Network Working Group J. Schoenwaelder
Request for Comments: 2593 TU Braunschweig
Category: Experimental J. Quittek
NEC Europe Ltd.
May 1999
Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.0
Status of this Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The IETF Script MIB defines an interface for the delegation of
management functions based on the Internet management framework. A
management script is a set of instructions that are executed by a
language specific runtime system. The Script MIB extensibility
protocol (SMX) defined in this memo separates language specific
runtime systems from language independent Script MIB implementations.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................ 2
2. Process Model and Communication Model ....................... 3
3. Security Profiles ........................................... 3
4. Start of Runtime Systems and Connection Establishment ....... 4
5. SMX Messages ................................................ 5
5.1 Common Definitions ......................................... 5
5.2 Commands ................................................... 7
5.3 Replies .................................................... 8
6. Elements of Procedure ....................................... 9
6.1 SMX Message Processing on the Runtime Systems .............. 9
6.1.1 Processing the `hello' Command ........................... 10
6.1.2 Processing the `start' Command ........................... 10
6.1.3 Processing the `suspend' Command ......................... 11
6.1.4 Processing the `resume' Command .......................... 12
6.1.5 Processing the `abort' Command ........................... 12
6.1.6 Processing the `status' Command .......................... 12
6.1.7 Generation of Asynchronous Notifications ................. 13
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