Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
RFC 2570
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RFC - Informational
(April 1999; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 3410
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Authors | Jeff Case , David Partain , Russ Mundy , Bob Stewart | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
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Network Working Group J. Case Request for Comments: 2570 SNMP Research, Inc. Category: Informational R. Mundy TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. D. Partain Ericsson B. Stewart Cisco Systems April 1999 Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved. Abstract The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the third version of the Internet-standard Management Framework, termed the SNMP version 3 Framework (SNMPv3). This Framework is derived from and builds upon both the original Internet-standard Management Framework (SNMPv1) and the second Internet-standard Management Framework (SNMPv2). The architecture is designed to be modular to allow the evolution of the Framework over time. Table of Contents 1 Introduction .....................................................2 2 The Internet Standard Management Framework .......................3 2.1 Basic Structure and Components .................................3 2.2 Architecture of the Internet Standard Management Framework .....3 3 The SNMPv1 Management Framework ..................................4 3.1 The SNMPv1 Data Definition Language ............................5 3.2 Management Information .........................................6 3.3 Protocol Operations ............................................6 3.4 SNMPv1 Security and Administration .............................6 Case, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 2570 Introduction to SNMPv3 April 1999 4 The SNMPv2 Management Framework ..................................7 5 The SNMPv3 Working Group .........................................8 6 SNMPv3 Framework Module Specifications ..........................10 6.1 Data Definition Language ......................................10 6.2 MIB Modules ...................................................11 6.3 Protocol Operations and Transport Mappings ....................12 6.4 SNMPv3 Security and Administration ............................12 7 Document Summaries ..............................................13 7.1 Structure of Management Information ...........................13 7.1.1 Base SMI Specification ......................................13 7.1.2 Textual Conventions .........................................14 7.1.3 Conformance Statements ......................................15 7.2 Protocol Operations ...........................................15 7.3 Transport Mappings ............................................15 7.4 Protocol Instrumentation ......................................16 7.5 Architecture / Security and Administration ....................16 7.6 Message Processing and Dispatch (MPD) .........................16 7.7 SNMP Applications .............................................17 7.8 User-based Security Model (USM) ...............................17 7.9 View-based Access Control (VACM) ..............................18 7.10 SNMPv3 Coexistence and Transition ............................18 8 Security Considerations .........................................19 9 Editors' Addresses ..............................................19 10 References .....................................................20 11 Full Copyright Statement .......................................23 1 Introduction This document is an introduction to the third version of the Internet-standard Management Framework, termed the SNMP version 3 Management Framework (SNMPv3) and has multiple purposes. First, it describes the relationship between the SNMP version 3 (SNMPv3) specifications and the specifications of the SNMP version 1 (SNMPv1) Management Framework, the SNMP version 2 (SNMPv2) Management Framework, and the Community-based Administrative Framework for SNMPv2. Second, it provides a roadmap to the multiple documents which contain the relevant specifications. Third, this document provides a brief easy-to-read summary of the contents of each of the relevant specification documents. This document is intentionally tutorial in nature and, as such, may occasionally be "guilty" of oversimplification. In the event of aShow full document text