Internet Draft C. DeSanti
H.K. Vivek
K. McCloghrie
S. Gai
Cisco Systems
6 December 2005
Fibre Channel Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) MIB
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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 information related
to the management of Fibre Channel's Registered State Change
Notifications (RSCNs).
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................. 3
1.1 Log of Recent Changes ...................................... 3
2 The Internet-Standard Management Framework ................... 3
3 Short Overview of Fibre Channel .............................. 4
4 Relationship to Other MIBs ................................... 5
5 MIB Overview ................................................. 6
5.1 Fibre Channel management instance .......................... 6
5.2 Switch Index ............................................... 6
5.3 Fabric Index ............................................... 6
5.4 The t11FcRscnRegistrationGroup group ....................... 7
5.5 The t11FcRscnNotifyGroup group ............................. 7
5.6 The t11FcRscnNotifyControlGroup group ...................... 7
5.7 The t11FcRscnStatsGroup group .............................. 7
6 Definitions .................................................. 8
6.1 The T11-FC-RSCN-MIB Module ................................. 8
7 Intellectual Property ........................................ 20
8 Acknowledgements ............................................. 20
9 Normative References ......................................... 20
10 Informative References ...................................... 21
11 IANA Considerations ......................................... 21
12 Security Considerations ..................................... 21
13 Authors' Addresses .......................................... 23
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1. Introduction
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 Registered State Change Notifications (RSCNs) [FC-FS] in a Fibre
Channel network, including which Nx_Ports are registered to receive
which types of RSCNs, the control and generation of SNMP
notifications on registration failures, and registration-related
statistics.
1.1. Log of Recent Changes
This section to be deleted when the document becomes approved.
1.1.1. Initial version
The initial version was submitted to T11.5 as T11/05-787v0 on 18
November 2005.
1.1.2. 6 December 2005 version
The following changes were made for the version was submitted to
T11.5 as T11/05-787v1 and the IETF as:
draft-ietf-imss-fc-fam-mib-01.txt.
- added many clarifications, fixed typos, and finished previously-
incomplete sections.
- fixed compile errors in the MIB module.
2. 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
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[RFC2580].
3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel
The Fibre Channel (FC) is logically a bidirectional point-to-point
serial data channel, structured for high performance. Fibre Channel
provides a general transport vehicle for higher level protocols such
as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets, the High-
Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) data framing, IP (Internet
Protocol), IEEE 802.2, and others.
Physically, Fibre Channel is an interconnection of multiple
communication points, called N_Ports, interconnected either by a
switching network, called a Fabric, or by a point-to-point link. A
Fibre Channel "node" consists of one or more N_Ports. A Fabric may
consist of multiple Interconnect Elements, some of which are
switches. An N_Port connects to the Fabric via a port on a switch
called an F_Port. When multiple FC nodes are connected to a single
port on a switch via an "Arbitrated Loop" topology, the switch port
is called an FL_Port, and the nodes' ports are called NL_Ports. The
term Nx_Port is used to refer to either an N_Port or an NL_Port. The
term Fx_Port is used to refer to either an F_Port or an FL_Port. A
switch port, which is interconnected to another switch port via an
Inter Element Link (IEL), is called an E_Port. A B_Port connects a
bridge device with an E_Port on a switch; a B_Port provides a subset
of E_Port functionality.
Many Fibre Channel components, including the fabric, each node, and
most ports, have globally-unique names. These globally-unique names
are typically formatted as World Wide Names (WWNs). More information
on WWNs can be found in [FC-FS]. WWNs are expected to be persistent
across agent and unit resets.
Fibre Channel frames contain 24-bit address identifiers which
identify the frame's source and destination ports. Each FC port has
both an address identifier and a WWN. When a fabric is in use, the
FC address identifiers are dynamically assigned by a switch. Each
octet of a 24-bit address represents a level in an address hierarchy,
with a Domain_ID being the highest level of the hierarchy.
Registered State Change Notifications (RSCNs) are defined in [FC-FS]
as a means to provide Nx_Ports which have registered to receive such
notifications, with a timely indication of changes in the state of
nodes attached to the fabric. Specifically, an Nx_Port may choose to
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register, using an State Change Registration (SCR) request [FC-FS] to
receive RSCNs. A Nx_Port which has registered will receive an RSCN
when an event occurs which may affect the registered port's state.
For example, an Nx_Port can use RSCNs as the means by which it is
informed of the failures of other nodes, of new devices coming
online, or even of more network-accessible storage becoming
available. The payload of the RSCN indicates the type of change and
includes the address of the changed port/area/domain. The sender of
an RSCN may coalesce several events into a single RSCN request
message. Each RSCN is a "request" which is acknowledged by the
receiver with an accept or reject.
An RSCN is received by an Nx_Port from the Fabric as an Extended Link
Service (ELS) request [FC-FS]. The Fabric distributes RSCNs between
Switches using the Inter-Switch RSCN payload (SW_RSCN) of an SW_ILS
frame [FC-SW-4]. So, when a Switch has directly attached Nx_Ports
which have registered to receive RSCNs, it converts received SW_ILS
frames containing SW_RSCN payloads into ELS requests containing the
corresponding RSCN which it sends to each such Nx_Port.
4. Relationship to Other MIBs
The first standardized MIB for Fibre Channel [RFC2837] was focused on
Fibre Channel switches. It was replaced by the more generic Fibre
Channel Management MIB [FC-MGMT] which defines basic information for
Fibre Channel hosts and switches, including extensions to the
standard IF-MIB [IF-MIB] for Fibre Channel interfaces. [FC-MGMT]
includes the specification of how the generic objects defined in [IF-
MIB] apply to Fibre Channel interfaces.
Note that an interface's ifIndex value must be unique within an SNMP
context, irrespective of how many Fibre Channel management instances
(see below) and how many Fibre Channel switches are instrumented
within that SNMP context.
This MIB imports some common Textual Conventions from T11-TC-MIB,
defined in [FC-FAM-MIB].
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5. MIB Overview
This section explains the use of a Fibre Channel management instance,
a Switch Index, and a Fabric Index. It also describes the four MIB
groups contained in the MIB.
5.1. Fibre Channel management instance
A Fibre Channel management instance is defined in [FC-MGMT] as a
separable managed instance of Fibre Channel functionality. Fibre
Channel functionality may be grouped into Fibre Channel management
instances in whatever way is most convenient for the
implementation(s). For example, one such grouping accommodates a
single SNMP agent having multiple AgentX [RFC2741] sub-agents, with
each sub-agent implementing a different Fibre Channel management
instance.
The object, fcmInstanceIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB
[FC-MGMT] as the index value to uniquely identify each Fibre Channel
management instance within the same SNMP context ([RFC3411] section
3.3.1).
5.2. Switch Index
The FC-MGMT-MIB [FC-MGMT] defines the fcmSwitchTable as a table of
information about Fibre Channel switches which are managed by Fibre
Channel management instances. Each Fibre Channel management instance
can manage one or more Fibre Channel switches. The Switch Index,
fcmSwitchIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB as the index value
to uniquely identify a Fibre Channel switch amongst those (one or
more) managed by the same Fibre Channel management instance.
5.3. Fabric Index
The latest standard for an interconnecting Fabric containing multiple
Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-4]; it specifies the operation of
both a single Fabric in a physical infrastructure, as well as the
support of multiple Virtual Fabrics operating within one (or more)
physical infrastructures. Whether operating on a physical Fabric
(i.e., without Virtual Fabrics) or within a Virtual Fabric, the
manner of operation of RSCNs within a/each Fabric is identical.
Therefore, this MIB defines all Fabric-related information in tables
which are INDEX-ed by an arbitrary integer, named a "Fabric Index",
the syntax of which is IMPORTed from the T11-TC-MIB [FC-FAM-MIB].
When a device is connected to a single physical Fabric, without use
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of any virtual Fabrics, the value of this Fabric Index will always be
1. In an environment of multiple virtual and/or physical Fabrics,
this index provides a means to distinguish one Fabric from another.
5.4. The t11FcRscnRegistrationGroup group
This group contains information about the Nx_Ports which have
registered to receive RSCNs.
5.5. The t11FcRscnNotifyGroup group
This group contains two notifications: one generated by when a switch
rejects a SCR or RSCN request; the other when a switch rejects a
SW_RSCN.
5.6. The t11FcRscnNotifyControlGroup group
This group contains one object for each notification in the
t11FcRscnNotifyGroup group to enable/disable that notification, as
well as three objects which record information about the latest
rejection of an SCR or RSCN, specifically, the content (if available)
of the rejected request, the source of the rejected request, and the
reason for the rejection.
5.7. The t11FcRscnStatsGroup group
This group contains several registration-related statistics.
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6. Definitions
6.1. The T11-FC-RSCN-MIB Module
T11-FC-RSCN-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
-- The Fibre Channel RSCN Register MIB
--
-- for the monitoring of registrations by Nx_Ports to receive
-- Registered State Change Notifications (RSCNs).
--
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY,OBJECT-TYPE,
NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
Counter32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- [RFC2578]
MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,
NOTIFICATION-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- [RFC2580]
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, TruthValue FROM SNMPv2-TC -- [RFC2579]
fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex,
FcNameIdOrZero, FcAddressIdOrZero FROM FC-MGMT-MIB -- [FC-MGMT]
T11FabricIndex FROM T11-TC-MIB; -- [FC-FAM-MIB]
t11FcRscnMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200512060000Z"
ORGANIZATION "T11 "
CONTACT-INFO
" Claudio DeSanti
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
Phone: +1 408 853-9172
EMail: cds@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"
DESCRIPTION
"The MIB module for the management of registrations
by Nx_Ports to receive RSCNs (Registered State Change
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Notifications) on a Fibre Channel network, as defined
in FC-FS, and for the monitoring of RSCNs sent/received
or rejected in a Fibre Channel network.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). This version of
this MIB module is part of RFC yyyy; see the RFC itself for
full legal notices."
-- RFC Editor: replace yyyy with actual RFC number & remove this note
REVISION "200512060000Z"
DESCRIPTION
"Initial version of this MIB module, published as RFCyyyy."
-- RFC-Editor, replace yyyy with actual RFC number & remove this note
::= { mib-2 nnn } -- to be assigned by IANA
-- RFC Editor: replace XXX with IANA-assigned number & remove this note
t11FcRscnNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnMIB 0 }
t11FcRscnObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnMIB 1 }
t11FcRscnConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnMIB 2 }
t11FcRscnRegistrations OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnObjects 1 }
t11FcRscnStats OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnObjects 2 }
t11FcRscnInformation OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnObjects 3 }
T11FcLsRejectReasonCode ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The LS_RJT or SW_RJT reject reason code and reason code
explanation for rejecting a request. The value is formatted
as specified in FC-FS or FC-SW-4, respectively -- to summarize:
bits 31-24 (most significant) - reserved
bits 23-16 - standard reason code
bits 15-8 - reason code explanation
bits 7-0 (least significant) - vendor-specific code
The vendor-specific code indicates the reason when the
standard reason code has the value x'FF'."
REFERENCE
"-- ANSI INCITS xxx-200n, Fibre Channel - Framing and
Signaling (FC-FS), Rev 1.90, section 12.3.3.4.2,
April 2003; and
-- ANSI INCITS xxx-200n, Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4
(FC-SW-4), T11/Project 1674-D/Rev 7.1, section 6.1.3,
October 2004."
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SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (4))
-- State Change Registration Table
t11FcRscnRegTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FcRscnRegEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A table of Nx_Ports that have registered to receive
RSCNs on all fabrics configured on one or more Fibre
Channel switches."
::= { t11FcRscnRegistrations 1 }
t11FcRscnRegEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FcRscnRegEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry containing information about one Nx_Port which
has registered with a particular switch (identified by
values of fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex) for a
particular Fabric (identified by a t11FcRscnFabricIndex
value)."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FcRscnFabricIndex,
t11FcRscnRegFcId }
::= { t11FcRscnRegTable 1 }
T11FcRscnRegEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FcRscnFabricIndex T11FabricIndex,
t11FcRscnRegFcId FcAddressIdOrZero,
t11FcRscnRegType BITS
}
t11FcRscnFabricIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FabricIndex
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An index value which uniquely identifies a particular
Fabric.
In a Fabric conformant to FC-SW-4, multiple Virtual Fabrics
can operate within one (or more) physical infrastructures.
In such a case, this index value is used to uniquely
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identify a particular Fabric within a physical
infrastructure.
In a Fabric which has (can have) only a single Fabric
operating within the physical infrastructure, the
value of this Fabric Index will always be 1."
REFERENCE
"ANSI INCITS xxx-200n, Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4
(FC-SW-4), T11/Project 1674-D/Rev 7.1, October 2004."
::= { t11FcRscnRegEntry 1 }
t11FcRscnRegFcId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FcAddressIdOrZero (SIZE (3))
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The Fibre Channel Address Identifier (FC_ID) of the
subscribing Nx_Port."
::= { t11FcRscnRegEntry 2 }
t11FcRscnRegType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX BITS {
fromFabricController(0),
fromNxPort(1)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object indicates the type of registration
desired by the subscriber, one bit per type:
'fromFabricController' -- RSCNs generated for events
detected by the Fabric Controller.
'fromNxPorts' -- RSCNs generated for events
detected by the affected Nx_Port."
REFERENCE
"ANSI INCITS xxx-200n, Fibre Channel - Framing and
Signaling (FC-FS), Rev 1.90, section 12.3.2.23,
April 2003."
::= { t11FcRscnRegEntry 3 }
-- Statistics
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t11FcRscnStatsTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FcRscnStatsEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The RSCN-related statistics on all fabrics configured
on one or more Fibre Channel switches."
::= { t11FcRscnStats 1 }
t11FcRscnStatsEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FcRscnStatsEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry containing statistics for a particular Fabric
(identified by a t11FcRscnFabricIndex value) on a particular
switch (identified by values of fcmInstanceIndex and
fcmSwitchIndex)."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FcRscnFabricIndex }
::= { t11FcRscnStatsTable 1 }
T11FcRscnStatsEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FcRscnRxScrs Counter32,
t11FcRscnRxRscns Counter32,
t11FcRscnTxRscns Counter32,
t11FcRscnRxSwRscns Counter32,
t11FcRscnTxSwRscns Counter32,
t11FcRscnScrRejects Counter32,
t11FcRscnRscnRejects Counter32,
t11FcRscnSwRscnRejects Counter32
}
t11FcRscnRxScrs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of SCRs received from Nx_Ports
by this switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 1 }
t11FcRscnRxRscns OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of RSCNs received from Nx_Ports
by this switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 2 }
t11FcRscnTxRscns OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of RSCNs transmitted to Nx_Ports
by this switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 3 }
t11FcRscnRxSwRscns OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Inter-Switch RSCN payloads (SW_RSCN in
an SW_ILS) received by this switch from other switches
on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 4 }
t11FcRscnTxSwRscns OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Inter-Switch RSCN payloads (SW_RSCN in
an SW_ILS) transmitted by this switch from other
switches on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 5 }
t11FcRscnScrRejects OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of SCRs rejected by this switch on
this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 6 }
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t11FcRscnRscnRejects OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of RSCN requests rejected by this
switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 7 }
t11FcRscnSwRscnRejects OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of SW_RSCN requests rejected by
this switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnStatsEntry 8 }
--
-- Notification Control Table
--
t11FcRscnNotifyControlTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A table of control information for notifications
generated due to the rejection of SCR and RSCN
requests."
::= { t11FcRscnInformation 1 }
t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Each entry contains notification control information
concerning the rejection of RSCN/SCRs for a particular
fabric (identified by the value of t11FcRscnFabricIndex)
by a particular switch (identified by values of
fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex)."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FcRscnFabricIndex }
::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlTable 1 }
T11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
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t11FcRscnIlsRejectNotifyEnable TruthValue,
t11FcRscnElsRejectNotifyEnable TruthValue,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString OCTET STRING,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource FcNameIdOrZero,
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode T11FcLsRejectReasonCode
}
t11FcRscnIlsRejectNotifyEnable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies if a t11FcRscnIlsRejectReqNotify
notification should be generated when this switch
rejects a SW_ILS with a SW_RSCN payload on this fabric."
DEFVAL { false }
::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry 1 }
t11FcRscnElsRejectNotifyEnable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies if a t11FcRscnElsRejectReqNotify
notification should be generated when this switch
rejects a RSCN or SCR request on this fabric."
DEFVAL { false }
::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry 2 }
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The binary content of the RSCN or SCR which was most
recently rejected by this switch on this fabric.
The value is formatted as an octet string (in network
byte order) containing the payload of the RSCN or SCR
request, as described in Table 100 or Table 105
(of FC-FS) respectively.
This object contains the zero-length string if and when
the RSCN/SCR payload is unavailable. When the length of
this object is 255 octets, it contains the first 255
octets of the payload (in network-byte order)."
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::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry 3 }
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FcNameIdOrZero
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The WWN which was the source of the RSCN or SCR which was
most recently rejected by this switch on this fabric."
::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry 4 }
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FcLsRejectReasonCode
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The reason code and the reason code explanation of the
most recent rejection by this switch of an RSCN or SCR
on this fabric."
REFERENCE
"ANSI INCITS xxx-200n, Fibre Channel - Framing and
Signaling (FC-FS), Rev 1.90, section 12.3.3.4.2,
April 2003."
::= { t11FcRscnNotifyControlEntry 5 }
-- Notifications
t11FcRscnElsRejectReqNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource,
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This notification is generated when a switch rejects
a SCR or RSCN request.
If the binary content of the rejected request is
available, it is indicated by the value of
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString. The source of the
rejected request is t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource,
and the reason for rejection is given by the value of
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode."
::= { t11FcRscnNotifications 1 }
t11FcRscnIlsRejectReqNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE
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OBJECTS { t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource,
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This notification is generated when a switch rejects
a SW_RSCN request.
If the binary content of the rejected request is
available, it is indicated by the value of
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString. The source of the
rejected request is t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource,
and the reason for rejection is given by the value of
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode."
::= { t11FcRscnNotifications 2 }
-- Conformance
t11FcRscnCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnConformance 1 }
t11FcRscnGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcRscnConformance 2 }
t11FcRscnCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The compliance statement for entities which implement
this MIB."
MODULE
MANDATORY-GROUPS { t11FcRscnRegistrationGroup,
t11FcRscnNotifyControlGroup,
t11FcRscnNotifyGroup }
GROUP t11FcRscnStatsGroup
DESCRIPTION
"These counters, containing RSCN-related statistics, are
mandatory only for those systems which count such events."
OBJECT t11FcRscnIlsRejectNotifyEnable
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FcRscnElsRejectNotifyEnable
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."
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::= { t11FcRscnCompliances 1 }
-- Units of conformance
t11FcRscnRegistrationGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FcRscnRegType }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects for monitoring RSCN
registrations."
::= { t11FcRscnGroups 1 }
t11FcRscnStatsGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FcRscnRxScrs,
t11FcRscnRxRscns,
t11FcRscnTxRscns,
t11FcRscnRxSwRscns,
t11FcRscnTxSwRscns,
t11FcRscnScrRejects,
t11FcRscnRscnRejects,
t11FcRscnSwRscnRejects
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects for collecting
RSCN registration statistics."
::= { t11FcRscnGroups 2 }
t11FcRscnNotifyControlGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FcRscnIlsRejectNotifyEnable,
t11FcRscnElsRejectNotifyEnable,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestString,
t11FcRscnRejectedRequestSource,
t11FcRscnRejectedReasonCode
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of notification control and
notification information objects."
::= { t11FcRscnGroups 3 }
t11FcRscnNotifyGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
NOTIFICATIONS { t11FcRscnIlsRejectReqNotify,
t11FcRscnElsRejectReqNotify
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}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of notifications for monitoring
ILS and ELS request rejection by the RSCN module."
::= { t11FcRscnGroups 4 }
END
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7. Intellectual Property
"The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
has made any effort to identify any such rights. Information on the
IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11. Copies of
claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
be obtained from the IETF Secretariat."
"The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
this standard. Please address the information to the IETF Executive
Director."
8. Acknowledgements
This document began life as a work item of the INCITS Task Group
T11.5. We wish to acknowledge the many contributions and comments
from the INCITS Technical Committee T11, including the following:
T11 Chair: Robert Snively, Brocade
T11 Vice Chair: Claudio DeSanti, Cisco Systems
T11.5 Chair: Roger Cummings, Symantec
T11.5 members, especially:
Scott Kipp, McData
9. Normative References
[RFC2578]
McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., 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., Rose, M.
and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC
2579, April 1999.
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[RFC2580]
McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M.
and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC
2580, April 1999.
[IF-MIB]
McCloghrie, K., and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB", RFC
2863, June 2000.
[FC-MGMT]
K. McCloghrie, "Fibre Channel Management MIB", RFC 4044, May 2005.
[FC-SW-4]
"Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4)", ANSI NCITS xxx-200x,
T11/Project 1674-D/Rev 7.1, October 2004.
[FC-FS]
"Fibre Channel - Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)", ANSI INCITS
373-2003, April 2003.
10. Informative References
[RFC2837]
Teow, K., "Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric Element in
Fibre Channel Standard", RFC 2837, May 2000.
[RFC3410]
Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart, "Introduction and
Applicability Statements for Internet-Standard Management
Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002.
11. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to make a MIB OID assignment for the
T11-FC-RSCN-MIB module, under the appropriate subtree.
12. Security Considerations
There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB module
with 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
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network operations. These objects and their
sensitivity/vulnerability are:
t11FcRscnIlsRejectNotifyEnable
t11FcRscnElsRejectNotifyEnable
-- ability to enable/disable a notification.
Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects with a
MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may also be considered
sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus
important to control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects
and possibly to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending
them over the network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and
their sensitivity/vulnerability:
t11FcRscnRegTable -- contains a list of Nx_Ports which are
currently registered to received RSCNs.
t11FcRscnStatsTable -- contains RSCN-related statistics.
t11FcRscnNotifyControlTable -- contains control and logging
information for notifications which are concerned with the
rejection of RSCN-related requests.
SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security.
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 module.
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. It is then a customer/operator
responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an
instance of this MIB module 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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13. Authors' Addresses
Claudio DeSanti
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
Phone: +1 408 853-9172
EMail: cds@cisco.com
H.K. Vivek
Cisco Systems, Inc.
71 Millers Rd
Bangalore, India
Phone: +91 80 2289933x5117
EMail: hvivek@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
Silvano Gai
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
Phone: +1 408-526-7269
Email: sgai@cisco.com
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