Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.12 Repeater Devices
draft-ietf-vgmib-repeater-dev-04
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Author | John W. Flick | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 (Latest revision 1997-05-20) | ||
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quot;This object is a count of the number of octets contained in normal priority frames that have been received on this port. This counter is incremented by OctetCount for each frame received on this port which is counted by vgRptrPortNormPriorityFrames. This counter is a 64 bit version of vgRptrPortNormPriorityOctets. It should be used by Network Management protocols which support 64 bit counters (e.g. SNMPv2). This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aNormalPriorityOctetsReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 15 } vgRptrPortBroadcastFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of broadcast packets that have been received on this port. This counter is incremented by one for each readable frame received on this port whose destination MAC address is the broadcast address. Frames counted by this counter are also counted by vgRptrPortReadableFrames. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aBroadcastFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 16 } John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 44] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 vgRptrPortMulticastFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of multicast packets that have been received on this port. This counter is incremented by one for each readable frame received on this port whose destination MAC address has the group address bit set, but is not the broadcast address. Frames counted by this counter are also counted by vgRptrPortReadableFrames, but not by vgRptrPortBroadcastFrames. Note that when the value of the instance vgRptrInfoCurrentFramingType for the repeater that this port is associated with is equal to 'frameType88025', this count includes packets addressed to functional addresses. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aMulticastFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 17 } vgRptrPortNullAddressedFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of null addressed packets that have been received on this port. This counter is incremented by one for each frame received on this port with a destination MAC address consisting of all zero bits. Both void and training frames are included in this counter. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aNullAddressedFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 18 } John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 45] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 vgRptrPortIPMFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of the number of frames that have been received on this port with an invalid packet marker and no PMI errors. A repeater will write an invalid packet marker to the end of a frame containing errors as it is forwarded through the repeater to the other ports. This counter is incremented by one for each frame received on this port which has had an invalid packet marker added to the end of the frame. This counter indicates problems occurring in the domain of other repeaters, as opposed to problems with cables or devices directly attached to this repeater. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aIPMFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 19 } vgRptrPortOversizeFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of oversize frames received on this port. This counter is incremented by one for each frame received on this port whose OctetCount is larger than the maximum legal frame size. The frame size which causes this counter to increment is dependent on the current value of vgRptrInfoCurrentFramingType for the repeater that the port is associated with. When vgRptrInfoCurrentFramingType is equal to frameType88023 this counter will increment for frames that are 1519 octets or larger. When vgRptrInfoCurrentFramingType is equal to John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 46] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 frameType88025 this counter will increment for frames that are 4521 octets or larger. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aOversizeFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 20 } vgRptrPortDataErrorFrames OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is a count of errored frames received on this port. This counter is incremented by one for each frame received on this port with any of the following errors: bad FCS (with no IPM), PMI errors (excluding frames with an IPM error as the only PMI error), or undersize (with no IPM). Does not include packets counted by vgRptrPortIPMFrames, vgRptrPortOversizeFrames, or vgRptrPortNullAddressedFrames. This counter indicates problems with cables or devices directly connected to this repeater, while vgRptrPortIPMFrames indicates problems occurring in the domain of other repeaters. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aDataErrorFramesReceived." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 21 } vgRptrPortPriorityPromotions OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This counter is incremented by one each time the priority promotion timer has expired on this port and a normal priority frame is priority John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 47] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 promoted. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aPriorityPromotions." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 22 } vgRptrPortTransitionToTrainings OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This counter is incremented by one each time the vgRptrPortStatus object for this port transitions into the 'training' state. This counter may experience a discontinuity when the value of the corresponding instance of vgRptrPortLastChange changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aTransitionsIntoTraining." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 23 } vgRptrPortLastChange OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TimeStamp MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of sysUpTime when the last of the following occurred: 1) the agent cold- or warm-started; 2) the row for the port was created (such as when a device or module was added to the system); or 3) any condition that would cause one of the counters for the row to experience a discontinuity." ::= { vgRptrMonPortEntry 24 } vgRptrAddrTrack OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrObjects 3 } vgRptrAddrTrackRptr OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrAddrTrack 1 } John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 48] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 -- Currently unused vgRptrAddrTrackGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrAddrTrack 2 } -- Currently unused vgRptrAddrTrackPort OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrAddrTrack 3 } vgRptrAddrTrackTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF VgRptrAddrTrackEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Table of address mapping information about the ports." ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackPort 1 } vgRptrAddrTrackEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX VgRptrAddrTrackEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry in the table, containing address mapping information about a single port." INDEX { vgRptrGroupIndex, vgRptrPortIndex } ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackTable 1 } VgRptrAddrTrackEntry ::= SEQUENCE { vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress OCTET STRING, vgRptrAddrTrainedAddrChanges Counter32, vgRptrRptrDetectedDupAddress TruthValue, vgRptrMgrDetectedDupAddress TruthValue } vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE(0 | 6)) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is the MAC address of the last station which succeeded in training on this port. A cascaded repeater may train using the null address. If no stations have succeeded in training on this port since the agent began monitoring the port activity, the agent shall John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 49] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 return a string of length zero." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aLastTrainedAddress." ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackEntry 1 } vgRptrAddrTrainedAddrChanges OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This counter is incremented by one for each time that the vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress object for this port changes." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aTrainedAddressChanges." ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackEntry 2 } vgRptrRptrDetectedDupAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object is used to indicate that the repeater detected an error-free training frame on this port with a non-null source MAC address which matches the value of vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress of another active port in the same repeater. This is reset to 'false' when an error-free training frame is received with a non-null source MAC address which does not match vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress of another port which is active in the same repeater. For the cascade port, this object will be 'true' if the 'D' bit in the most recently received error-free training response frame was set, indicating the device at the other end of the link believes that this repeater's cascade port is using a duplicate address. This may be because the device at the other end of the link detected a duplicate address itself, or, if the other device is also a repeater, it could be because vgRptrMgrDetectedDupAddress was set to 'true' on the port that this repeater's cascade port is connected to." REFERENCE John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 50] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aLocalRptrDetectedDupAddr." ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackEntry 3 } vgRptrMgrDetectedDupAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object can be set by a management station when it detects that there is a duplicate MAC address. This object is OR'd with vgRptrRptrDetectedDupAddress to form the value of the 'D' bit in training response frames on this port. The purpose of this object is to provide a means for network management software to inform an end station that it is using a duplicate station address. Setting this object does not affect the current state of the link; the end station will not be informed of the duplicate address until it retrains for some reason. Note that regardless of its station address, the end station will not be able to train successfully until the network management software has set this object back to 'false'. Although this object exists on cascade ports, it does not perform any function since this repeater is the initiator of training on a cascade port." REFERENCE "IEEE Standard 802.12-1995, 13.2.4.5.1, aCentralMgmtDetectedDupAddr." ::= { vgRptrAddrTrackEntry 4 } vgRptrTraps OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrMIB 2 } vgRptrTrapPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrTraps 0 } vgRptrHealth NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { vgRptrInfoOperStatus } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A vgRptrHealth trap conveys information related to the operational state of a repeater. This trap is sent when the value of an instance of vgRptrInfoOperStatus changes. The vgRptrHealth trap is not sent as a result of powering up a John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 51] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 repeater. The vgRptrHealth trap must contain the instance of the vgRptrInfoOperStatus object associated with the affected repeater. The agent must throttle the generation of consecutive vgRptrHealth traps so that there is at least a five-second gap between traps of this type. When traps are throttled, they are dropped, not queued for sending at a future time. (Note that 'generating' a trap means sending to all configured recipients.)" REFERENCE "IEEE 802.12, Layer Management, 13.2.4.2.3, nRepeaterHealth." ::= { vgRptrTrapPrefix 1 } vgRptrResetEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { vgRptrInfoOperStatus } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A vgRptrResetEvent trap conveys information related to the operational state of a repeater. This trap is sent on completion of a repeater reset action. A repeater reset action is defined as a transition to its initial state as specified in clause 12 [IEEE Std 802.12] when triggered by a management command. The vgRptrResetEvent trap is not sent when the agent restarts and sends an SNMP coldStart or warmStart trap. The vgRptrResetEvent trap must contain the instance of the vgRptrInfoOperStatus object associated with the affected repeater. The agent must throttle the generation of consecutive vgRptrResetEvent traps so that there is at least a five-second gap between traps of this type. When traps are throttled, they are dropped, not queued for sending at a future time. (Note that 'generating' a trap means sending to all configured recipients.)" REFERENCE "IEEE 802.12, Layer Management, 13.2.4.2.3, nRepeaterReset." John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 52] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 ::= { vgRptrTrapPrefix 2 } -- conformance information vgRptrConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrMIB 3 } vgRptrCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrConformance 1 } vgRptrGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vgRptrConformance 2 } -- compliance statements vgRptrCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for managed 802.12 repeaters." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { vgRptrConfigGroup, vgRptrStatsGroup, vgRptrAddrGroup, vgRptrNotificationsGroup } GROUP vgRptrStats64Group DESCRIPTION "Implementation of this group is recommended for systems which can support Counter64." OBJECT vgRptrInfoDesiredFramingType MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access to this object is not required in a repeater system that does not support configuration of framing types." MODULE SNMP-REPEATER-MIB GROUP snmpRptrGrpRptrAddrSearch DESCRIPTION "Implementation of this group is recommended for systems which have the necessary instrumentation to search all incoming data streams for a particular source MAC address." ::= { vgRptrCompliances 1 } -- units of conformance John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 53] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 vgRptrConfigGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { vgRptrInfoMACAddress, vgRptrInfoCurrentFramingType, vgRptrInfoDesiredFramingType, vgRptrInfoFramingCapability, vgRptrInfoTrainingVersion, vgRptrInfoOperStatus, vgRptrInfoReset, vgRptrInfoLastChange, vgRptrGroupObjectID, vgRptrGroupOperStatus, vgRptrGroupPortCapacity, vgRptrGroupCablesBundled, vgRptrPortType, vgRptrPortAdminStatus, vgRptrPortOperStatus, vgRptrPortSupportedPromiscMode, vgRptrPortSupportedCascadeMode, vgRptrPortAllowedTrainType, vgRptrPortLastTrainConfig, vgRptrPortTrainingResult, vgRptrPortPriorityEnable, vgRptrPortRptrInfoIndex } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for managing the status and configuration of IEEE 802.12 repeaters." ::= { vgRptrGroups 1 } vgRptrStatsGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { vgRptrMonTotalReadableFrames, vgRptrMonTotalReadableOctets, vgRptrMonReadableOctetRollovers, vgRptrMonTotalErrors, vgRptrPortReadableFrames, vgRptrPortReadableOctets, vgRptrPortReadOctetRollovers, vgRptrPortUnreadableOctets, vgRptrPortUnreadOctetRollovers, vgRptrPortHighPriorityFrames, vgRptrPortHighPriorityOctets, vgRptrPortHighPriOctetRollovers, vgRptrPortNormPriorityFrames, vgRptrPortNormPriorityOctets, vgRptrPortNormPriOctetRollovers, John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 54] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 vgRptrPortBroadcastFrames, vgRptrPortMulticastFrames, vgRptrPortNullAddressedFrames, vgRptrPortIPMFrames, vgRptrPortOversizeFrames, vgRptrPortDataErrorFrames, vgRptrPortPriorityPromotions, vgRptrPortTransitionToTrainings, vgRptrPortLastChange } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for providing statistics for IEEE 802.12 repeaters. Systems which support Counter64 should also implement vgRptrStats64Group." ::= { vgRptrGroups 2 } vgRptrStats64Group OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { vgRptrMonHCTotalReadableOctets, vgRptrPortHCReadableOctets, vgRptrPortHCUnreadableOctets, vgRptrPortHCHighPriorityOctets, vgRptrPortHCNormPriorityOctets } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for providing statistics for IEEE 802.12 repeaters in a system that supports Counter64." ::= { vgRptrGroups 3 } vgRptrAddrGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { vgRptrAddrLastTrainedAddress, vgRptrAddrTrainedAddrChanges, vgRptrRptrDetectedDupAddress, vgRptrMgrDetectedDupAddress } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for tracking addresses on IEEE 802.12 repeaters." ::= { vgRptrGroups 4 } vgRptrNotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP NOTIFICATIONS { John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 55] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 vgRptrHealth, vgRptrResetEvent } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of notifications used to indicate 802.12 repeater general status changes." ::= { vgRptrGroups 5 } END John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 56] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 4. Acknowledgements This document was produced by the IETF 100VG-AnyLAN Working Group, whose efforts were greatly advanced by the contributions of the following people: Paul Chefurka Bob Faulk Jeff Johnson Karen Kimball David Lapp Jason Spofford Kaj Tesink This document is based on the work of IEEE 802.12. 5. References [1] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization. International Standard 8824 (December, 1987). [2] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1902, SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International Network Services, January 1996. [3] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1903, SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International Network Services, January 1996. [4] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1904, SNMP Research, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., International Network Services, January 1996. [5] McCloghrie, K., and M. Rose, "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets - MIB-II", STD 17, RFC 1213, Hughes LAN Systems, Performance Systems International, March 1991. [6] IEEE, "Demand Priority Access Method, Physical Layer and John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 57] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 Repeater Specifications for 100 Mb/s Operation", IEEE Standard 802.12-1995" [7] de Graaf, K., D. Romascanu, D. McMaster, and K. McCloghrie, "Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater Devices", RFC 2108, 3Com Corporation, Madge Networks (Israel) Ltd., Cisco Systems, Inc., February, 1997. [8] McAnally, G., Gilbert, D., and J. Flick, "Conditional Grant of Rights to Specific Hewlett-Packard Patents In Conjunction With the Internet Engineering Task Force's Internet-Standard Network Management Framework", RFC 1988, August 1996. [9] Hewlett-Packard Company, US Patents 5,293,635 and 5,421,024. 6. Security Considerations Certain management information defined in this MIB may be considered sensitive in some network environments. Therefore, authentication of received SNMP requests and controlled access to management information should be employed in such environments. The method for this authentication is a function of the SNMP Administrative Framework, and has not been expanded by this MIB. Several objects in the vgRptrConfigGroup allow write access. Setting these objects can have a serious effect on the operation of the network, including modifying the framing type of the network, resetting the repeater, enabling and disabling individual ports, and modifying the allowed capabilities of end stations attached to each port. It is recommended that implementers seriously consider whether set operations should be allowed without providing, at a minimum, authentication of request origin. One particular object in this MIB, vgRptrPortAllowedTrainType, is considered significant for providing operational security in an 802.12 network. It is recommended that network administrators configure this object to the 'allowEndNodesOnly' value on all ports except ports which the administrator knows are attached to cascaded repeaters or devices which require promiscuous receive capability (bridges, switches, RMON probes, etc.). This will prevent unauthorized users from extending the network (by attaching cascaded repeaters or bridges) without the administrator's knowledge, and will prevent unauthorized end nodes from listening promiscuously to network traffic. 7. Author's Address John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 58] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 John Flick Hewlett Packard Company 8000 Foothills Blvd. M/S 5556 Roseville, CA 95747-5556 Phone: +1 916 785 4018 Email: johnf@hprnd.rose.hp.com John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 59] Internet Draft IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB May 19 1997 Table of Contents 1. The SNMP Network Management Framework ...................... 2 1.1. Object Definitions ....................................... 2 2. Overview ................................................... 3 2.1. Repeater Management Model ................................ 3 2.2. MAC Addresses ............................................ 4 2.3. Master Mode and Slave Mode ............................... 4 2.4. IEEE 802.12 Training Frames .............................. 5 2.5. Structure of the MIB ..................................... 8 2.5.1. Basic Definitions ...................................... 8 2.5.2. Monitor Definitions .................................... 8 2.5.3. Address Tracking Definitions ........................... 8 2.6. Relationship to other MIBs ............................... 8 2.6.1. Relationship to MIB-II ................................. 8 2.6.1.1. Relationship to the 'system' group ................... 9 2.6.1.2. Relationship to the 'interfaces' group ............... 9 2.6.2. Relationship to the 802.3 Repeater MIB ................. 9 2.7. Mapping of IEEE 802.12 Managed Objects ................... 11 3. Definitions ................................................ 15 4. Acknowledgements ........................................... 57 5. References ................................................. 57 6. Security Considerations .................................... 58 7. Author's Address ........................................... 58 John Flick Expires November 19, 1997 [Page 60]