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Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

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Network Working Group                                            J. Case
Request for Comments: 2572                            SNMP Research Inc.
Obsoletes: 2272                                            D. Harrington
Category: Standards Track                        Cabletron Systems, Inc.
                                                              R. Presuhn
                                                      BMC Software, Inc.
                                                               B. Wijnen
                                               IBM T. J. Watson Research
                                                              April 1999


               Message Processing and Dispatching for the
               Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

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 (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for
   SNMP messages within the SNMP architecture [RFC 2571].  It defines the
   procedures for dispatching potentially multiple versions of SNMP
   messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing Models, and for
   dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications.  This document also describes
   one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ................................................    3
   2. Overview ....................................................    3
   2.1. The Dispatcher.  ..........................................    5
   2.2. Message Processing Subsystem ..............................    5
   3. Elements of Message Processing and Dispatching ..............    5
   3.1. messageProcessingModel ....................................    6
   3.2. pduVersion ................................................    6
   3.3. pduType ...................................................    7
   3.4. sendPduHandle .............................................    7
   4. Dispatcher Elements of Procedure ............................    7
   4.1. Sending an SNMP Message to the Network ....................    7



SNMPv3 Working Group        Standards Track
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