MIB for Fibre-Channel Security Protocols (FC-SP)
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Network Working Group                                       C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 5324                                    F. Maino
Category: Standards Track                                K. McCloghrie
                                                         Cisco Systems
                                                        September 2008

            MIB for Fibre-Channel Security Protocols (FC-SP)

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.

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 FC-SP, the Security Protocols defined for Fibre Channel.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................3
   2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................3
   3. Overview of Fibre Channel .......................................3
      3.1. Introduction ...............................................3
      3.2. Zoning .....................................................4
      3.3. Virtual Fabrics ............................................5
      3.4. Security ...................................................5
           3.4.1. Authentication ......................................5
           3.4.2. Security Associations ...............................6
           3.4.3. Fabric Security Policies ............................7
           3.4.4. Policy Model ........................................8
           3.4.5. Policy Objects ......................................9
                  3.4.5.1. Policy Object Names .......................10
           3.4.6. Three Kinds of Switches ............................10
           3.4.7. Security Policy Management .........................11
           3.4.8. FC-SP Zoning .......................................11
   4. Document Overview ..............................................12
      4.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance .........................12
      4.2. Entity Name ...............................................12
      4.3. Fabric Index ..............................................13
      4.4. Interface Index ...........................................13
      4.5. Syntax for Policy Object Names ............................14

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      4.6. Certificates, CAs, and CRLs ...............................14
      4.7. Traffic Selectors .........................................15
      4.8. The MIB Modules ...........................................16
           4.8.1. The T11-FC-SP-TC-MIB Module ........................16
           4.8.2. The T11-FC-SP-AUTHENTICATION-MIB Module ............16
           4.8.3. The T11-FC-SP-ZONING-MIB Module ....................16
           4.8.4. The T11-FC-SP-POLICY-MIB Module ....................17
           4.8.5. The T11-FC-SP-SA-MIB Module ........................17
      4.9. Rate Control for Notifications ............................18
   5. Relationship to Other MIB Modules ..............................19
   6. MIB Module Definitions .........................................20
      6.1. The T11-FC-SP-TC-MIB Module ...............................20
      6.2. The T11-FC-SP-AUTHENTICATION-MIB Module ...................33
      6.3. The T11-FC-SP-ZONING-MIB Module ...........................52
      6.4. The T11-FC-SP-POLICY-MIB Module ...........................64
      6.5. The T11-FC-SP-SA-MIB Module ..............................152
   7. IANA Considerations ...........................................204
   8. Security Considerations .......................................204
      8.1. Information Not Defined in This Document .................204
      8.2. The T11-FC-SP-TC-MIB Module ..............................204
      8.3. The T11-FC-SP-AUTHENTICATION-MIB Module ..................205
      8.4. The T11-FC-SP-ZONING-MIB Module ..........................206
      8.5. The T11-FC-SP-POLICY-MIB Module ..........................207
      8.6. The T11-FC-SP-SA-MIB Module ..............................209
      8.7. Recommendations Common to All MIB Modules ................211
   9. Normative References ..........................................212
   10. Informative References .......................................213
   11. Acknowledgements .............................................215

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