Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.0
RFC 2593
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RFC - Experimental
(May 1999; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 3179
Was draft-schoenw-smx (individual)
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Authors | Juergen Quittek , Jürgen Schönwälder | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
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Network Working Group J. Schoenwaelder Request for Comments: 2593 TU Braunschweig Category: Experimental J. Quittek NEC Europe Ltd. May 1999 Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.0 Status of this Memo This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved. Abstract The IETF Script MIB defines an interface for the delegation of management functions based on the Internet management framework. A management script is a set of instructions that are executed by a language specific runtime system. The Script MIB extensibility protocol (SMX) defined in this memo separates language specific runtime systems from language independent Script MIB implementations. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................ 2 2. Process Model and Communication Model ....................... 3 3. Security Profiles ........................................... 3 4. Start of Runtime Systems and Connection Establishment ....... 4 5. SMX Messages ................................................ 5 5.1 Common Definitions ......................................... 5 5.2 Commands ................................................... 7 5.3 Replies .................................................... 8 6. Elements of Procedure ....................................... 9 6.1 SMX Message Processing on the Runtime Systems .............. 9 6.1.1 Processing the `hello' Command ........................... 10 6.1.2 Processing the `start' Command ........................... 10 6.1.3 Processing the `suspend' Command ......................... 11 6.1.4 Processing the `resume' Command .......................... 12 6.1.5 Processing the `abort' Command ........................... 12 6.1.6 Processing the `status' Command .......................... 12 6.1.7 Generation of Asynchronous Notifications ................. 13 Schoenwaelder & Quittek Experimental [Page 1] RFC 2593 SMX Protocol 1.0 May 1999 6.2 SMX Message Processing on the SNMP Agent ................... 13 6.2.1 Creating a Runtime System ................................ 13 6.2.2 Generating the `hello' Command ........................... 13 6.2.3 Generating the `start' Command ........................... 14 6.2.4 Generating the `suspend' Command ......................... 15 6.2.5 Generating the `resume' Command .......................... 16 6.2.6 Generating the `abort' Command ........................... 16 6.2.7 Generating the `status' Command .......................... 17 6.2.8 Processing Asynchronous Notifications .................... 18 7. An Example SMX Message Flow ................................. 19 8. Security Considerations ..................................... 19 9. Acknowledgments ............................................. 20 10. References ................................................. 20 11. Authors' Addresses ......................................... 21 12. Full Copyright Statement ................................... 22 1. Introduction The Script MIB [1] defines a standard interface for the delegation of management functions based on the Internet management framework. In particular, it provides the following capabilities: 1. Transfer of management scripts to a distributed manager. 2. Initiating, suspending, resuming and terminating management scripts. 3. Transfer of arguments for management scripts. 4. Monitoring and control of running management scripts. 5. Transfer of results produced by management scripts. A management script is a set of instructions executed by a language specific runtime system. The Script MIB does not prescribe a specific language. Instead, it allows to control scripts written in different languages that are executing concurrently. The Script MIB Extensibility protocol (SMX) defined in this memo can be used to separate language specific runtime systems from the runtime system independent Script MIB implementations. The lightweight SMX protocol can be used to support different runtime systems without any changes to the language neutral part of a Script MIB implementation. Examples of languages and runtime systems considered during the design of the SMX protocol are the Java virtual machine [2] and theShow full document text