Exporting MIB Variables Using the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol
RFC 8038
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(May 2017; No errata)
Was draft-ietf-ipfix-mib-variable-export (individual in ops area)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2018-12-20 | ||
| Replaces | draft-johnson-ipfix-mib-variable-export | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
| Document shepherd | Nevil Brownlee | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2015-11-08) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8038 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Joel Jaeggli | ||
| Send notices to | "Nevil Brownlee" <n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Aitken, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8038 Brocade
Category: Standards Track B. Claise
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco Systems, Inc.
S. B S
Mojo Networks, Inc.
C. McDowall
Brocade
J. Schoenwaelder
Jacobs University Bremen
May 2017
Exporting MIB Variables
Using the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol
Abstract
This document specifies a way to complement IP Flow Information
Export (IPFIX) Data Records with Management Information Base (MIB)
objects, avoiding the need to define new IPFIX Information Elements
for existing MIB objects that are already fully specified.
Two IPFIX Options Templates, as well as a method for creating IPFIX
Options Templates that are used to export the extra data required to
fully describe Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) MIB objects
in IPFIX, are specified herein.
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 7841.
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/rfc8038.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
2. Motivation ......................................................5
3. Terminology .....................................................7
4. High-Level Solution Overview ....................................8
5. MIB Object Value Information Elements and the MIB Field
Options Template ...............................................10
5.1. MIB Field Options Architecture ............................11
5.2. IPFIX and MIB Data Model ..................................13
5.3. MIB Field Options - Specifications and Required Fields ....15
5.3.1. MIB Field Options Template .........................16
5.3.2. MIB Type Options Template ..........................16
5.4. MIB Field Options Template Formats ........................17
5.4.1. Data Template Containing a mibObjectValue Field ....17
5.4.2. MIB Field Options Template .........................19
5.4.3. MIB Field Options Data Records .....................20
5.4.4. Options Template Containing a
mibObjectValue Field ...............................21
5.4.5. MIB Field Options Template with Semantics Fields ...23
5.4.6. MIB Field Options Template with Extra MIB
Object Details .....................................24
5.5. Use of Field Order in the MIB Field Options Template ......27
5.6. Identifying the SNMP Context ..............................27
5.7. Template Management .......................................28
5.7.1. Large Messages .....................................28
5.7.2. Template Withdrawal and Reuse ......................29
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5.8. Exporting Conceptual Rows and Tables ......................29
5.8.1. Exporting Conceptual Rows - Indexing ...............30
5.8.2. Exporting Conceptual Rows - mibObjectValueRow ......30
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