RFC 2593 (rfc2593) - Page 2 of 22

Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1

RFC 2593                    SMX Protocol 1.0                    May 1999


   6.2 SMX Message Processing on the SNMP Agent ...................   13
   6.2.1 Creating a Runtime System ................................   13
   6.2.2 Generating the `hello' Command ...........................   13
   6.2.3 Generating the `start' Command ...........................   14
   6.2.4 Generating the `suspend' Command .........................   15
   6.2.5 Generating the `resume' Command ..........................   16
   6.2.6 Generating the `abort' Command ...........................   16
   6.2.7 Generating the `status' Command ..........................   17
   6.2.8 Processing Asynchronous Notifications ....................   18
   7. An Example SMX Message Flow .................................   19
   8. Security Considerations .....................................   19
   9. Acknowledgments .............................................   20
   10. References .................................................   20
   11. Authors' Addresses .........................................   21
   12. Full Copyright Statement ...................................   22

1.  Introduction

   The Script MIB [1] defines a standard interface for the delegation of
   management functions based on the Internet management framework. In
   particular, it provides the following capabilities:

   1.   Transfer of management scripts to a distributed manager.

   2.   Initiating, suspending, resuming and terminating management
        scripts.

   3.   Transfer of arguments for management scripts.

   4.   Monitoring and control of running management scripts.

   5.   Transfer of results produced by management scripts.

   A management script is a set of instructions executed by a language
   specific runtime system. The Script MIB does not prescribe a specific
   language. Instead, it allows to control scripts written in different
   languages that are executing concurrently.

   The Script MIB Extensibility protocol (SMX) defined in this memo can
   be used to separate language specific runtime systems from the
   runtime system independent Script MIB implementations. The
   lightweight SMX protocol can be used to support different runtime
   systems without any changes to the language neutral part of a Script
   MIB implementation.

   Examples of languages and runtime systems considered during the
   design of the SMX protocol are the Java virtual machine [2] and the
   Tool Command Language (Tcl) [3]. Other languages with comparable



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