Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 2456
Category: Standards Track
B. Clouston
Cisco Systems
B. Moore
IBM Corporation
November 1998

Definitions of Managed Objects

for APPN TRAPS

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 © The Internet Society (1998). 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 defines objects for receiving notifications from network devices with APPN (Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network) and DLUR (Dependent LU Requester) capabilities. This memo identifies notifications for the APPN and DLUR architecture.

Table of Contents

   1.     Introduction  ...........................................  2
   2.     The SNMP Network Management Framework  ..................  2
   3.     Overview  ...............................................  3
   3.1      APPN TRAP MIB structure  ..............................  5
   4.     Definitions  ............................................  6
   5.     Security Considerations  ................................ 17
   6.     Intellectual Property  .................................. 17
   7.     Acknowledgments  ........................................ 18
   8.     References  ............................................. 18
   9.     Authors' Addresses  ..................................... 20
   10.    Full Copyright Statement  ............................... 21

1. Introduction

This document is a product of the SNA NAU Services MIB Working Group. It defines a MIB module for notifications for devices with Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) and Dependent LU Requester (DLUR) capabilities.

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 [13].

2. The SNMP Network Management Framework

The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major components:

   o    An overall architecture, described in RFC 2271 [1].
   
   o    Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
        purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
        Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
        STD 16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4]. The
        second version, called SMIv2, is described in RFC 1902 [5], RFC
        1903 [6] and RFC 1904 [7].
   
   o    Message protocols for transferring management information. The
        first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP
        message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
        protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and
        RFC 1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is
        called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2272 [11] and
        RFC 2274 [12].
   
   o    Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
        first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second set of protocol
        operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
        [13].
   
   o    A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2273 [14] and
        the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2275
        [15].

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the MIB.

3. Overview

This document identifies the set of objects for reporting the status of devices with APPN and DLUR capabilities via notifications.

See the SNANAU APPN MIB [18] and SNANAU DLUR MIB [19] for the objects for monitoring the configuration and active characteristics of the devices with APPN and DLUR capabilities. Many objects contained in the notifications of this MIB are imported from the APPN and DLUR MIBs. Implementors of this MIB must also implement the APPN MIB. Implementations that support the appnTrapMibDlurConfGroup and the appnTrapMibDlurNotifGroup must also implement the DLUR MIB.

The SNANAU APPN MIB allows a management station to collect the network topology of an APPN network (the network nodes (NNs) in the network and all of transmission groups (TGs) between the network nodes) from an APPN device. It also allows the management station to collect the local topology (TGs to end stations, and locally defined ports and link stations) from an APPN device. While the SNANAU APPN MIB has an efficient way to poll the APPN device for updates to the network topology, using flow reduction sequence numbers (FRSNs) as a table index; it does not have a mechanism to poll the local topology tables (appnLocalTgTable, appnPortTable, and appnLsTable) for status changes.

This MIB provides a mechanism for an APPN device to send notifications to inform the management station of status changes to rows of these tables. Status changes include operational state changes, and for TGs also include control-point to control-point (CP-CP) session state changes. A notification is defined for each type of status change for each table.

The port and link operational state objects have intermediate states. Notifications are only sent for transition to active or inactive state.

Notifications are only sent for row creation if the state is active or operational. This is done to avoid sending a notification as the row is created with an inactive initial state, followed by another notification as the resource is activated.

Notifications are only sent for row deletion if the last state was active or operational. In most cases, a resource must be deactivated before it can be deleted, and the deactivation will cause a notification to be sent. There is no need for a second notification to be sent for the row deletion, except for the case where the deletion occurred without deactivation. In this case, the state of the object in the notification will indicate an inactve state, since a deleted resource can no longer be active.

The purpose of the appnLocalTgCpCpStateChangeTrap notification is to identify the loss or recovery of CP-CP sessions on a TG while the TG remains operational. Thus this notification is only sent if there is a change to an appnLocalTgCpCpSession object, but not a change to the appnLocalTgOperational object. This notification is never sent for the creation or deletion of a row in the appnLocalTgTable.

Each notification always contains an object which is a count of the number of times the status of a row in table has changed since the APPN node was last reinitialized. This enables a management station to detect that it has missed a notification, if it does not get the notifications in numerical sequence. If the notifications are not in sequence, the management station should retrieve the entire table to get the correct status for all rows.

Similarly, the SNANAU DLUR MIB provides a mechanism for retrieving the configuration and status of dependent LU server (DLUS) sessions on a device with DLUR capabilities. This MIB defines a notification for a DLUR-DLUS session state change of a row in the dlurDlusTable, in the manner described above. A notification is only sent for a session state transition to active or inactive. As with the above notifications, it is only sent on row creation if the initial state is active; and on row deletion is the last state was active, in which case the notification indicates that the state is now inactive.

The SNANAU APPN MIB also provides a mechanism for a management station to collect traffic statistics on intermediate sessions, primarily for accounting purposes. However, when the session is terminated, all statistics from the last poll until the session termination time are lost, since the row for that session is deleted from the appnIsInTable. This MIB defines a notification so that the session's final statistics can be sent to a management station. If the notification is not delivered, the final session statistics are lost. If this is a concern, polling of the appnIsInTable in the APPN

MIB should be increased to more likely reduce the time between the last poll and the session termination, thereby reducing the amount of data lost.

Highlights of the management functions supported by the APPN TRAP MIB module include the following:

   o    A notification for an APPN local TG operational state change.
   
   o    A notification for an APPN local TG CP-CP session state change.
   
   o    A notification for an APPN port operational state change.
   
   o    A notification for an APPN link station operational state
        change.
   
   o    A notification for a DLUR-DLUS session state change.
   
   o    A notification for reporting final APPN intermediate session
        statistics.

This MIB module does not support:

   o    Objects to query the configuration or status of APPN nodes on
        demand.
   
   o    Notifications for changes to local topology tables not related
        to status.

3.1. APPN TRAP MIB Structure

The APPN TRAP MIB module contains a group of notifications, and a group of supporting objects.

The group of notifications consists of the following notifications:

  1. appnIsrAccountingDataTrap

This notification is generated by an APPN device when an intermediate session is terminating, to report the final accounting statistics of the session.

  1. appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap

This notification identifies a change to the appnLocalTgOperational object in a row of the SNANAU APPN MIB appnLocalTgTable.

  1. appnLocalTgCpCpStateChangeTrap

This notification identifies a change to the appnLocalTgCpCpSession object in a row of the SNANAU APPN MIB appnLocalTgTable.

  1. appnPortOperStateChangeTrap

This notification identifies a change to the appnPortOperState object in a row of the SNANAU APPN MIB appnPortTable.

  1. appnLsOperStateChangeTrap

This notification identifies a change to the appnLsOperState object in a row of the SNANAU APPN MIB appnLsTable.

  1. dlurDlusStateChangeTrap

This notification identifies a change to the dlurDlusSessnStatus object in a row of the SNANAU DLUR MIB dlurDlusTable.

The group of supporting objects contains the appnTrapControl object, which controls whether the APPN device generates each type of notification. Note that generation of the appnIsrAccountingDataTrap is not controlled by this object; instead it is controlled by the appnIsInGlobalCtrAdminStatus object in the SNANAU APPN MIB.

Although APPN notification generation could be controlled solely by entries in the snmpNotificationMIB, RFC 2273 [9], the appnTrapControl object exists in this MIB so that implementations are not required to implement RFC 2273 to control generation of APPN notifications. For a notification to be generated and sent as a TRAP or INFORM, the notification type must first be enabled by the appnTrapControl object. It must also not be disabled by an snmpNotificationMIB entry. The destination of notifications is not within the scope of this MIB.

Also contained in this group are objects for the TG, port, link, and DLUR-DLUS session notifications to indicate the number of times each of the tables has had a status change of a row since the APPN node was last reinitialized.

4. Definitions

APPN-TRAP-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS

Counter32, OBJECT-TYPE, MODULE-IDENTITY,

NOTIFICATION-TYPE

                FROM SNMPv2-SMI
        
        MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP
                FROM SNMPv2-CONF
        
        appnMIB, appnIsInP2SFmdPius, appnIsInS2PFmdPius,
        appnIsInP2SNonFmdPius, appnIsInS2PNonFmdPius,
        appnIsInP2SFmdBytes, appnIsInS2PFmdBytes,
        appnIsInP2SNonFmdBytes, appnIsInS2PNonFmdBytes,
        appnIsInSessUpTime, appnObjects,
        appnLocalTgOperational, appnLocalTgCpCpSession,
        appnPortOperState, appnLsOperState,
        appnCompliances, appnGroups
                 FROM APPN-MIB

dlurDlusSessnStatus

                 FROM APPN-DLUR-MIB;

appnTrapMIB MODULE-IDENTITY

        LAST-UPDATED  "9808310000Z" -- August 31, 1998
        ORGANIZATION  "IETF SNA NAU MIB WG / AIW APPN MIBs SIG"
        CONTACT-INFO

"

                        Bob Clouston
                        Cisco Systems
                        7025 Kit Creek Road
                        P.O. Box 14987
                        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
                        Tel:    1 919 472 2333
                        E-mail: clouston@cisco.com
      
                        Bob Moore
                        IBM Corporation
                        4205 S. Miami Boulevard
                        BRQA/501
                        P.O. Box 12195
                        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
                        Tel:    1 919 254 4436
                        E-mail: remoore@us.ibm.com
                "
      DESCRIPTION
                "This MIB module defines notifications to be generated by
                network devices with APPN capabilities.  It presupposes
                support for the APPN MIB.  It also presupposes
                support for the DLUR MIB for implementations
                that support the DLUR-related groups."

::= { appnMIB 0 }

-- *********************************************************************
-- Notifications
-- *********************************************************************

appnIsrAccountingDataTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                appnIsInP2SFmdPius,
                appnIsInS2PFmdPius,
                appnIsInP2SNonFmdPius,
                appnIsInS2PNonFmdPius,
                appnIsInP2SFmdBytes,
                appnIsInS2PFmdBytes,
                appnIsInP2SNonFmdBytes,
                appnIsInS2PNonFmdBytes,
                appnIsInSessUpTime
               }
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "When it has been enabled, this notification is generated by an
          APPN node whenever an ISR session passing through the node is
          taken down, regardless of whether the session went down
          normally or abnormally.  Its purpose is to allow a management
          application (primarily an accounting application) that is
          monitoring the ISR counts to receive the final values of these
          counts, so that the application can properly account for the
          amounts the counts were incremented since the last time the
          application polled them.  The appnIsInSessUpTime object
          provides the total amount of time that the session was active.

This notification is not a substitute for polling the ISR counts. In particular, the count values reported in this notification cannot be assumed to be the complete totals for the life of the session, since they may have wrapped while the session was up.

The session to which the objects in this notification apply is identified by the fully qualified CP name and PCID that make up the table index. An instance of this notification will contain exactly one instance of each of its objects, and these objects will all belong to the same conceptual row of the appnIsInTable.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the same object in the APPN MIB, appnIsInGlobeCtrAdminStatus, that controls whether the count objects themselves are being incremented."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 1 }

appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                appnLocalTgTableChanges,
                appnLocalTgOperational
               }
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "When it has been enabled, this notification makes it possible
          for an APPN topology application to get asynchronous
          notifications of local TG operational state changes,
          and thus to reduce the frequency with which it polls
          for these changes.

This notification is sent whenever there is a change to the appnLocalTgOperational object in a row of the appnLocalTgTable. This notification is only sent for row creation if the row is created with a value of 'true' for appnLocalTgOperational. This notification is only sent for row deletion if the last value of appnLocalTgOperational was 'true'. In this case, the value of appnLocalTgOperational in the notification shall be 'false', since the deletion of a row indicates that the TG is no longer operational.

The notification is more than a simple 'poll me now' indication. It carries both a count of local TG topology changes, and the current operational state itself. The count of changes allows an application to detect lost notifications, either when polling or upon receiving a subsequent notification, at which point it knows it must retrieve the entire appnLocalTgTable again. This is the same count as used in the appnLocalCpCpStateChangeTrap. A lost notification could indicate a local TG CP-CP session state change or an operational state change.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the appnTrapControl object."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 2 }

appnLocalTgCpCpChangeTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                appnLocalTgTableChanges,
                appnLocalTgCpCpSession
               }
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "When it has been enabled, this notification makes it possible

for an APPN topology application to get asynchronous notifications of local TG control-point to control-point (CP-CP) session state changes, and thus to reduce the
frequency with which it polls for these changes.

This notification is sent whenever there is a change to the appnLocalTgCpCpSession object but NOT the appnLocalTgOperational object in a row of the appnLocalTgTable. This notification is never sent for appnLocalTgTable row creation or deletion.

The notification is more than a simple 'poll me now' indication. It carries both a count of local TG topology changes, and the current CP-CP session state itself. The count of changes allows an application to detect lost notifications, either when polling or upon receiving a subsequent notification, at which point it knows it must retrieve the entire appnLocalTgTable again. This is the same count as used in the appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap. A lost notification could indicate a local TG CP-CP session state change or an operational state change.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the appnTrapControl object."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 3 }

appnPortOperStateChangeTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                appnPortTableChanges,
                appnPortOperState
               }

STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

"When it has been enabled, this notification makes it possible for an APPN topology application to get asynchronous notifications of port operational state changes, and thus to reduce the frequency with which it polls for these changes. This notification is only sent when a appnPortOperState has transitioned to a value of 'active' or 'inactive'.

This notification is sent whenever there is a appnPortOperState object transition to 'inactive' or 'active' state in the appnPortTable. This notification is only sent for row creation if the row is created with a value of 'active' for appnPortOperState. This notification is only sent for row deletion if the last value of appnPortOperState was 'active'. In this case, the value of appnPortOperState
in the notification shall be 'inactive', since the deletion of a row indicates that the port is no longer active.

The notification is more than a simple 'poll me now' indication. It carries both a count of port table changes, and the operational state itself. The count of changes allows an application to detect lost notifications, either when polling or upon receiving a subsequent notification, at which point it knows it must retrieve the entire appnPortTable again.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the appnTrapControl object."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 4 }

appnLsOperStateChangeTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                appnLsTableChanges,
                appnLsOperState
               }
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "When it has been enabled, this notification makes it possible
          for an APPN topology application to get asynchronous
          notifications of link station operational state changes, and
          thus to reduce the frequency with which it polls for these
          changes.  This notification is only sent when a appnLsOperState
          has transitioned to a value of 'active' or 'inactive'.

This notification is sent whenever there is a appnLsOperState object transition to 'inactive' or 'active' state in the appnLsTable. This notification is only sent for row creation if the row is created with a value of 'active' for appnLsOperState. This notification is only sent for row deletion if the last value of appnLsOperState was 'active'. In this case, the value of appnLsOperState
in the notification shall be 'inactive', since the deletion of a row indicates that the link station is no longer active.

The notification is more than a simple 'poll me now' indication. It carries both a count of link station table changes, and the operational state itself. The count of changes allows an application to detect lost notifications, either when polling or upon receiving a subsequent notification, at which point it knows it must retrieve the entire appnLsTable again.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the appnTrapControl object."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 5 }

dlurDlusStateChangeTrap NOTIFICATION-TYPE

      OBJECTS  {
                dlurDlusTableChanges,
                dlurDlusSessnStatus
               }
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "When it has been enabled, this notification makes it possible
          for an APPN topology application to get asynchronous
          notifications of DLUR-DLUS session changes, and thus to reduce
          the frequency with which it polls for these changes.

This notification is sent whenever there is a dlurDlusSessnStatus object transition to 'inactive' or 'active' state in the dlurDlusTable. This notification is only sent for row creation if the row is created with a value of 'active' for dlurDlusSessnStatus. This notification is only sent for row deletion if the last value of dlurDlusSessnStatus was 'active'. In this case, the value of dlurDlusSessnStatus in the notification shall be 'inactive', since the deletion of a row indicates that the session is no longer active.

The notification is more than a simple 'poll me now' indication. It carries both a count of DLUR-DLUS table changes, and the session status itself. The count of changes allows an application to detect lost notifications, either when polling or upon receiving a subsequent notification, at which point it knows it must retrieve the entire dlurDlusTable again.

Generation of this notification is controlled by the appnTrapControl object."

      ::= { appnTrapMIB 6 }

-- *********************************************************************
-- Supporting Objects
-- *********************************************************************

appnTrapObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { appnObjects 7 }

appnTrapControl OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX BITS {

                   appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap(0),
                   appnLocalTgCpCpChangeTrap(1),
                   appnPortOperStateChangeTrap(2),
                   appnLsOperStateChangeTrap(3),
                   dlurDlusStateChangeTrap(4)
                   -- add other notification types here
                  }
      MAX-ACCESS read-write
      STATUS current
      DESCRIPTION
          "An object to turn APPN notification generation on and off.
          Setting a notification type's bit to 1 enables generation of
          notifications of that type, subject to further filtering
          resulting from entries in the snmpNotificationMIB.  Setting
          this bit to 0 disables generation of notifications of that
          type.
      
          Note that generation of the appnIsrAccountingDataTrap is
          controlled by the appnIsInGlobeCtrAdminStatus object in
          the APPN MIB:  if counts of intermediate session traffic
          are being kept at all, then the notification is also enabled."
      
      ::= { appnTrapObjects 1 }

appnLocalTgTableChanges OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

"A count of the number of times a row in the appnLocalTgTable has changed status since the APPN node was last reinitialized. This counter is incremented whenever a condition is detected that would cause a appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap or appnLocalTgCpCpChangeTrap notification to be sent, whether or not those notifications are enabled."

      ::= { appnTrapObjects 2 }

appnPortTableChanges OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

"A count of the number of times a row in the appnPortTable has changed status since the APPN node was last reinitialized. This counter is incremented whenever a condition is detected that would cause a appnPortOperStateChangeTrap notification to be sent, whether or not this notification is enabled."

      ::= { appnTrapObjects 3 }

appnLsTableChanges OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

"A count of the number of times a row in the appnLsTable has changed status since the APPN node was last reinitialized. This counter is incremented whenever a condition is detected that would cause a appnLsOperStateChangeTrap notification to be sent, whether or not this notification is enabled."

      ::= { appnTrapObjects 4 }

dlurDlusTableChanges OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

"A count of the number of times a row in the dlurDlusTable has changed status since the APPN node was last reinitialized. This counter is incremented whenever a condition is detected that would cause a dlurDlusStateChangeTrap notification
to be sent, whether or not this notification is enabled."

      ::= { appnTrapObjects 5 }

-- *********************************************************************
-- Conformance information
-- *********************************************************************

-- Tie into the conformance structure in the APPN MIB:
-- appnConformance       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {appnMIB 3 }
--
-- appnCompliances       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {appnConformance 1 }
-- appnGroups            OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {appnConformance 2 }

-- Compliance statement
appnTrapMibCompliance  MODULE-COMPLIANCE
       STATUS  current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The compliance statement for the SNMP entities that
           implement the APPN-TRAP-MIB."

       MODULE  -- this module

--     Conditionally mandatory groups
           GROUP appnTrapMibIsrNotifGroup
           DESCRIPTION

"This group is mandatory for APPN nodes supporting reporting of final ISR counter values via notifications."

GROUP appnTrapMibTopoConfGroup
DESCRIPTION

"This group is mandatory for APPN nodes supporting polling reduction for local topology."

GROUP appnTrapMibTopoNotifGroup
DESCRIPTION

"This group is mandatory for APPN nodes supporting polling reduction for local topology."

GROUP appnTrapMibDlurConfGroup
DESCRIPTION

"This group is mandatory for APPN nodes supporting

polling reduction for the dlurDlusTable."

GROUP appnTrapMibDlurNotifGroup
DESCRIPTION

"This group is mandatory for APPN nodes supporting

polling reduction for the dlurDlusTable."

OBJECT appnTrapControl

               MIN-ACCESS  read-only
               DESCRIPTION
                   "An agent is not required to support a set to
                   this object."
       
       ::= {appnCompliances 2 }

-- Units of conformance
appnTrapMibIsrNotifGroup    NOTIFICATION-GROUP
        NOTIFICATIONS {
                       appnIsrAccountingDataTrap
                      }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
            "A notification for reporting the final values of the
            APPN MIB's ISR counters."

        ::= { appnGroups 21 }

appnTrapMibTopoConfGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS  {
                  appnTrapControl,
                  appnLocalTgTableChanges,
                  appnPortTableChanges,
                  appnLsTableChanges
                 }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of objects for reducing the polling
            associated with the local topology tables in the
            APPN MIB.  Nodes that implement this group SHALL
            also implement the appnTrapMibTopoNotifGroup."

        ::= { appnGroups 22 }

appnTrapMibTopoNotifGroup    NOTIFICATION-GROUP
        NOTIFICATIONS {
                       appnLocalTgOperStateChangeTrap,
                       appnLocalTgCpCpChangeTrap,
                       appnPortOperStateChangeTrap,
                       appnLsOperStateChangeTrap

                      }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of notifications for reducing the polling
            associated with the local topology tables in the
            APPN MIB.  Nodes that implement this group SHALL
            also implement the appnTrapMibTopoConfGroup."

        ::= { appnGroups 23 }

appnTrapMibDlurConfGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS  {
                  appnTrapControl,
                  dlurDlusTableChanges
                 }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of objects for reducing the polling
            associated with the dlurDlusTable in the DLUR
            MIB.  Nodes that implement this group SHALL also
            implement the appnTrapMibDlurNotifGroup."

        ::= { appnGroups 24 }

appnTrapMibDlurNotifGroup    NOTIFICATION-GROUP
        NOTIFICATIONS {
                       dlurDlusStateChangeTrap
                      }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION

"A notification for reducing the polling associated
with the dlurDlusTable in the DLUR MIB. Nodes that implement this group SHALL also implement the appnTrapMibDlurConfGroup."

        ::= { appnGroups 25 }

END

5. Security Considerations

Certain management information defined in this MIB may be considered sensitive in some network environments. Therefore, authentication of received SNMP requests and controlled access to management information SHOULD be employed in such environments. An authentication protocol is defined in [12]. A protocol for access control is defined in [15].

None of the read-only objects in the APPN TRAP MIB reports a password, user data, or anything else that is particularly sensitive. Some enterprises view their network configuration itself, as well as information about network usage and performance, as corporate assets; such enterprises may wish to restrict SNMP access to most of the objects in the MIB.

There is one read-write object in the APPN TRAP MIB, appnTrapControl. This object controls the generation of the notifications defined in the APPN TRAP MIB.

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7. Acknowledgments

This MIB module is the product of the IETF SNA NAU MIB WG and the AIW APPN/HPR MIBs SIG.

8. References

   [1]  Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for
        Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2271, Cabletron
        Systems, Inc., BMC Software, Inc., IBM T. J. Watson Research,
        January 1998.
   
   [2]  Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
        Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD 16, RFC
        1155, May 1990.
   
   [3]  Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD 16,
        RFC 1212, March 1991.
   
   [4]  Rose, M., "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the
        SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991.
   
   [5]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
        "Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple
        Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1902, January 1996.
   
   [6]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Textual
        Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
        Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1903, January 1996.
   
   [7]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
        "Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network
        Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1904, January 1996.
   
   [8]  Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple
        Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990.
   
   [9]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
        "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January
        1996.
   
   [10] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
        "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
        Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996.
   
   [11] Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R., and B. Wijnen, "Message
        Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
        Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2272, January 1998.
   
   [12] Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM)
        for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
        (SNMPv3)", RFC 2274, January 1998.
   
   [13] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol
        Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
        Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996.
   
   [14] Levi, D., Meyer, P., and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications", RFC
        2273, January 1998.
   
   [15] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access
         Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol
         (SNMP)", RFC 2275, January 1998
   
   [16] Hovey, R., and S. Bradner, "The Organizations Involved in the
        IETF Standards Process", BCP 11, RFC 2028, October 1996.
   
   [17] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
   
   [18] Clouston, B., and B. Moore, "Definition of Managed Objects for
        APPN", RFC 2455, November 1998.
   
   [19] Clouston, B., and B. Moore, "Definitions of Managed Objects for
        DLUR", RFC 2232, November 1997.

9. Authors' Addresses

Bob Clouston
Cisco Systems
7025 Kit Creek Road
P.O. Box 14987
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

   Phone: +1 919 472 2333
   EMail: clouston@cisco.com
   
   Robert Moore
   Dept. BRQA/Bldg. 501/G114
   IBM Corporation
   P.O.Box 12195
   3039 Cornwallis
   Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
   
   Phone: +1 919 254 4436
   EMail: remoore@us.ibm.com

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