Fibre Channel Zone Server MIB
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Network Working Group                                         C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 4936                                    H.K. Vivek
Category: Standards Track                                  K. McCloghrie
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                                  S. Gai
                                                           Nuova Systems
                                                             August 2007

                     Fibre Channel Zone Server 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 IETF Trust (2007).

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 Zone Server.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................3
   2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................3
   3. Overview of Fibre Channel .......................................3
      3.1. General Overview ...........................................3
      3.2. Zoning .....................................................4
      3.3. Zoning Configuration and Management ........................5
   4. Relationship to Other MIBs ......................................7
   5. MIB Overview ....................................................8
      5.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance ..........................8
      5.2. Switch Index ...............................................8
      5.3. Fabric Index ...............................................8
      5.4. Locking the Fabric .........................................9
      5.5. Basic and Enhanced Modes ..................................10
      5.6. Persistent Storage ........................................10
      5.7. The Active Zone Set and the Zone Set Database .............11
      5.8. Conformance Groups ........................................12
   6. The T11-FC-FABRIC-LOCK-MIB Module ..............................13
   7. The T11-FC-ZONE-SERVER-MIB Module ..............................24
   8. IANA Considerations ............................................79
   9. Security Considerations ........................................79
   10. Acknowledgements ..............................................80
   11. Normative References ..........................................81
   12. Informative References ........................................82

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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 Zone Server.

   This memo was previously approved by INternational Committee for
   Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Task Group T11.5
   (http://www.t11.org); this document is a product of the IETF's IMSS
   working group.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
   [RFC2119].

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.  Overview of Fibre Channel

3.1.  General Overview

   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