Definition of Managed Objects for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                  J. Schoenwaelder
Request for Comments: 7388                                     A. Sehgal
Category: Standards Track                              Jacobs University
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                  T. Tsou
                                                                 C. Zhou
                                                     Huawei Technologies
                                                            October 2014

                   Definition of Managed Objects for
     IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)

Abstract

   This document defines a portion of the Management Information Base
   (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet
   community.  In particular, it defines objects for managing IPv6 over
   Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs).

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.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
   3. Conventions .....................................................3
   4. Overview ........................................................3
   5. Relationship to Other MIB Modules ...............................7
   6. Definitions .....................................................7
   7. Security Considerations ........................................24
   8. IANA Considerations ............................................25
   9. References .....................................................25
      9.1. Normative References ......................................25
      9.2. Informative References ....................................26
   Acknowledgements ..................................................27
   Authors' Addresses ................................................27

1.  Introduction

   This document defines a portion of the Management Information Base
   (MIB) for use with network management protocols.  In particular it
   defines objects for managing IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal
   Area Networks (6LoWPANs) [RFC4944].

   While a MIB module provides a direct binding for accessing data via
   the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) [RFC3410], supporting
   SNMP may not always be affordable on constrained devices.  Other
   protocols to access data modeled in MIB modules are possible and
   proposals have been made recently to provide bindings to the
   Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) [RFC7252].

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 document 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].

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3.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and