Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Reference Extensions
RFC 3395

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Network Working Group                                         A. Bierman
Request for Comments: 3395                                      C. Bucci
Updates: 2895                                        Cisco Systems, Inc.
Category: Standards Track                                       R. Dietz
                                                              Hifn, Inc.
                                                                A. Warth
                                                          September 2002

 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Reference Extensions

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines extensions to the Protocol Identifier Reference
   document for the identification of application verb information.  It
   updates the Protocol Identifier Reference document but does not
   obsolete any portion of that document.  In particular, it describes
   the algorithms required to identify protocol operations (verbs)
   within the protocol encapsulations managed with MIBs such as the
   Remote Network Monitoring MIB Version 2, RFC 2021.

Table of Contents

   1. The SNMP Network Management Framework ..........................2
   2. Overview .......................................................3
   2.1 Protocol Identifier Framework .................................3
   2.2 Protocol Identifier Extensions for Application Verbs ..........4
   2.3 Terms .........................................................4
   2.4 Relationship to the RMON-2 MIB ................................5
   2.5 Relationship to the RMON MIB Protocol Identifier Reference.....5
   3. Definitions ....................................................5
   3.1 Verb Identifier Macro Format ..................................5
   3.1.1 Lexical Conventions .........................................6
   3.1.2 Extended Grammar for the PI Language ........................6
   3.1.3 Mapping of the Parent Protocol Name .........................7
   3.1.4 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION Clause ...........................7

Bierman, et. al.            Standards Track                     [Page 1]
RFC 3395                 RMON Verb Identifiers            September 2002

   3.1.5 Mapping of the REFERENCE Clause .............................7
   3.1.6 Mapping of the Verb List Clause .............................7
   3.1.6.1 Mapping of the Verb Name Field ............................8
   3.1.6.2 Mapping of the Verb Enum Field ............................8
   3.2 Protocol Directory Requirements ...............................8
   3.2.1 Mapping of the Verb Layer Numbering Space ...................8
   3.2.2 Mapping of the ProtocolDirID object .........................9
   3.2.3 Mapping of the ProtocolDirParameters object .................9
   3.2.4 Mapping of the ProtocolDirLocalIndex object ................10
   3.2.5 Mapping of the protocolDirDescr object .....................10
   3.2.6 Mapping of the protocolDirType object ......................10
   3.2.7 Mapping of the protocolDirAddressMapConfig object ..........10
   3.2.8 Mapping of the protocolDirHostConfig object ................10
   3.2.9 Mapping of the protocolDirMatrixConfig object ..............10
   3.2.10 Mapping of the protocolDirOwner object ....................11
   3.2.11 Mapping of the protocolDirStatus object ...................11
   4. Implementation Considerations .................................11
   4.1 Stateful Protocol Decoding ...................................11
   4.2 Packet Capture ...............................................11
   4.3 RMON-2 MIB Collections .......................................12
   5. Intellectual Property .........................................12
   6. Acknowledgements ..............................................13
   7. Normative References ..........................................13
   8. Informative References ........................................14
   9. IANA Considerations ...........................................15
   10. Security Considerations ......................................15
   Appendix A: Usage Examples .......................................16
   A.1 FTP Example ..................................................16
   A.2 POP3 Example .................................................17
   A.3 SNMP Example .................................................18
   A.4 HTTP Example .................................................18
   A.5 SMTP Example .................................................19
   Authors' Addresses ...............................................20