RFC 2576 (rfc2576) - Page 2 of 44

Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework

RFC 2576           Coexistence between SNMP versions          March 2000


   3 Translating Notifications Parameters .........................   10
   3.1 Translating  SNMPv1  Notification  Parameters  to  SNMPv2
        Notification Parameters ...................................   12
   3.2 Translating  SNMPv2  Notification  Parameters  to  SNMPv1
        Notification Parameters ...................................   13
   4 Approaches to Coexistence in a Multi-lingual Network .........   14
   4.1 Multi-lingual implementations ..............................   15
   4.1.1 Command Generator ........................................   15
   4.1.2 Command Responder ........................................   15
   4.1.2.1 Handling Counter64 .....................................   16
   4.1.2.2 Mapping SNMPv2 Exceptions ..............................   16
   4.1.2.2.1 Mapping noSuchObject and noSuchInstance ..............   17
   4.1.2.2.2 Mapping endOfMibView .................................   17
   4.1.2.3 Processing An SNMPv1 GetRequest ........................   18
   4.1.2.4 Processing An SNMPv1 GetNextRequest ....................   19
   4.1.2.5 Processing An SNMPv1 SetRequest ........................   20
   4.1.3 Notification Originator ..................................   20
   4.1.4 Notification Receiver ....................................   21
   4.2 Proxy Implementations ......................................   21
   4.2.1 Upstream Version Greater Than Downstream Version .........   21
   4.2.2 Upstream Version Less Than Downstream Version ............   22
   4.3 Error Status Mappings ......................................   24
   5 Message Processing Models and Security Models ................   25
   5.1 Mappings ...................................................   25
   5.2 The SNMPv1 MP Model and SNMPv1  Community-based  Security
        Model .....................................................   26
   5.2.1 Processing An Incoming Request ...........................   26
   5.2.2 Generating An Outgoing Response ..........................   28
   5.2.3 Generating An Outgoing Notification ......................   28
   5.3 The SNMP Community MIB Module ..............................   29
   6 Intellectual Property ........................................   39
   7 Acknowledgments ..............................................   39
   8 Security Considerations ......................................   40
   9 References ...................................................   40
   10 Editor's Addresses ..........................................   42
   A. Changes From RFC 1908 ........................................   43
   Full Copyright Statement .......................................   44

1.  Overview

   The purpose of this document is to describe coexistence between
   version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework,
   termed the SNMP version 3 framework (SNMPv3), version 2 of the
   Internet-standard Network Management Framework, termed the SNMP
   version 2 framework (SNMPv2), and the original Internet-standard
   Network Management Framework (SNMPv1).





Frye, et al.                Standards Track