RFC 3159 (rfc3159) - Page 2 of 40

Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (SPPI)

RFC 3159                          SPPI                       August 2001


Conventions used in this document

   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].

Table of Contents

   1 Use of the SMI .................................................  3
   1.1 Terminology Translation ......................................  3
   1.2 Overview .....................................................  3
   2 Structure of this Specification ................................  4
   3 Definitions ....................................................  5
   4 PIB Modules .................................................... 17
   4.1 Importing Definitions ........................................ 17
   4.2 Reserved Keywords ............................................ 18
   5 Naming Hierarchy ............................................... 18
   6 Mapping of the MODULE-IDENTITY macro ........................... 18
   6.1 Mapping of the SUBJECT-CATEGORIES clause ..................... 18
   7 Mapping of the OBJECT-TYPE macro ............................... 19
   7.1 Mapping of the SYNTAX clause ................................. 19
   7.1.1 Counter32 .................................................. 19
   7.1.2 Gauge32 .................................................... 20
   7.1.3 Opaque ..................................................... 20
   7.1.4 IpAddress .................................................. 20
   7.1.5 Counter64 .................................................. 20
   7.1.6 Integer64 .................................................. 20
   7.1.7 Unsigned64 ................................................. 20
   7.1.8 Provisioning Classes ....................................... 21
   7.2 Mapping of the MAX-ACCESS clause ............................. 21
   7.3 Mapping of the PIB-ACCESS clause ............................. 22
   7.4 Mapping of the INSTALL-ERRORS clause ......................... 22
   7.5 Mapping of the PIB-INDEX clause .............................. 22
   7.6 Mapping of the INDEX clause .................................. 23
   7.7 Mapping of the AUGMENTS clause ............................... 23
   7.8 Mapping of the EXTENDS clause ................................ 24
   7.8.1  Relation between PIB-INDEX, AUGMENTS and EXTENDS clauses .. 24
   7.9 Mapping of the UNIQUENESS clause ............................. 25
   7.10 Mapping of the PIB-REFERENCES clause ........................ 25
   7.11 Mapping of the PIB-TAG clause ............................... 25
   8 Mapping of the OBJECT-IDENTITY macro ........................... 26
   9 Mapping of the OBJECT-GROUP macro .............................. 26
   9.1 Mapping of the OBJECTS clause ................................ 26
   10 Mapping of the MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro ........................ 26
   10.1 Mapping of the MODULE clause ................................ 26
   10.1.1 Mapping of the MANDATORY-GROUPS clause .................... 27
   10.1.2 Mapping of the GROUP clause ............................... 27
   10.1.3 Mapping of the OBJECT clause .............................. 27



McCloghrie, et al.          Standards Track