Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Management Information Base (MIB)
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Network Working Group                                          J. Pastor
Request for Comments: 3873                                  M. Belinchon
Category: Standards Track                                       Ericsson
                                                          September 2004

              Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
                   Management Information Base (MIB)

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 (2004).

Abstract

   The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a reliable
   transport protocol operating on top of a connectionless packet
   network such as IP.  It is designed to transport public switched
   telephone network (PSTN) signaling messages over the connectionless
   packet network, but is capable of broader applications.

   This memo defines the Management Information Base (MIB) module which
   describes the minimum set of objects needed to manage the
   implementation of the SCTP.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
       1.1.  Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  MIB Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       3.1.  SCTP Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
             3.1.1.  SCTP Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
             3.1.2.  SCTP Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
             3.1.3.  MIB Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
                     3.1.3.1.  Association Table. . . . . . . . . . .  5
                     3.1.3.2.  Reverse Lookup Table . . . . . . . . .  8
       3.2.  Conformance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   4.  Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9

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   5.  Compiling Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
   6.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
       6.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
       6.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
   7.  Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
   8.  Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
   9.  Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
   10. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

1.  Introduction

   This memo defines the Management Information Base (MIB) module which
   describes managed objects for implementations of the SCTP.

   The document starts with a brief description of the SNMP framework
   and continues with the MIB explanation and security consideration
   sections among others.

   The managed objects in this MIB module are based on [RFC2012] update:
   "Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol
   (TCP)" referred as [TCPMIB] (work in progress), and RFC 3291 "Textual
   Conventions for Internet Network Addresses" [RFC3291].

   Terms related to the SCTP architecture are explained in [RFC2960].
   Other specific abbreviations are listed below.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

1.1.  Abbreviations

   DNS   - Domain Name System
   IANA  - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
   IETF  - Internet Engineering Task Force
   IP    - Internet Protocol
   MIB   - Management Information Base
   RFC   - Request For Comments
   RTO   - Retransmission Time Out
   SCTP  - Stream Control Transmission Protocol
   SMI   - Structure of Management Information
   SNMP  - Simple Network Management Protocol
   TCB   - Transmission Control Block
   TCP   - Transmission Control Protocol

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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