocol identifiers to describe
unambiguous capabilities in protocolDirTable entries.
4. MPLS layer protocol identifiers
This section defines protocol identifiers for MPLS with unambiguous
names to distinguish MPLS Unicast from MPLS Multicast.
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-- MPLS unicast
mplsu PROTOCOL-IDENTIFIER
PARAMETERS { }
ATTRIBUTES { }
DESCRIPTION
"MPLS Label Stack Encoding."
CHILDREN
"Children of MPLS are not systematically identifiable. "
REFERENCE
"RFC 3032, MPLS Label Stack Encoding [RFC3032]."
::= {
ether2 0x8847, -- RFC 3032 section 5
snap 0x8847,
802-1Q 0x8847,
ppp 0x0281, -- RFC 3032 section 4.3
}
-- MPLS multicast
mplsm PROTOCOL-IDENTIFIER
PARAMETERS { }
ATTRIBUTES { }
DESCRIPTION
"MPLS Label Stack Encoding."
CHILDREN
"Children of MPLS are not systematically identifiable."
REFERENCE
"RFC 3032, MPLS Label Stack Encoding [RFC3032]."
::= {
ether2 0x8848, -- RFC 3032 section 5
snap 0x8848,
802-1Q 0x8848,
ppp 0x0283, -- RFC 3032 section 4.3
}
5. IPv6 Protocols
ip6 PROTOCOL-IDENTIFIER
PARAMETERS {}
ATTRIBUTES {}
DESCRIPTION
"The protocol identifiers for the Internet Protocol, Version 6
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[RFC2460]."
CHILDREN
"Children of 'ip6' are selected by the value in the Protocol
field (one octet), as defined in the PROTOCOL NUMBERS table
within the Assigned Numbers Document.
The value of the Protocol field is encoded in an octet string as
[ 0.0.0.a ], where 'a' is the protocol field.
Children of 'ip6' are encoded as [ 0.0.0.a ], and named as 'ip6
a' where 'a' is the protocol field value. For example, a
protocolDirID-fragment value of:
0.0.0.1.0.0.0.41.0.0.0.58
defines an encapsulation of IPv6-ICMP (ether2.ip6.icmp6)"
ADDRESS-FORMAT
"16 octets of the IPv6 address, in network byte order. Each ip
packet contains two addresses, the source address and the
destination address."
DECODING
"Note: ether2.ip.ipip6.udp is a different protocolDirID than
ether2.ip6.udp, as identified in the protocolDirTable. As such,
two different local protocol index values will be assigned by
the agent. E.g. (full INDEX values shown):
ether2.ip.ipip6.udp =
16.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.0.0.0.0.41.0.0.0.17.4.0.0.0.0
ether2.ip6.udp =
12.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.41.0.0.0.17.3.0.0.0 "
REFERENCE
"RFC 2460 [RFC2460] defines the Internet Protocol version 6; The
following URL defines the authoritative repository for the
PROTOCOL NUMBERS Table:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers"
::= {
ether2 0x86DD,
802-1Q 0x86DD,
mplsu 41,
mplsm 41
}
ipip6 PROTOCOL-IDENTIFIER
PARAMETERS { }
ATTRIBUTES {
}
DESCRIPTION
"IPv6 in IPv4 Tunneling"
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CHILDREN
"Children of 'ipip6' are selected and encoded in the same manner
as children of ip6."
ADDRESS-FORMAT
"The 'ipip6' address format is the same as the IPv6 address
format."
DECODING
"Note: ether2.ip.ipip6.udp is a different protocolDirID than
ether2.ip6.udp, as identified in the protocolDirTable. As such,
two different local protocol index values will be assigned by
the agent. E.g. (full INDEX values shown):
ether2.ip.ipip6.udp =
16.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.0.0.0.0.41.0.0.0.17.4.0.0.0.0
ether2.ip6.udp =
12.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.41.0.0.0.17.3.0.0.0 "
REFERENCE
"RFC 2473 [RFC2473] defines Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6
Specification."
::= {
ip 41
}
icmp6 PROTOCOL-IDENTIFIER
PARAMETERS { }
ATTRIBUTES { }
DESCRIPTION
"Internet Message Control Protocol for IP Version 6"
REFERENCE
"RFC 2463 [RFC2463] Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6)
for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification "
::= {
ip6 58,
ipip6 58
}
6. Security Considerations
This document contains textual descriptions of well-known networking
protocols, not the definition of any networking behavior. As such,
no security considerations are raised by its publication.
7. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the European Commission support
in the co-funding of the 6QM project, where this work is being
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8. IANA Considerations
There are no IANA considerations for this document.
9. References
9.1 Normative References
[RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.
[RFC2463] Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", RFC 2463, December 1998.
[RFC2473] Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Generic Packet Tunneling in
IPv6 Specification", RFC 2473, December 1998.
[RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of
Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC
2578, April 1999.
[RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual
Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999.
[RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D. and J. Schoenwaelder,
"Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580,
April 1999.
[RFC2895] Bierman, A., Bucci, C. and R. Iddon, "Remote Network
Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Reference", RFC 2895,
August 2000.
[RFC3032] Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y.,
Farinacci, D., Li, T. and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack
Encoding", RFC 3032, January 2001.
9.2 Informative References
[RFC2021] Waldbusser, S., "Remote Network Monitoring Management
Information Base Version 2 using SMIv2", RFC 2021, January
1997.
[RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
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3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
[RFC2896] Bierman, A., Bucci, C. and R. Iddon, "Remote Network
Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Macros", RFC 2896,
August 2000.
[RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart,
"Introduction and Applicability Statements for
Internet-Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410,
December 2002.
Authors' Addresses
Stephan Emile
France Telecom R & D
2 avenue Pierre Marzin
Lannion, F-22307
Fax: +33 2 96 05 18 52
EMail: emile.stephan@francetelecom.com
Jordi Palet
Consulintel, IPv6 R&D
San Jose Artesano, 1
Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain E-28108
Fax: +34 91 151 81 98
EMail: jordi.palet@consulintel.es
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