Information Elements for Data Link Layer Traffic Measurement
RFC 7133
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Kashima
Request for Comments: 7133 NTT
Category: Standards Track A. Kobayashi, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 NTT East
P. Aitken
Cisco Systems, Inc.
May 2014
Information Elements for Data Link Layer Traffic Measurement
Abstract
This document describes Information Elements related to the data link
layer. They are used by the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
protocol for encoding measured data link layer traffic information.
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RFC 7133 Data Link Layer Information Elements May 2014
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................4
2. Extended Ethernet Technology ....................................4
2.1. Wide-Area Ethernet Technology Summary ......................4
2.2. Virtual Ethernet Technology Summary ........................5
3. Modification and Addition of Information Elements
Related to Data Link Layer ......................................6
3.1. Existing Information Elements ..............................7
3.1.1. dataLinkFrameSize ...................................8
3.1.2. dataLinkFrameSection ................................9
3.1.3. layer2OctetDeltaCount ...............................9
3.1.4. layer2OctetTotalCount ..............................10
3.1.5. layer2FrameDeltaCount ..............................10
3.1.6. layer2FrameTotalCount ..............................11
3.2. New Information Elements ..................................11
3.2.1. dataLinkFrameType ..................................12
3.2.2. sectionOffset ......................................12
3.2.3. sectionExportedOctets ..............................13
3.2.4. dot1qServiceInstanceTag ............................13
3.2.5. dot1qServiceInstanceId .............................14
3.2.6. dot1qServiceInstancePriority .......................14
3.2.7. dot1qCustomerSourceMacAddress ......................15
3.2.8. dot1qCustomerDestinationMacAddress .................15
3.2.9. postL2OctetDeltaCount ..............................16
3.2.10. postMCastL2OctetDeltaCount ........................16
3.2.11. postL2OctetTotalCount .............................17
3.2.12. postMCastL2OctetTotalCount ........................17
3.2.13. minimumL2TotalLength ..............................18
3.2.14. maximumL2TotalLength ..............................18
3.2.15. droppedL2OctetDeltaCount ..........................19
3.2.16. droppedL2OctetTotalCount ..........................19
3.2.17. ignoredL2OctetTotalCount ..........................20
3.2.18. notSentL2OctetTotalCount ..........................20
3.2.19. layer2OctetDeltaSumOfSquares ......................21
3.2.20. layer2OctetTotalSumOfSquares ......................21
4. Modification of Existing Information Elements Related
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