Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 3416
| Document | Type |
RFC - Internet Standard
(December 2002; Errata)
Obsoletes RFC 1905
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| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized with errata bibtex | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | RFC 3416 (Internet Standard) | |
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| Responsible AD | Randy Bush | ||
| IESG note | Responsible: RFC Editor | ||
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Network Working Group Editor of this version:
Request for Comments: 3416 R. Presuhn
STD: 62 BMC Software, Inc.
Obsoletes: 1905 Authors of previous version:
Category: Standards Track J. Case
SNMP Research, Inc.
K. McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
M. Rose
Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
S. Waldbusser
International Network Services
December 2002
Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document defines version 2 of the protocol operations for the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). It defines the syntax and
elements of procedure for sending, receiving, and processing SNMP
PDUs. This document obsoletes RFC 1905.
Presuhn, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 3416 Protocol Operations for SNMP December 2002
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................ 3
2. Overview .................................................... 4
2.1. Management Information .................................... 4
2.2. Retransmission of Requests ................................ 4
2.3. Message Sizes ............................................. 4
2.4. Transport Mappings ........................................ 5
2.5. SMIv2 Data Type Mappings .................................. 6
3. Definitions ................................................. 6
4. Protocol Specification ...................................... 9
4.1. Common Constructs ......................................... 9
4.2. PDU Processing ............................................ 10
4.2.1. The GetRequest-PDU ...................................... 10
4.2.2. The GetNextRequest-PDU .................................. 11
4.2.2.1. Example of Table Traversal ............................ 12
4.2.3. The GetBulkRequest-PDU .................................. 14
4.2.3.1. Another Example of Table Traversal .................... 17
4.2.4. The Response-PDU ........................................ 18
4.2.5. The SetRequest-PDU ...................................... 19
4.2.6. The SNMPv2-Trap-PDU ..................................... 22
4.2.7. The InformRequest-PDU ................................... 23
5. Notice on Intellectual Property ............................. 24
6. Acknowledgments ............................................. 24
7. Security Considerations ..................................... 26
8. References .................................................. 26
8.1. Normative References ...................................... 26
8.2. Informative References .................................... 27
9. Changes from RFC 1905 ....................................... 28
10. Editor's Address ........................................... 30
11. Full Copyright Statement ................................... 31
Presuhn, et al. Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 3416 Protocol Operations for SNMP December 2002
1. Introduction
The SNMP Management Framework at the time of this writing consists of
five major components:
- An overall architecture, described in STD 62, RFC 3411
[RFC3411].
- 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
STD 16, RFC 1155 [RFC1155], STD 16, RFC 1212 [RFC1212] and RFC
1215 [RFC1215]. The second version, called SMIv2, is described
in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and
STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
- Message protocols for transferring management information. The
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