Definition of Managed Objects for Synthetic Sources for Performance Monitoring Algorithms
RFC 4149
Network Working Group C. Kalbfleisch
Request for Comments: 4149 Consultant
Category: Standards Track R. Cole
JHU/APL
D. Romascanu
Avaya
August 2005
Definition of Managed Objects for Synthetic Sources for
Performance Monitoring Algorithms
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 (2005).
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes objects for configuring Synthetic Sources
for Performance Monitoring (SSPM) algorithms.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
3. Overview ........................................................3
3.1. Terms ......................................................3
4. Relationship to Other MIB modules ...............................4
5. Relationship to Other Work ......................................4
5.1. IPPM .......................................................4
5.2. DISMAN .....................................................5
5.3. RMON .......................................................6
5.4. ApplMIB ....................................................6
5.5. SNMPCONF ...................................................7
5.6. RTFM .......................................................8
5.7. Relationship to Other Work: Summary ........................8
6. MIB Structure ...................................................9
6.1. General Information .......................................10
6.2. Source Configuration ......................................10
6.3. Sink Configuration ........................................10
7. Definitions ....................................................10
8. Security Considerations ........................................32
9. Acknowledgements ...............................................34
10. Normative References ..........................................34
11. Informative References ........................................36
1. Introduction
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it defines a method of describing Synthetic Sources
for Performance Monitoring (SSPM). This is useful within the Remote
Monitoring (RMON) framework [RFC3577] for performance monitoring in
the cases where it is desirable to inject packets into the network
for the purpose of monitoring their performance with the other MIBs
in that framework.
This memo also includes a MIB module.
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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].
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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
Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies a MIB
module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580
[RFC2580].
3. Overview
This document defines a MIB module for the purpose of remotely
controlling synthetic sources (or 'active' probes) and sinks in order
to enhance remote performance monitoring capabilities within IP
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