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RFC 5601

Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base (MIB)

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Network Working Group                                     T. Nadeau, Ed.
Request for Comments: 5601                                            BT
Category: Standards Track                                  D. Zelig, Ed.
                                                                  Oversi
                                                               July 2009


           Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base (MIB)

Abstract

This memo defines a Standards Track portion of the Management Information Base for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes managed objects for modeling of Pseudowire Edge-to-Edge services carried over a general Packet Switched Network. 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) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English.
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2 3. Conventions .....................................................3 4. Overview ........................................................3 5. Structure of the MIB Module .....................................3 6. PW-STD-MIB Module Usage .........................................4 7. Relations to Other PWE3 MIB Modules .............................5 8. Relations to the IF-MIB .........................................5 9. PW Notifications ................................................6 10. Example of the PW MIB Modules Usage ............................6 11. IANA PWE3 MIB Module ...........................................8 12. Object Definitions ............................................11 13. Security Considerations .......................................62 14. IANA Considerations ...........................................63 14.1. ifType for PW ............................................63 14.2. PW MIB Modules OBJECT IDENTIFIER Values ..................63 14.3. IANA Considerations for PW-STD-MIB .......................64 14.4. IANA Considerations for IANA-PWE3-MIB ....................64 15. Acknowledgments ...............................................64 16. References ....................................................64 16.1. Normative References .....................................64 16.2. Informative References ...................................66

1. Introduction

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines a MIB module that can be used to manage pseudowire (PW) services for transmission over a Packet Switched Network (PSN) [RFC3931] [RFC4447]. This MIB module provides generic management of PWs that is common to all types of PSN and PW services defined by the IETF PWE3 Working Group.

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 [RFC3410]. 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
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   module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
   RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580
   [RFC2580].

3. Conventions

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [BCP14]. This document adopts the definitions, acronyms, and mechanisms described in [RFC3985] and [RFC3916]. Unless otherwise stated, the mechanisms of [RFC3985] apply and will not be re-described here.

4. Overview

The PWE3 MIB modules architecture provides a layered modular model into which any supported emulated service can be connected to any supported PSN type. This specific MIB module provides the glue for mapping between the emulated service onto the native PSN service. As such, the defining of a PW emulated service requires the use of at least three types of MIB modules. Starting from the emulated service, the first type is a service- specific module, which is dependent on the emulated signal type. These modules are defined in other documents. The second type is this module, the PW-STD-MIB module, which configures general parameters of the PW that are common to all types of emulated services and PSN types. The third type of module is a PSN-specific module. There is a different module for each type of PSN. These modules associate the PW with one or more "tunnels" that carry the service over the PSN. These modules are defined in other documents.

5. Structure of the MIB Module

The MIB module consists of six tables: - The generic configuration and status monitoring objects that are common to all service types and PSN types (pwTable). - The PW Performance Current Table (pwPerfCurrentTable) contains PW statistics for the current 15-minute period.
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   - The PW Performance Interval Table (pwPerfIntervalTable) contains PW
     statistics for historical intervals (usually 96 15-minute entries
     to cover a 24-hour period).

   - The PW Performance 1-day Interval Table (pwPerf1DayIntervalTable)
     contains PW statistics for historical intervals accumulated per
     day.  Usually 30 1-day entries to cover a monthly period.

   - The mapping table (pwIndexMappingTable) enables the reverse mapping
     of the unique PWid parameters [peer IP, PW type, and PW ID] and the
     pwIndex.

   - The mapping table (pwGenFecIndexMappingTable) enables the reverse
     mapping of unique PWid parameters used in genFecSignaling
     [pwGroupAttachmentID, pwLocalAttachmentID, and pwPeerAttachmentID]
     and the pwIndex.

   This MIB module uses Textual Conventions from [RFC2578], [RFC2579],
   [RFC2580], [RFC2863], [RFC3411], [RFC3593], [RFC3705], [RFC4001], and
   [RFC5542], and references [RFC3413], [RFC4623], and [RFC4720].

6. PW-STD-MIB Module Usage

An entry in the PW table (pwTable) MUST exist for all PW types (ATM, FR, Ethernet, SONET, etc.). This table holds generic parameters related to the PW creation and monitoring. A conceptual row can be created in the pwTable in one of the following ways: 1) The operator creates a row in the pwTable when configuring the node for a new service. This mode MUST be supported by the agent, and MUST be used when creating a non-signaled (manually assigned) PW. 2) The agent MAY create a row in the pwTable if a signaling message has been received from a peer node with signaling identification parameters that are not already known to the local node (i.e., there is no related entry created by the operator with matching parameters). This mode is OPTIONAL. 3) The agent MAY create a row in the pwTable automatically due to some auto-discovery application, or based on configuration that is done through non-SNMP applications. This mode is OPTIONAL. - The agent then creates the rows in the (locally supported) performance tables and reverse-mapping tables in PW-STD-MIB module.
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7. Relations to Other PWE3 MIB Modules

- Based on the PSN type defined for the PW, a row is created in the PSN-specific module (for example, [RFC5602]) and associated to the PW table by the common pwIndex. - Based on the PW type defined for the PW, a row is created in the service-specific module (for example, [CEPMIB]) and associated to the PW table by the common pwIndex. - Unless all the necessary entries in the applicable tables have been created and all the parameters have been consistently configured in those tables, signaling cannot be performed from the local node, and the pwVcOperStatus should report 'notPresent'.

8. Relations to the IF-MIB

The PW in general is not an ifIndex [RFC2863] on its own, for agent scalability reasons. The PW is typically associated via the PWE3 MIB modules to an ifIndex the PW is emulating. This ifIndex may represent a physical entity -- for example, a PW emulating a SONET path as in Circuit Emulation Service over Packet (CEP). In that case, the PW itself is not an ifIndex; however, the PW-STD-CEP-MIB module associates the PW to the ifIndex of the path to be emulated. In some cases, the PW will be associated to an ifIndex representing a virtual interface. An example is Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) where the PW emulates a logical interface of a (logical) bridge. The physical ports' association to the VPLS instance is defined in the non-PW MIB modules in this case. Exception to the above MAY exist in some implementations where it is convenient to manage the PW as an ifIndex in the ifTable. A special ifType to represent a PW virtual interface (246) will be used in the ifTable in this case. When the PW is managed as an ifIndex, by default it SHOULD NOT be stacked, i.e., this ifIndex SHOULD NOT be layered above the respective PSN tunnel ifIndex or the attachment circuit ifIndex or the interface carrying the attachment circuit. Note that the ifIndex that carries the PW toward/from the PSN is not explicitly configured via PWE3 MIB modules except in rare cases. In most cases, the PW is carried inside a PSN tunnel, and the interfaces carrying the tunnel are specified in the related MIB modules that control the PSN tunnels.
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9. PW Notifications

This MIB module includes notifications for PW entering the up or down state, in accordance with the guidelines for interface notifications as described in [RFC2863]. Implementers should be aware that in many systems, it is desired to correlate notifications, such that notifications will not be emitted if notifications from a higher level (such as ports or tunnels) are already in effect. Specifically for PWs, it is anticipated that most network's equipment failures turn into lowerLayerDown state at the PW level, where a notification has already been emitted from a higher level. When a PW is represented as an ifIndex, it is RECOMMENDED that PW notifications be turned off, to avoid duplication with the ifIndex status change notifications.

10. Example of the PW MIB Modules Usage

In this section, we provide an example of using the MIB objects described in section 7 to set up a CEP PW over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) PSN. While this example is not meant to illustrate every permutation of the MIB, it is intended as an aid to understanding some of the key concepts. It is meant to be read after going through the MIB itself. In this example, a PW service for CEP is configured over an MPLS PSN (MPLS-TE tunnel). It uses LDP as in [RFC4447] for service setup. For the operation in the service-specific MIB modules and the PSN- specific MIB modules, see the specific MIB module memo. This example is continued in the memo describing the PW-CEP-STD-MIB module (for example, [CEPMIB]) and the PW-MPLS-STD-MIB module [RFC5602].
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   In the PW-STD-MIB module:

   In pwTable:
   {
      pwIndex               5,

      pwType                cep,
      pwOwner               pwIdFecSignaling,
      pwPsnType             mpls,
      pwSetUpPriority       0, -- Highest
      pwHoldingPriority     0, -- Highest
      pwInboundMode         loose,

      pwPeerAddrType        ipv4,
      pwPeerAddr            192.0.2.5, -- In this case, equal to the
                                       -- peer LDP entity IP addr
      pwID                  10,
      pwLocalGroupID        12,
      ..

      pwCwPreference        true,   -- Actually ignored for CEP
      pwLocalIfMtu          0,      -- Do not send ifMtu parameter
      pwLocalIfString       false,  -- Do not send interface string
      pwCapabAdvert         0,      -- Does not support status
                                    -- report to the peer.
      pwRemoteGroupID       0xFFFF, -- Will be received by
                                    -- signaling protocol
      pwRemoteCwStatus      notKnownYet,
      pwRemoteIfMtu         0,
      pwRemoteIfString      "",
      pwRemoteCapabilities  notYetKnown,
      ..
      pwOutboundVcLabel     0xFFFF, -- Will be received by
                                    -- signaling protocol
      pwInboundVcLabel      0xFFFF, -- Will be set by signaling
                                    -- protocol
      pwName                "Example of CEP PW",
      pwDescr               "",
      ..

      pwAdminStatus         up,
      ..
       }
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11. IANA PWE3 MIB Module

This section contains the initial version of the IANA-PWE3-MIB. IANA has updated this MIB module based on expert review as defined in [RFC5226]. Each new assignment of PW type or PW PSN type made by IANA based on the procedures described in [RFC4446] should be documented in the online version of IANA-PWE3-MIB. The current IANA-PWE3-MIB contains PW types as requested in [RFC4446] and [RFC4863]. IANA-PWE3-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- [RFC2578] TEXTUAL-CONVENTION FROM SNMPv2-TC; -- [RFC2579] ianaPwe3MIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "200906110000Z" -- 11 June 2009 00:00:00 GMT ORGANIZATION "IANA" CONTACT-INFO "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601 Phone: +1 310 823 9358 EMail: iana@iana.org" DESCRIPTION "This MIB module defines the IANAPwTypeTC and IANAPwPsnTypeTC textual conventions for use in PWE3 MIB modules. Any additions or changes to the contents of this MIB module require either publication of an RFC, Designated Expert Review as defined in RFC 5226, Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs, and should be based on the procedures defined in [RFC4446]. The Designated Expert will be selected by the IESG Area Director(s) of the internet Area. Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the
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           following conditions are met:

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       REVISION     "200906110000Z"  -- 11 June 2009 00:00:00 GMT
       DESCRIPTION  "Original version, published as part of RFC 5601."
       ::= { mib-2 174 }

   IANAPwTypeTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
      STATUS     current
      DESCRIPTION
         "Indicates the PW type (i.e., the carried service). "
    SYNTAX   INTEGER {
       other(0),
       frameRelayDlciMartiniMode(1),
       atmAal5SduVcc(2),
       atmTransparent(3),
       ethernetTagged(4),
       ethernet(5),
       hdlc(6),
       ppp(7),
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       cem(8),  -- Historic type
       atmCellNto1Vcc(9),
       atmCellNto1Vpc(10),
       ipLayer2Transport(11),
       atmCell1to1Vcc(12),
       atmCell1to1Vpc(13),
       atmAal5PduVcc(14),
       frameRelayPortMode(15),
       cep(16),
       e1Satop(17),
       t1Satop(18),
       e3Satop(19),
       t3Satop(20),
       basicCesPsn(21),
       basicTdmIp(22),
       tdmCasCesPsn(23),
       tdmCasTdmIp(24),
       frDlci(25),
       wildcard (32767)
        }

   IANAPwPsnTypeTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
      STATUS      current
      DESCRIPTION
         "Identifies the PSN type that the PW will use over the
          network."
      SYNTAX   INTEGER {
         mpls        (1),
         l2tp        (2),
         udpOverIp   (3),
         mplsOverIp  (4),
         mplsOverGre (5),
         other       (6)
         }

   IANAPwCapabilities ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
      STATUS      current
      DESCRIPTION
         "This TC describes a collection of capabilities related to
          a specific PW.
          Values may be added in the future based on new capabilities
          introduced in IETF documents.
         "
     SYNTAX   BITS {
       pwStatusIndication (0), -- Applicable only if maintenance
                               -- protocol is in use.
       pwVCCV             (1)
     }
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