Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
RFC 3919
Network Working Group E. Stephan
Request for Comments: 3919 France Telecom R&D
Category: Informational J. Palet
Consulintel
October 2004
Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and
Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
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 (2004).
Abstract
This memo defines additional (to those in RFC 2896) 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 RFC 2896) protocol
identifier macros for well-known protocols. A conformant
implementation of the RMON-2 MIB [RFC2021] can be accomplished
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 . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Relationship to the Remote Network Monitoring MIB. . . . . . . 2
4. MPLS layer protocol identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5. IPv6 Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 8
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
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