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Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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Network Working Group J. Case
Request for Comments: 2572 SNMP Research Inc.
Obsoletes: 2272 D. Harrington
Category: Standards Track Cabletron Systems, Inc.
R. Presuhn
BMC Software, Inc.
B. Wijnen
IBM T. J. Watson Research
April 1999
Message Processing and Dispatching for the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for
SNMP messages within the SNMP architecture [RFC 2571]. It defines the
procedures for dispatching potentially multiple versions of SNMP
messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing Models, and for
dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications. This document also describes
one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................ 3
2. Overview .................................................... 3
2.1. The Dispatcher. .......................................... 5
2.2. Message Processing Subsystem .............................. 5
3. Elements of Message Processing and Dispatching .............. 5
3.1. messageProcessingModel .................................... 6
3.2. pduVersion ................................................ 6
3.3. pduType ................................................... 7
3.4. sendPduHandle ............................................. 7
4. Dispatcher Elements of Procedure ............................ 7
4.1. Sending an SNMP Message to the Network .................... 7
SNMPv3 Working Group Standards Track