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Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label

RFC 3595        Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label   September 2003


1.  Introduction

   Several standards-track MIB modules have defined objects to represent
   an IPv6 Flow Label (sometimes referred to as Flow ID) [RFC 2460]
   [FLOWLABEL] and IPv6 Flow Label filters.  Unfortunately the result is
   a set of different definitions for the same piece of management
   information.  This may lead to confusion and unnecessary complexity.

   This document defines a set of textual conventions (TCs) that can and
   should be (re-)used in MIB modules, so that they all represent an
   IPv6 Flow Label in the same way.  In fact, PIB modules can and should
   also use these TCs when they need to represent an IPv6 Flow label.

2.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework

   For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
   Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
   RFC 3410 [RFC 3410].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  MIB objects are generally
   accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
   Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the
   Structure of Management Information (SMI).  This memo specifies a MIB
   module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
   RFC 2578 [RFC 2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC 2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580
   [RFC 2580].

3.  Definitions

   IPV6-FLOW-LABEL-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

   IMPORTS

       MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2, Integer32           FROM SNMPv2-SMI
       TEXTUAL-CONVENTION                          FROM SNMPv2-TC;

   ipv6FlowLabelMIB   MODULE-IDENTITY

       LAST-UPDATED  "200308280000Z"  -- 28 August 2003
       ORGANIZATION  "IETF Operations and Management Area"
       CONTACT-INFO  "Bert Wijnen (Editor)
                      Lucent Technologies
                      Schagen 33
                      3461 GL Linschoten
                      Netherlands





Wijnen                      Standards Track