Network Working Group C. DeSanti Request for Comments: 4626 V. Gaonkar Category: Standards Track K. McCloghrie Cisco Systems S. Gai Retired September 2006
MIB for Fibre Channel's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) Protocol
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.
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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 for information related to the Fibre Channel network's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) routing protocol.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2 3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel .................................3 3.1. Introduction ...............................................3 3.2. FSPF Protocol ..............................................4 3.3. Virtual Fabrics ............................................4 4. Relationship to Other MIBs ......................................5 5. MIB Overview ....................................................5 5.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance ..........................5 5.2. Switch Index ...............................................6 5.3. Fabric Index ...............................................6 5.4. The MIB Groups .............................................6 5.4.1. The t11FspfGeneralGroup Group .......................6 5.4.2. The t11FspfIfGroup Group ............................7 5.4.3. The t11FspfDatabaseGroup Group ......................7 5.4.4. The t11FspfNotificationGroup Group ..................7 6. The T11-FC-FSPF-MIB Module ......................................7 7. Acknowledgements ...............................................31 8. IANA Considerations ............................................32 9. Security Considerations ........................................32 10. Normative References ..........................................33 11. Informative References ........................................34
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 for information related to the Fibre Channel network's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) routing protocol, which is specified in [FC-SW-4].
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 [RFC2119].
For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of RFC 3410 [RFC3410].
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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 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
The Fibre Channel (FC) is logically a bidirectional point-to-point serial data channel, structured for high performance. Fibre Channel provides a general transport vehicle for higher-level protocols, such as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets, the High- Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) data framing, IP (Internet Protocol), IEEE 802.2, and others.
Physically, Fibre Channel is an interconnection of multiple communication points, called N_Ports, interconnected either by a switching network, called a Fabric, or by a point-to-point link. A Fibre Channel "node" consists of one or more N_Ports. A Fabric may consist of multiple Interconnect Elements, some of which are switches. An N_Port connects to the Fabric via a port on a switch called an F_Port. When multiple FC nodes are connected to a single port on a switch via an "Arbitrated Loop" topology, the switch port is called an FL_Port, and the nodes' ports are called NL_Ports. The term Nx_Port is used to refer to either an N_Port or an NL_Port. The term Fx_Port is used to refer to either an F_Port or an FL_Port. A switch port, which is interconnected to another switch port via an Inter-Switch Link (ISL), is called an E_Port. A B_Port connects a bridge device with an E_Port on a switch; a B_Port provides a subset of E_Port functionality.
Many Fibre Channel components, including the fabric, each node, and most ports, have globally-unique names. These globally-unique names are typically formatted as World Wide Names (WWNs). More information on WWNs can be found in [FC-FS]. WWNs are expected to be persistent across agent and unit resets.
Fibre Channel frames contain 24-bit address identifiers that identify the frame's source and destination ports. Each FC port has both an address identifier and a WWN. When a fabric is in use, the FC address identifiers are dynamic and are assigned by a switch. Each octet of a 24-bit address represents a level in an address hierarchy, a Domain_ID being the highest level of the hierarchy.
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The routing of frames within the Fabric is normally based on a routing protocol called Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF). FSPF is a link state path selection protocol, which is defined in Section 8 of [FC-SW-4]. FSPF keeps track of the state of the links on all switches in the Fabric and associates a cost with each link. The protocol computes paths from a switch to all the other switches in the Fabric by adding the cost of all the links traversed by the path, and choosing the path that minimizes the cost. The collection of link states (including cost) of all the switches in a Fabric constitutes the topology database (or link-state database).
a) A Hello protocol, used to establish connectivity with a neighbor switch, to establish the identity of the neighbor switch, and to exchange FSPF parameters and capabilities;
b) A replicated topology database, with protocols and mechanisms to keep the databases synchronized across the Fabric;
c) A path computation algorithm (e.g., Dijkstra's algorithm);
d) A routing table update.
The topology database synchronization in turn consists of two major components: an initial database synchronization and an update mechanism. The initial database synchronization is used when a switch is initialized, or when an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) comes up. The update mechanism is used in two circumstances:
a) When there is a link state change; for example, an ISL going down or coming up;
b) On a periodic basis, to prevent switches from deleting topology information from the database.
Also note that all connections between Fibre Channel switches are point-to-point.
The latest standard for an interconnecting Fabric containing multiple Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-4]. [FC-SW-4] carries forward the previous version's specification for the operation of a single Fabric in a physical infrastructure, augmenting it with the definition of Virtual Fabrics and with the specification of how multiple Virtual
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Fabrics can operate within one (or more) physical infrastructures. The use of Virtual Fabrics provides for each frame to be tagged in its header to indicate which one of several Virtual Fabrics that frame is being transmitted on. All frames entering a particular "Core Switch" [FC-SW-4] (i.e., a physical switch) on the same Virtual Fabric are processed by the same "Virtual Switch" within that Core switch.
The first standardized MIB module for Fibre Channel [RFC4044] was focussed on Fibre Channel switches. It is being replaced by the more generic Fibre Channel Management MIB [FC-MGMT] which defines basic information for Fibre Channel hosts and switches, including extensions to the standard IF-MIB [RFC2863] for Fibre Channel interfaces.
This MIB module extends beyond [FC-MGMT] to cover the operation of the FSPF routing protocol in Fibre Channel switches.
This MIB module only contains information specific to FSPF. Information that would still be applicable if any other routing protocol were used is specified in a separate MIB module.
This MIB module imports some common Textual Conventions from T11-TC- MIB, defined in [RFC4439].
A Fibre Channel management instance is defined in [FC-MGMT] as a separable managed instance of Fibre Channel functionality. Fibre Channel functionality may be grouped into Fibre Channel management instances in whatever way is most convenient for the implementation(s). For example, one such grouping accommodates a single SNMP agent with multiple AgentX [RFC2741] sub-agents, with each sub-agent implementing a different Fibre Channel management instance.
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The object, fcmInstanceIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB [FC-MGMT] as the index value that uniquely identifies each Fibre Channel management instance within the same SNMP context ([RFC3411], Section 3.3.1).
The FC-MGMT-MIB [FC-MGMT] defines the fcmSwitchTable as a table of information about Fibre Channel switches that are managed by Fibre Channel management instances. Each Fibre Channel management instance can manage one or more Fibre Channel switches. The Switch Index, fcmSwitchIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB as the index value that uniquely identifies a Fibre Channel switch among those (one or more) managed by the same Fibre Channel management instance.
Whether operating on a physical Fabric (i.e., without Virtual Fabrics) or within a Virtual Fabric, the operation of FSPF within a Fabric is identical. Therefore, this MIB module defines all Fabric- related information in tables that are INDEX-ed by an arbitrary integer, named a "Fabric Index", the syntax of which is IMPORTed from the T11-TC-MIB. When a device is connected to a single physical Fabric, without use of any virtual Fabrics, the value of this Fabric Index will always be 1. In an environment of multiple virtual and/or physical Fabrics, this index provides a means to distinguish one Fabric from another.
It is quite possible, and may even be likely, that a Fibre Channel switch will have ports connected to multiple virtual and/or physical Fabrics. Thus, in order to simplify a management protocol query concerning all the Fabrics to which a single switch is connected, fcmSwitchIndex will be listed before t11FspfFabricIndex when they both appear in the same INDEX clause.
T11-FC-FSPF-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN -- -- For management of FSPF, the Fibre Channel routing protocol. --
IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE, Counter32, Integer32, Unsigned32, TimeTicks, Gauge32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- [RFC2578] MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- [RFC2580] TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus, StorageType, TruthValue FROM SNMPv2-TC -- [RFC2579] ifIndex, InterfaceIndex FROM IF-MIB -- [RFC2863] fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, FcDomainIdOrZero FROM FC-MGMT-MIB -- [FC-MGMT] T11FabricIndex FROM T11-TC-MIB -- [RFC4439] t11FamConfigDomainId FROM T11-FC-FABRIC-ADDR-MGR-MIB; -- [RFC4439]
t11FcFspfMIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "200608140000Z" ORGANIZATION "T11" CONTACT-INFO "Claudio DeSanti Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA EMail: cds@cisco.com
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Keith McCloghrie Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA USA 95134 Email: kzm@cisco.com" DESCRIPTION "The MIB module for managing the Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) protocol. FSPF is specified in FC-SW-4.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of this MIB module is part of RFC 4626; see the RFC itself for full legal notices." REVISION "200608140000Z" DESCRIPTION "Initial version of this MIB module published as RFC4626."
T11FspfInterfaceState ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The state of the FSPF Neighbor Finite State Machine for the neighbor (switch) on a particular interface. Possible values are :
T11FspfLastCreationTime ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This TC describes an object that stores the last time it, and the row containing it, was created.
This can be used by management applications to determine that a row has been deleted and re-created between reads, causing an otherwise undetectable discontinuity in the data." SYNTAX TimeTicks
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-- -- t11FspfTable
t11FspfTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table allows the users to configure and monitor FSPF's per-Fabric parameters and statistics on all Fabrics known to locally managed switches.
Entries are created/removed by the agent if and when (Virtual) Fabrics are created/deleted." ::= { t11FspfConfiguration 1 }
t11FspfEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry containing FSPF variables, parameters, and statistics on a particular switch (identified by values of fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex) for a particular Fabric (identified by a t11FspfFabricIndex value).
(Note that the local switch's per-fabric Domain-ID is available in t11FamConfigDomainId, which is defined in T11-FC-FABRIC-ADDR-MGR-MIB.)" INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex } ::= { t11FspfTable 1 }
t11FspfFabricIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FabricIndex MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique index value that uniquely identifies a particular Fabric.
In a Fabric conformant to FC-SW-4, multiple Virtual Fabrics can operate within one (or more) physical infrastructures. In such a case, index value is used to uniquely identify a particular Fabric within a physical infrastructure.
In a Fabric that has (can have) only a single Fabric operating within the physical infrastructure, the value of this Fabric Index will always be 1." ::= { t11FspfEntry 1 }
t11FspfMinLsArrival OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535) UNITS "milliSeconds" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The minimum time after accepting a Link State Record (LSR) on this Fabric before accepting another update of the same LSR on the same Fabric.
An LSR update that is not accepted because of this time interval is discarded." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, sections 8.6.4.5 & 15.1." DEFVAL {1000} ::= { t11FspfEntry 2 }
t11FspfMinLsInterval OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535) UNITS "milliSeconds" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The minimum time after this switch sends an LSR on this Fabric before it will send another update of the same LSR on the same Fabric." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 15.1."
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DEFVAL {5000} ::= { t11FspfEntry 3 }
t11FspfLsRefreshTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "Minutes" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The interval between transmission of refresh LSRs on this Fabric." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, sections 8.5.1 & 15.1." DEFVAL {30} ::= { t11FspfEntry 4 }
t11FspfMaxAge OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "Minutes" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The maximum age an LSR will be retained in the FSPF database on this Fabric. An LSR is removed from the database after MaxAge is reached." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 15.1." DEFVAL {60} ::= { t11FspfEntry 5 }
t11FspfMaxAgeDiscards OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of LSRs discarded due to their age reaching t11FspfMaxAge in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfEntry 6 }
t11FspfPathComputations OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of times that the path computation algorithm has been invoked by this Switch on this Fabric to compute a set of minimum cost paths for this Fabric. The last
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discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfCreateTime." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.1.1." ::= { t11FspfEntry 7 }
t11FspfChecksumErrors OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of FSPF checksum errors that were detected locally (and therefore discarded) on this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfCreateTime." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.5.4." ::= { t11FspfEntry 8 }
t11FspfLsrs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Gauge32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The current number of entries for this Fabric in the t11FspfLsrTable." ::= { t11FspfEntry 9 }
t11FspfCreateTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLastCreationTime MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of sysUpTime when this entry was last created." ::= { t11FspfEntry 10 }
t11FspfAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { up(1), down(2) } MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The desired state of FSPF in this Fabric. If value of this object is set to 'up', then FSPF is enabled in this Fabric. If set to 'down', then FSPF is disabled in this Fabric -- when FSPF is disabled, FSPF provides
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no routes to be included in the T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB module. (see the T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB)." REFERENCE "T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB, The Fibre Channel Routing Information MIB, RFC4625." DEFVAL {up} ::= { t11FspfEntry 11 }
t11FspfOperStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { up(1), down(2) } MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "State of FSPF in this Fabric. If 't11FspfAdminStatus' is 'down', then the 't11FspfOperStatus' should be 'down'. If 't11FspfAdminStatus' is changed to 'up', then 't11FspfOperStatus' should change to 'up' as and when FSPF is active in this Fabric." ::= { t11FspfEntry 12 }
t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Specifies whether or not the local agent should issue the notification 't11FspfNbrStateChangNotify' when the local switch learns of a change of state in the FSPF Neighbor Finite State Machine on an interface in this Fabric. If the value of the object is 'true, then the notification is generated. If the value is 'false', notification is not generated." DEFVAL { false } ::= { t11FspfEntry 13 }
t11FspfSetToDefault OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { default(1), noOp(2) } MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Setting this value to 'default' changes the value of each and every writable object in this row to its default
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value.
No action is taken if this object is set to 'noOp'. The value of the object, when read, is always 'noOp'." ::= { t11FspfEntry 14 }
t11FspfStorageType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX StorageType MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The storage type for read-write objects in this conceptual row.
Conceptual rows having the value 'permanent' need not allow write-access to any columnar objects in the row." DEFVAL { nonVolatile } ::= { t11FspfEntry 15 }
-- -- t11FspfIfTable
t11FspfIfTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfIfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table allows the users to configure and monitor the FSPF parameters that are per-interface (identified by a t11FspfIfIndex value), per-Fabric (identified by a t11FspfFabricIndex value), and per-switch (identified by values of fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex).
Creating a row in this table via t11FspfIfRowStatus provides the means to specify non-default parameter value(s) for an interface at a time when the relevant row in this table would not otherwise exist because the interface is either down or it is not an E_Port, but the corresponding row in the t11FspfTable must already exist.
After the non-default values have been specified for a port's parameters, they need to be retained in this table, even when the port becomes 'isolated'. However, having unnecessary rows in this table clutters it up and makes those rows that are useful harder for an NMS to find. Therefore, when an E_Port becomes isolated, its row gets deleted if and only if all of its parameter values are the default values; also, when an E_Port becomes non-isolated
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in a particular Fabric, a row in this table needs to exist and is automatically created, if necessary.
The specific conditions for an automated/implicit deletion of a row are: a) if the corresponding interface is no longer an E_Port (e.g., a G_Port which is dynamically determined to be an F_Port), and all configurable parameters have default values; or b) if the interface identified by t11FspfIfIndex no longer exists (e.g., because a line-card is physically removed); or c) if the corresponding row in the t11FspfTable is deleted. " ::= { t11FspfConfiguration 2 }
t11FspfIfEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfIfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry containing FSPF information for the interface identified by t11FspfIfIndex, on the fabric identified by t11FspfFabricIndex, on the switch identified by fcmSwitchIndex." INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex, t11FspfIfIndex } ::= { t11FspfIfTable 1 }
t11FspfIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX InterfaceIndex MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of ifIndex that identifies the local Fibre Channel interface for which this entry contains FSPF information." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 1 }
t11FspfIfHelloInterval OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535) UNITS "Seconds" MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Interval between the periodic HELLO messages sent on this interface in this Fabric to verify the link health. Note that this value must be same at both ends of a link in this Fabric." DEFVAL {20} ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 2 }
t11FspfIfDeadInterval OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (2..65535) UNITS "Seconds" MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Maximum time for which no HELLO messages can be received on this interface in this Fabric. After this time, the interface is assumed to be broken and removed from the database. Note that this value must be greater than the HELLO interval specified on this interface in this Fabric." DEFVAL {80} ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 3 }
t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535) UNITS "Seconds" MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION
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"The time after which an unacknowledged LSR is retransmitted on this interface in this Fabric." DEFVAL {5} ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 4 }
t11FspfIfInLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of Link State Update (LSU) packets received on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 5 }
t11FspfIfInLsaPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of Link State Acknowledgement (LSA) packets received on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 6 }
t11FspfIfOutLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of Link State Update (LSU) packets transmitted on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 7 }
t11FspfIfOutLsaPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of Link State Acknowledgement (LSA) packets transmitted on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 8 }
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t11FspfIfOutHelloPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of HELLO packets transmitted on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 9 }
t11FspfIfInHelloPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of HELLO packets received on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 10 }
t11FspfIfRetransmittedLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of LSU packets that contained one or more retransmitted LSRs, and that were transmitted on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 11 }
t11FspfIfInErrorPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of invalid FSPF control packets received on this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 12 }
t11FspfIfNbrState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfInterfaceState MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The state of FSPF's 'neighbor state machine', which is the operational state of the interaction with the
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neighbor's interface that is connected to this interface.
If the 't11FspfIfAdminStatus' is 'down', then this object should be 'down'. If the 't11FspfIfAdminStatus' is 'up', then this object's value depends on the state of FSPF's 'neighbor state machine' on this interface in this Fabric." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.7" ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 13 }
t11FspfIfNbrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The Domain Id of the neighbor in this Fabric." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 14 }
t11FspfIfNbrPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index, as known by the neighbor, of the neighbor's interface that is connected to this interface in this Fabric." REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 6.1.9.4." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 15 }
t11FspfIfAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { up(1), down(2) } MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The desired state of FSPF on this interface in this Fabric, whenever 't11FspfAdminStatus' is 'up'. If the value of this object is set to 'up', then FSPF is enabled on this interface in this Fabric. If set to 'down', then FSPF is disabled on this interface in this Fabric. Note that the operational state of FSPF on an interface is given by t11FspfIfNbrState." DEFVAL {up} ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 16 }
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t11FspfIfCreateTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLastCreationTime MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of sysUpTime when this entry was last created." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 17 }
t11FspfIfSetToDefault OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { default(1), noOp(2) } MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Setting this value to 'default' changes the value of each and every writable object in this row to its default value.
If all the configuration parameters have their default values, and if the interface is down, then the row is deleted automatically.
No action is taken if this object is set to 'noOp'. The value of the object, when read, is always 'noOp'." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 18 }
t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535) MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The administrative factor used in calculating the cost of sending a frame on this interface in this Fabric.
The formula used to calculate the link cost is:
Link Cost = S * (1.0625e12 / ifSpeed) where: S = (the value of this object / 100) ifSpeed = interface speed (as defined in the IF-MIB). " REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4), ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.5.5; and IF-MIB, RFC 2863."
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DEFVAL { 100 } ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 19 }
t11FspfIfStorageType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX StorageType MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The storage type for this conceptual row. Conceptual rows having the value 'permanent' need not allow write-access to any columnar objects in the row." DEFVAL { nonVolatile } ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 20 }
t11FspfIfRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX RowStatus MAX-ACCESS read-create STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The status of the conceptual row.
This object can be used to create an entry only if there is an entry in the t11FspfTable for the corresponding Fabric, and if the interface is either isolated or is a non-E_port.
Setting this object to 'destroy' will typically fail; to reverse the creation process, set the corresponding instance of t11FspfIfSetToDefault to 'default'." ::= { t11FspfIfEntry 21 }
-- -- t11FspfLsrTable
t11FspfLsrTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfLsrEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table is the database of all the latest incarnations of the Link State Records (LSRs) that are currently contained in the topology database, for all interfaces on all Fabrics known to locally managed switches.
A Fabric's topology database contains the LSRs that have been either issued or received by a local switch on that Fabric, and that have not reached t11FspfMaxAge."
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::= { t11FspfDatabase 1 }
t11FspfLsrEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLsrEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This gives information for the most recent update of an LSR. There is one entry for every LSR issued or received by a locally managed switch (identified by fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex) in a Fabric (identified by t11FspfFabricIndex)." INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex, t11FspfLsrDomainId, t11FspfLsrType } ::= { t11FspfLsrTable 1 }
t11FspfLsrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Domain Id of the LSR owner in this Fabric. It is the Link State Id of this LSR." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 1 }
t11FspfLsrType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLsrType MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Type of this LSR." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 2 }
t11FspfLsrAdvDomainId OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION
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"Domain Id of the switch that is advertising the LSR on the behalf of the switch owning it." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 3 }
t11FspfLsrAge OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535) UNITS "Seconds" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The time since this LSR was inserted into the database." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 4 }
t11FspfLsrIncarnationNumber OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..4294967295) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The link state incarnation number of this LSR. This is used to identify most recent instance of an LSR while updating the topology database when an LSR is received. The updating of an LSR includes incrementing its incarnation number prior to transmission of the updated LSR. So, the most recent LSR is the one with the largest incarnation number." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 5 }
t11FspfLsrCheckSum OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The checksum of the LSR." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 6 }
t11FspfLsrLinks OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65355) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of entries in the t11FspfLinkTable associated with this LSR." ::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 7 } -- -- t11FspfLinkTable
MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of rows in the t11FspfLinkTable." ::= { t11FspfDatabase 3 }
t11FspfLinkTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfLinkEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table contains the list of Inter-Switch Links and their information that is part of an LSR, either received or transmitted." ::= { t11FspfDatabase 4 }
t11FspfLinkEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLinkEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry that contains information about a link contained in an LSR in this Fabric. An entry is created whenever a new link appears in an (issued or received) LSR. An entry is deleted when a link no longer appears in an (issued or received) LSR." INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex, t11FspfLsrDomainId, t11FspfLsrType, t11FspfLinkIndex} ::= { t11FspfLinkTable 1 }
t11FspfLinkIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..4294967295) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An arbitrary index of this link." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 1 }
t11FspfLinkNbrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE
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SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The Domain Id of the neighbor on the other end of this link in this Fabric." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 2 }
t11FspfLinkPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The source E_port of this link, as indicated by the index value in the LSR received from the switch identified by 't11FspfLsrDomainId'." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 3 }
t11FspfLinkNbrPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The destination E_port of this link, as indicated by the index value in the LSR received from the switch identified by 't11FspfLinkNbrDomainId'." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 4 }
t11FspfLinkType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfLinkType MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The type of this link." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 5 }
t11FspfLinkCost OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (0..65535) MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The cost of sending a frame on this link in this Fabric. Link cost is calculated using the formula:
link cost = S * (1.0625e12 / Signalling Rate)
For issued LSRs, S is determined by the value of t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor for the corresponding interface
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and Fabric." ::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 6 }
-- -- Notification-related object
t11FspfIfPrevNbrState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX T11FspfInterfaceState MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The previous state of FSPF's Neighbor Finite State Machine on an interface.
This object is only used in the 't11FspfNbrStateChangNotify' notification." ::= { t11FspfConfiguration 3 }
-- -- Notifications
t11FspfNbrStateChangNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { ifIndex, t11FamConfigDomainId, t11FspfIfNbrDomainId, t11FspfIfNbrState, t11FspfIfPrevNbrState } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification signifies that there has been a change in the state of an FSPF neighbor. This is generated when the FSPF state changes to a terminal state, through either regression (i.e., goes from Full to Init or Down) or progression (i.e., from any state to Full). The value of 't11FspfIfNbrState' is the state of the neighbor after the change." ::= { t11FspfNotifications 1 }
t11FspfMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for entities that implement the FSPF." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { t11FspfGeneralGroup, t11FspfIfGroup, t11FspfDatabaseGroup, t11FspfNotificationGroup }
GROUP t11FspfIfCounterGroup DESCRIPTION "These counters, for particular FSPF-packet occurrences on an interface, are mandatory only for those systems that count such events."
OBJECT t11FspfIfRowStatus SYNTAX INTEGER { active(1) } MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required, so only one value needs to be supported."
OBJECT t11FspfIfStorageType MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfMinLsArrival MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfMinLsInterval MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfAdminStatus MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
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OBJECT t11FspfSetToDefault MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfStorageType MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfHelloInterval MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfDeadInterval MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfAdminStatus MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfSetToDefault MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
OBJECT t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required."
t11FspfMaxAge, t11FspfMaxAgeDiscards, t11FspfPathComputations, t11FspfChecksumErrors, t11FspfLsrs, t11FspfCreateTime, t11FspfAdminStatus, t11FspfOperStatus, t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable, t11FspfSetToDefault, t11FspfStorageType } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for displaying and configuring FSPF parameters." ::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 1 }
t11FspfIfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { t11FspfIfHelloInterval, t11FspfIfDeadInterval, t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval, t11FspfIfNbrState, t11FspfIfNbrDomainId, t11FspfIfNbrPortIndex, t11FspfIfAdminStatus, t11FspfIfCreateTime, t11FspfIfSetToDefault, t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor, t11FspfIfRowStatus, t11FspfIfStorageType, t11FspfIfPrevNbrState } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for displaying the FSPF interface information." ::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 2 }
t11FspfIfCounterGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { t11FspfIfInLsuPkts, t11FspfIfInLsaPkts, t11FspfIfOutLsuPkts, t11FspfIfOutLsaPkts, t11FspfIfOutHelloPkts, t11FspfIfInHelloPkts, t11FspfIfRetransmittedLsuPkts, t11FspfIfInErrorPkts } STATUS current DESCRIPTION
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"A collection of objects for counting particular FSPF-packet occurrences on an interface." ::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 3 }
t11FspfDatabaseGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { t11FspfLsrAdvDomainId, t11FspfLsrAge, t11FspfLsrIncarnationNumber, t11FspfLsrCheckSum, t11FspfLsrLinks, t11FspfLinkNbrDomainId, t11FspfLinkPortIndex, t11FspfLinkNbrPortIndex, t11FspfLinkType, t11FspfLinkCost, t11FspfLinkNumber } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects for displaying the FSPF topology database information." ::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 4 } t11FspfNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP NOTIFICATIONS { t11FspfNbrStateChangNotify } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of notifications for FSPF." ::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 5 } END
This document was originally developed and approved by the INCITS Task Group T11.5 (http://www.t11.org) as the SM-FSM project. We wish to acknowledge the many contributions and comments from the INCITS Technical Committee T11, including the following:
T11 Chair: Robert Snively, Brocade T11 Vice Chair: Claudio DeSanti, Cisco Systems T11.5 Chair: Roger Cummings, Symantec T11.5 members, especially: Ken Hirata, Emulex Scott Kipp, McData Elizabeth G. Rodriguez, Dot Hill
The document was subsequently approved by the IETF's IMSS Working Group, chaired by David Black (EMC Corporation). We also wish to acknowledge Bert Wijnen (Lucent Technologies), the IETF Area Director, for his review of the document.
There are several management objects defined in this MIB module with a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. Such objects may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. The support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. These objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability are:
t11FspfMinLsArrival, t11FspfMinLsInterval, t11FspfIfHelloInterval, t11FspfIfDeadInterval & t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval -- alter the responsiveness of the FSPF protocol
t11FspfAdminStatus & t11FspfIfAdminStatus -- enable/disable dynamic routing via FSPF
The support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations.
Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects with a MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over the network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
t11FspfTable -- contains per-Fabric parameters and statistics
t11FspfIfTable -- contains per-interface parameters and statistics
t11FspfLsrTable & t11FspfLinkTable -- database of LSR information,
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SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then, there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB module.
It is RECOMMENDED that implementors consider the security features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8), including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for authentication and privacy).
Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to enable cryptographic security. It is then a customer/operator responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.
[RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999.
[RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999.
[RFC2863] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB", RFC 2863, June 2000.
[RFC3411] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks", STD 62, RFC 3411, December 2002.
[FC-FS] "Fibre Channel - Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)" ANSI INCITS 373-2003, April 2003.
[RFC2741] Daniele, M., Wijnen, B., Ellison, M., and D. Francisco, "Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1", RFC 2741, January 2000.
[RFC4044] McCloghrie, K., "Fibre Channel Management MIB", RFC 4044, May 2005.
[RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart, "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet- Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002.
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Authors' Addresses
Claudio DeSanti Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA
Phone: +1 408 853-9172 EMail: cds@cisco.com
Vinay Gaonkar Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA
Phone: +1 408 527-8576 EMail: vgaonkar@cisco.com
Keith McCloghrie Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA USA 95134
Phone: +1 408-526-5260 EMail: kzm@cisco.com
Silvano Gai Retired
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