RFC 3179 (rfc3179) - Page 2 of 25

Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1

RFC 3179                    SMX Protocol 1.1                October 2001


   6.2 SMX Message Processing on the SNMP Agent ...................   13
   6.2.1 Creating a Runtime System ................................   14
   6.2.2 Generating the `hello' Command ...........................   14
   6.2.3 Generating the `start' Command ...........................   15
   6.2.4 Generating the `suspend' Command .........................   16
   6.2.5 Generating the `resume' Command ..........................   16
   6.2.6 Generating the `abort' Command ...........................   17
   6.2.7 Generating the `status' Command ..........................   18
   6.2.8 Processing Asynchronous Notifications ....................   19
   7 Example SMX Message Flow .....................................   20
   8 Transport Mappings ...........................................   20
   8.1 SMX over Bi-directional Pipes ..............................   21
   8.2 SMX over TCP ...............................................   21
   9 Security Considerations ......................................   21
   10 Changes from RFC 2593 .......................................   22
   11 Acknowledgments .............................................   23
   12 References ..................................................   23
   13 Authors' Addresses ..........................................   24
   14 Full Copyright Statement ....................................   25

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.



Schoenwaelder & Quittek       Experimental