RFC 2895 (rfc2895) - Page 2 of 42


Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Reference



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RFC 2895                   RMON PI Reference                 August 2000


Table of Contents

   1 The SNMP Network Management Framework ..........................  3
   2 Overview .......................................................  3
   2.1 Terms ........................................................  4
   2.2 Relationship to the Remote Network Monitoring MIB ............  6
   2.3 Relationship to the RMON Protocol Identifier Macros Document .  6
   2.4 Relationship to the ATM-RMON MIB .............................  7
   2.4.1 Port Aggregation ...........................................  7
   2.4.2 Encapsulation Mappings .....................................  7
   2.4.3 Counting ATM Traffic in RMON-2 Collections .................  8
   2.5 Relationship to Other MIBs ...................................  9
   3 Protocol Identifier Encoding ...................................  9
   3.1 ProtocolDirTable INDEX Format Examples ....................... 11
   3.2 Protocol Identifier Macro Format ............................. 12
   3.2.1 Lexical Conventions ........................................ 12
   3.2.2 Notation for Syntax Descriptions ........................... 13
   3.2.3 Grammar for the PI Language ................................ 13
   3.2.4 Mapping of the Protocol Name ............................... 15
   3.2.5 Mapping of the VARIANT-OF Clause ........................... 16
   3.2.6 Mapping of the PARAMETERS Clause ........................... 17
   3.2.6.1 Mapping of the 'countsFragments(0)' BIT .................. 18
   3.2.6.2 Mapping of the 'tracksSessions(1)' BIT ................... 18
   3.2.7 Mapping of the ATTRIBUTES Clause ........................... 18
   3.2.8 Mapping of the DESCRIPTION Clause .......................... 19
   3.2.9 Mapping of the CHILDREN Clause ............................. 19
   3.2.10 Mapping of the ADDRESS-FORMAT Clause ...................... 20
   3.2.11 Mapping of the DECODING Clause ............................ 20
   3.2.12 Mapping of the REFERENCE Clause ........................... 20
   3.3 Evaluating an Index of the ProtocolDirTable .................. 21
   4 Base Layer Protocol Identifier Macros .......................... 22
   4.1 Base Identifier Encoding ..................................... 22
   4.1.1 Protocol Identifier Functions .............................. 22
   4.1.1.1 Function 0: None ......................................... 23
   4.1.1.2 Function 1: Protocol Wildcard Function ................... 23
   4.2 Base Layer Protocol Identifiers .............................. 24
   4.3 Encapsulation Layers ......................................... 31
   4.3.1 IEEE 802.1Q ................................................ 31
   5 Intellectual Property .......................................... 34
   6 Acknowledgements ............................................... 35
   7 References ..................................................... 35
   8 IANA Considerations ............................................ 39
   9 Security Considerations ........................................ 39
   10 Authors' Addresses ............................................ 40
   Appendix A ....................................................... 41
   11 Full Copyright Statement ...................................... 42





Bierman, et al.             Standards Track