RFC 3287 (rfc3287) - Page 1 of 120

Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for Differentiated Services

Network Working Group                                         A. Bierman
Request for Comments: 3287                           Cisco Systems, Inc.
Category: Standards Track                                      July 2002


                  Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for
                        Differentiated Services

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 (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
   In particular, it describes managed objects used for monitoring
   Differentiated Services (DS) Codepoint usage in packets which contain
   a DS field, utilizing the monitoring framework defined in the RMON-2
   (Remote Network Monitoring Management Version 2) MIB.

Table of Contents

   1 The SNMP Network Management Framework ........................... 2
   2 Overview ........................................................ 3
   2.1 Terms ......................................................... 4
   2.2 Relationship to Differentiated Services ....................... 4
   2.3 Relationship to the Remote Monitoring MIBs .................... 5
   3 MIB Structure ................................................... 6
   3.1 DSCP Counter Aggregation ...................................... 7
   3.1.1 Counter Aggregation Configuration ..........................  8
   3.2 MIB Group Overview ...........................................  8
   3.2.1 DSCP Counter Aggregation Control Group .....................  9
   3.2.2 DS Statistics Group ........................................ 10
   3.2.3 DS Protocol Distribution Group ............................. 10
   3.2.4 DS Host Distribution Group ................................. 11
   3.2.5 DSMON Capabilities Group ................................... 12
   3.2.6 DS Matrix Distribution Group ............................... 13
   3.3 RMON vs. DSMON Indexing Structure ............................ 13
   4 Definitions .................................................... 16



Bierman                     Standards Track