Ethernet Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base (MIB)
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Network Working Group                                      D. Zelig, Ed.
Request for Comments: 5603                                        Oversi
Category: Standards Track                                 T. Nadeau, Ed.
                                                                      BT
                                                               July 2009

       Ethernet Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base (MIB)

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 modeling of Ethernet
   pseudowire (PW) services.

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.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
   3. Conventions .....................................................3
   4. Overview ........................................................3
   5. Feature Checklist ...............................................4
   6. PW ENET MIB Module Usage ........................................4
   7. PW-ENET Management Model ........................................5
   8. Example of the PW-ENET MIB Module Usage .........................6
   9. Service-Delimiting Modes ........................................6
   10. Object Definitions .............................................9
   11. Security Considerations .......................................19
   12. IANA Considerations ...........................................21
   13. References ....................................................21
      13.1. Normative References .....................................21
      13.2. Informative References ...................................22
   14. Acknowledgments ...............................................22

1. Introduction

   This document describes a model for managing Ethernet pseudowire
   services for transmission over a Packet Switched Network (PSN).  This
   MIB module is generic and common to all types of PSNs supported in
   the Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) architecture [RFC3985],
   which describes the transport and encapsulation of L1 and L2 services
   over supported PSN types.

   In particular, the MIB module associates a port or specific VLANs on
   top of a physical Ethernet port or a virtual Ethernet interface (for
   Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)) to a point-to-point PW.  It is
   complementary to the PW-STD-MIB [RFC5601], which manages the generic
   PW parameters common to all services, including all supported PSN
   types.

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 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

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