Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB
RFC 4439
Network Working Group C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 4439 V. Gaonkar
Category: Standards Track K. McCloghrie
Cisco Systems
S. Gai
Retired
March 2006
Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB
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 (2006).
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects for information related
to a Fibre Channel network's Fabric Address Manager.
DeSanti, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 4439 Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB March 2006
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................3
3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel .................................3
4. Relationship to Other MIBs ......................................4
5. MIB Overview ....................................................5
5.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance ..........................5
5.2. Switch Index ...............................................5
5.3. Fabric Index ...............................................5
5.4. The t11FamGroup Group ......................................6
5.5. The t11FamDatabaseGroup Group ..............................6
5.6. The t11FamAreaGroup Group ..................................6
5.7. The t11FamCacheGroup Group .................................6
5.8. The t11FamCommandGroup Group ...............................6
5.9. The t11FamNotificationGroup Group ..........................6
5.10. Use of RCF and BF .........................................6
6. Definitions .....................................................8
6.1. The T11-TC-MIB Module ......................................8
6.2. The T11-FC-FABRIC-ADDR-MGR-MIB Module ......................9
7. Acknowledgements ...............................................35
8. Normative References ...........................................36
9. Informative References .........................................36
10. IANA Considerations ...........................................37
11. Security Considerations .......................................37
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RFC 4439 Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB March 2006
1. Introduction
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects for information related
to a Fibre Channel network's Fabric Address Manager. Fabric Address
Manager refers to the functionality of acquiring DomainID(s) as
specified in [FC-SW-3], and managing Fibre Channel Identifiers as
specified in [FC-FS].
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. Short Overview of Fibre Channel
The Fibre Channel (FC) is logically a bidirectional point-to-point
serial data channel, structured for high performance. Fibre Channel
provides a general transport vehicle for higher-level protocols such
as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets, the High-
Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) data framing, IP (Internet
Protocol), IEEE 802.2, and others.
Physically, Fibre Channel is an interconnection of multiple
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