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Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label
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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