Technical Summary
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base
(MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based
internets.
In particular, it defines two MIB modules for managing the
capabilities of MAC bridges defined by the IEEE 802.1D-1998 (TM)
MAC Bridges and the IEEE 802.1Q-2003 (TM) Virtual LAN (VLAN)
standards for bridging between Local Area Network (LAN) segments.
One MIB module defines objects for managing the 'Traffic Classes'
and 'Enhanced Multicast Filtering' components of IEEE 802.1D-1998
and P802.1t-2001 (TM).
The other MIB module defines objects for managing VLANs, as
specified in IEEE 802.1Q-2003, P802.1u (TM) and P802.1v (TM).
Provisions are made for support of transparent bridging.
Provisions are also made so that these objects apply to bridges
connected by subnetworks other than LAN segments.
This memo supplements RFC 1493bis [BRIDGE-MIB] and (to a lesser
extent) RFC 1525 [RFC1525]. (NOTE 1493bis is in RFC-Ed queue as
draft-ietf-bridge-bridgemib-smiv2-10.txt)
Working Group Summary
The Bridge MIB Working Group discussed this document and approved
its content in a Working Group Last Call process. All issues
raised during the WG Last Call have been resolved, maintained in
the RT system, and a summary of the resolutions was published to
the mailing list for comment. The WG recommends that this document
be forwarded to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
It is the intention of the WG that subsequent mib module work for
IEEE 802.1 technologies will be done by the IEEE 802.1 WG. There
are some concerns about the quality of work likely to result from
SNMP non-experts, but the IETF is providing MIB Doctor review of
their mib module work during the transition.
Protocol Quality
The document was reviewed in detail by John Flick, and discussed
by several other MIB experts. A number of IEEE 802.1 WG members,
including the vice chair, were involved in discussions.
The discussions and clarifications resulted in editorial changes
in the document. It is our belief that the document is at the
appropriate quality for consideration as proposed standard.
Bert Wijnen has reviewed the document for the IESG.
Note to RFC Editor
Pls add the following to Section 2, at the bottom of page 3,
prior to section 2.1.
NEW:
This memo supplements RFC 1493bis, and obsoletes RFC 2674 [RFC2674].
(NOTE for RFC Ed.: all instances of 'RFC 1493bis' will need to be
updated to reflect the new RFC number for draft-ietf-bridge-
bridgemib-smiv2-10.txt)