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 Schoenwaelder & Quittek Experimental