Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
RFC 6313
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RFC - Proposed Standard
(July 2011; Errata)
Updates RFC 5102
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Claise
Request for Comments: 6313 G. Dhandapani
Updates: 5102 P. Aitken
Category: Standards Track S. Yates
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco Systems, Inc.
July 2011
Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
Abstract
This document specifies an extension to the IP Flow Information
Export (IPFIX) protocol specification in RFC 5101 and the IPFIX
information model specified in RFC 5102 to support hierarchical
structured data and lists (sequences) of Information Elements in data
records. This extension allows definition of complex data structures
such as variable-length lists and specification of hierarchical
containment relationships between Templates. Finally, the semantics
are provided in order to express the relationship among multiple list
elements in a structured data record.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6313.
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Table of Contents
1. Overview ........................................................5
1.1. IPFIX Documents Overview ...................................5
1.2. Relationship between IPFIX and PSAMP .......................6
2. Introduction ....................................................6
2.1. The IPFIX Track ............................................7
2.2. The IPFIX Limitations ......................................8
2.3. Structured Data Use Cases ..................................8
2.4. Specifications Summary ....................................11
3. Terminology ....................................................11
3.1. New Terminology ...........................................12
3.2. Conventions Used in This Document .........................12
4. Linkage with the IPFIX Information Model .......................12
4.1. New Abstract Data Types ...................................12
4.1.1. basicList ..........................................12
4.1.2. subTemplateList ....................................12
4.1.3. subTemplateMultiList ...............................12
4.2. New Data Type Semantic ....................................13
4.2.1. List ...............................................13
4.3. New Information Elements ..................................13
4.3.1. basicList ..........................................13
4.3.2. subTemplateList ....................................13
4.3.3. subTemplateMultiList ...............................13
4.4. New Structured Data Type Semantics ........................13
4.4.1. undefined ..........................................14
4.4.2. noneOf .............................................14
4.4.3. exactlyOneOf .......................................14
4.4.4. oneOrMoreOf ........................................15
4.4.5. allOf ..............................................16
4.4.6. ordered ............................................16
4.5. Encoding of IPFIX Data Types ..............................16
4.5.1. basicList ..........................................17
4.5.2. subTemplateList ....................................19
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