Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label
RFC 3595
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (September 2003; No errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Bert Wijnen | ||
| Last updated | 2018-07-18 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 3595 (Proposed Standard) | |
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| Responsible AD | Randy Bush | ||
| IESG note | Published as RFC 3595 | ||
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Network Working Group B. Wijnen
Request for Comments: 3595 Lucent Technologies
Category: Standards Track September 2003
Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label
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 (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This MIB module defines textual conventions to represent the commonly
used IPv6 Flow Label. The intent is that these textual conventions
(TCs) will be imported and used in MIB modules that would otherwise
define their own representations.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Intellectual Property Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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RFC 3595 Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label September 2003
1. Introduction
Several standards-track MIB modules have defined objects to represent
an IPv6 Flow Label (sometimes referred to as Flow ID) [RFC2460]
[FLOWLABEL] and IPv6 Flow Label filters. Unfortunately the result is
a set of different definitions for the same piece of management
information. This may lead to confusion and unnecessary complexity.
This document defines a set of textual conventions (TCs) that can and
should be (re-)used in MIB modules, so that they all represent an
IPv6 Flow Label in the same way. In fact, PIB modules can and should
also use these TCs when they need to represent an IPv6 Flow label.
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
[RFC2580].
3. Definitions
IPV6-FLOW-LABEL-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2, Integer32 FROM SNMPv2-SMI
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION FROM SNMPv2-TC;
ipv6FlowLabelMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200308280000Z" -- 28 August 2003
ORGANIZATION "IETF Operations and Management Area"
CONTACT-INFO "Bert Wijnen (Editor)
Lucent Technologies
Schagen 33
3461 GL Linschoten
Netherlands
Wijnen Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 3595 Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label September 2003
Phone: +31 348-407-775
EMail: bwijnen@lucent.com
Send comments to <mibs@ops.ietf.org>.
"
DESCRIPTION "This MIB module provides commonly used textual
conventions for IPv6 Flow Labels.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). This
version of this MIB module is part of RFC 3595,
see the RFC itself for full legal notices.
"
-- Revision History
REVISION "200308280000Z" -- 28 August 2003
DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published as RFC 3595."
::= { mib-2 103 }
IPv6FlowLabel ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
DISPLAY-HINT "d"
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION "The flow identifier or Flow Label in an IPv6
packet header that may be used to discriminate
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