RFC 1315
Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs
RFC 1315: Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs ✨
Okay bestie, let's get into RFC 1315 🎀. It's titled Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs, written by C. Brown of Wellfleet Communications, Inc., with F. Baker and C. Carvalho both from Advanced Computer Communications. It's dated April 1992 and it's an IAB standards track protocol 💖. The title block doesn't list anything it obsoletes or updates, so it's standing on its own 💅.
Status of this Memo
This one is an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet community, and it's literally asking for discussion and suggestions for improvements 🫶. For the current standardization state and status, check the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" doc. Distribution is unlimited, so share away 🦋.
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets 🌸. Specifically, it defines objects for managing Frame Relay. Iconic. ✨
Table of Contents
1. The Network Management Framework ............................ 2
2. Objects ..................................................... 2
2.1 Format of Definitions ...................................... 3
3. Overview .................................................... 3
3.1 Frame Relay Operational Model .............................. 3
3.2 Textual Conventions ........................................ 3
3.3 Structure of MIB ........................................... 3
4. Definitions ................................................. 4
4.1 Data Link Connection Management Interface .................. 4
4.2 Circuit Table .............................................. 9
4.3 Error Table ................................................ 14
5. Acknowledgements ............................................ 17
6. References .................................................. 17
7. Security Considerations...................................... 18
8. Authors' Addresses........................................... 191. The Network Management Framework 🧚
Okay so the Internet-standard Network Management Framework is made of three components 💅:
- RFC 1155 defines the SMI, which is the mechanisms used for describing and naming objects for management. RFC 1212 defines a more concise description mechanism, and it's wholly consistent with the SMI 💖.
- RFC 1156 defines MIB-I, the core set of managed objects for the Internet suite of protocols. RFC 1213 defines MIB-II, which is an evolution of MIB-I based on implementation experience and new operational requirements 🌈.
- RFC 1157 defines the SNMP, the protocol used for network access to managed objects 🔥.
The Framework also permits new objects to be defined for experimentation and evaluation 🧪✨.
2. Objects 🦋
Managed objects are accessed through a virtual information store called the Management Information Base, or MIB 💜. Objects in the MIB are defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [7] that the SMI allows. Each object has a name, a syntax, and an encoding 🎀. The name is an object identifier, an administratively assigned name that specifies an object type. The object type together with an object instance uniquely identifies one specific instantiation of the object. For human convenience, we often use a textual string, called the OBJECT DESCRIPTOR, to also refer to the object type 🍓.
The syntax of an object type defines the abstract data structure for that object type, and the ASN.1 language is used for this 💅. The SMI [3] purposely restricts which ASN.1 constructs may be used. Those restrictions are made explicitly for simplicity 🫶.
The encoding of an object type is simply how that object type is represented using its syntax. Tied right in with an object type's syntax and encoding is how it's represented when it's transmitted on the network 👑.
The SMI specifies the use of the basic encoding rules of ASN.1 [8], subject to the additional requirements imposed by the SNMP 💖.
2.1. Format of Definitions 🌸
Section 4 contains the specification of all object types in this MIB module 📜. The object types are defined using the conventions in the SMI, as amended by the extensions specified in [9,10] ✨.
3. Overview 🌈
3.1. Frame Relay Operational Model 🦋
For understanding this document, Frame Relay is viewed as a multi-access media, not as a group of point-to-point connections 🫧. This model says Frame Relay is a single interface to the network (a physical connection) with many destinations or neighbors (virtual connections). Why is this giving? It lets a network manager group all virtual connections with their corresponding physical connection, which makes diagnostics and trouble shooting way simpler 🔍💅.
3.2. Textual Conventions 💜
Several new data types are introduced as a textual convention in this MIB document 📖. These textual conventions make the specification more readable and can ease comparison with other specifications where that fits 🎀. Here's the tea: introducing these textual conventions has no effect on the syntax or the semantics of any managed objects 🙈. They're just an artifact of the explanatory method. Objects defined in terms of one of these are always encoded by the rules that define the primitive type. So no changes to the SMI or the SNMP are needed to accommodate them, since they're only there for the convenience of readers and writers chasing the elusive goal of clear, concise, and unambiguous MIB documents 🧚.
The new data types are Index and DLCI 🍓. Index refers to the range 1..ifNumber, and it's used to establish the correspondence between ifEntries and Frame Relay Interfaces. DLCI refers to the range 0..DLCINumber, and it's used to refer to the valid Data Link Connection Indices. DLCINumber is, by definition, the largest possible DLCI value under the configured Q.922 Address Format 🔥.
3.3. Structure of MIB 🌷
The MIB is made of three groups: one defining the Data Link Connection Management Interface (DLCMI), one describing the Circuits, and one describing errors 💖.
During normal operation, Frame Relay virtual circuits get added, deleted, and change availability. Network managers care about those changes, so one trap is defined to be corollary to the SNMP "Link Up" and "Link Down" traps 🚨✨.
4. Definitions 💅
Here's the MIB module itself. Everything in this block is copied exactly, so implementers can rely on it 🫶:
RFC1315-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
OBJECT-TYPE
FROM RFC-1212
transmission
FROM RFC1213-MIB
TimeTicks
FROM RFC-1155
TRAP-TYPE
FROM RFC-1215;
-- Frame Relay DTE MIB
frame-relay OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { transmission 32 }
--
-- the range of ifIndex
--
Index ::= INTEGER -- 1..ifNumber
--
-- the range of a Data Link Connection Identifier
--
DLCI ::= INTEGER -- 0..DLCINumber
-- Data Link Connection Management Interface
-- The variables that configure the DLC Management Interface.
frDlcmiTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrDlcmiEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The Parameters for the Data Link Connection Management
Interface for the frame relay service on this
interface."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991, Annex D"
::= { frame-relay 1 }
frDlcmiEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrDlcmiEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The Parameters for a particular Data Link Con-
nection Management Interface."
INDEX { frDlcmiIfIndex }
::= { frDlcmiTable 1 }
FrDlcmiEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
frDlcmiIfIndex
Index,
frDlcmiState
INTEGER,
frDlcmiAddress
INTEGER,
frDlcmiAddressLen
INTEGER,
frDlcmiPollingInterval
INTEGER,
frDlcmiFullEnquiryInterval
INTEGER,
frDlcmiErrorThreshold
INTEGER,
frDlcmiMonitoredEvents
INTEGER,
frDlcmiMaxSupportedVCs
INTEGER,
frDlcmiMulticast
INTEGER
}
frDlcmiIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Index
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The ifIndex value of the corresponding ifEn-
try."
::= { frDlcmiEntry 1 }
frDlcmiState OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
noLmiConfigured (1),
lmiRev1 (2),
ansiT1-617-D (3), -- ANSI T1.617 Annex D
ansiT1-617-B (4) -- ANSI T1.617 Annex B
}
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable states which Data Link Connec-
tion Management scheme is active (and by impli-
cation, what DLCI it uses) on the Frame Relay
interface."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991"
::= { frDlcmiEntry 2 }
frDlcmiAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
q921 (1), -- 13 bit DLCI
q922March90 (2), -- 11 bit DLCI
q922November90 (3), -- 10 bit DLCI
q922 (4) -- Final Standard
}
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable states which address format is
in use on the Frame Relay interface."
::= { frDlcmiEntry 3 }
frDlcmiAddressLen OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
two-octets (2),
three-octets (3),
four-octets (4)
}
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable states which address length in
octets. In the case of Q922 format, the length
indicates the entire length of the address in-
cluding the control portion."
::= { frDlcmiEntry 4 }
frDlcmiPollingInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (5..30)
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This is the number of seconds between succes-
sive status enquiry messages."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section D.7 Timer T391."
DEFVAL { 10 }
::= { frDlcmiEntry 5 }That's the first chunk of the MIB, and we'll pick it back up in the next part 🎀💖
Okay bestie, the DLCMI knobs are up next and they are SO giving 💅✨ Here's the next chunk of the MIB, copied exactly because the code is sacred 🙈
frDlcmiFullEnquiryInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (1..255)
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Number of status enquiry intervals that pass
before issuance of a full status enquiry mes-
sage."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section D.7 Counter N391."
DEFVAL { 6 }
::= { frDlcmiEntry 6 }
frDlcmiErrorThreshold OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (1..10)
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This is the maximum number of unanswered
Status Enquiries the equipment shall accept be-
fore declaring the interface down."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section D.5.1 Counter N392."
DEFVAL { 3 }
::= { frDlcmiEntry 7 }
frDlcmiMonitoredEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (1..10)
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This is the number of status polling intervals
over which the error threshold is counted. For
example, if within 'MonitoredEvents' number of
events the station receives 'ErrorThreshold'
number of errors, the interface is marked as
down."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section D.5.2 Counter N393."
DEFVAL { 4 }
::= { frDlcmiEntry 8 }
frDlcmiMaxSupportedVCs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The maximum number of Virtual Circuits allowed
for this interface. Usually dictated by the
Frame Relay network.
In response to a SET, if a value less than zero
or higher than the agent's maximal capability
is configured, the agent should respond bad-
Value"
::= { frDlcmiEntry 9 }
frDlcmiMulticast OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
nonBroadcast (1),
broadcast (2)
}
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This indicates whether the Frame Relay inter-
face is using a multicast service."
::= { frDlcmiEntry 10 }
-- A Frame Relay service is a multiplexing service. Data
-- Link Connection Identifiers enumerate virtual circuits
-- (permanent or dynamic) which are layered onto the underlying
-- circuit, represented by ifEntry. Therefore, each of the entries
-- in the Standard MIB's Interface Table with an IfType of
-- Frame Relay represents a Q.922 interface. Zero or more
-- virtual circuits are layered onto this interface and provide
-- interconnection with various remote destinations.
-- Each such virtual circuit is represented by an entry in the
-- circuit table.
-- Circuit Table
-- The table describing the use of the DLCIs attached to
-- each Frame Relay Interface.
frCircuitTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrCircuitEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A table containing information about specific Data
Link Connection Identifiers and corresponding virtual
circuits."
::= { frame-relay 2 }
frCircuitEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrCircuitEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The information regarding a single Data Link
Connection Identifier."
INDEX { frCircuitIfIndex, frCircuitDlci }
::= { frCircuitTable 1 }
FrCircuitEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
frCircuitIfIndex
Index,
frCircuitDlci
DLCI,
frCircuitState
INTEGER,
frCircuitReceivedFECNs
Counter,
frCircuitReceivedBECNs
Counter,
frCircuitSentFrames
Counter,
frCircuitSentOctets
Counter,
frCircuitReceivedFrames
Counter,
frCircuitReceivedOctets
Counter,
frCircuitCreationTime
TimeTicks,
frCircuitLastTimeChange
TimeTicks,
frCircuitCommittedBurst
INTEGER,
frCircuitExcessBurst
INTEGER,
frCircuitThroughput
INTEGER
}
frCircuitIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Index
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The ifIndex Value of the ifEntry this virtual
circuit is layered onto."
::= { frCircuitEntry 1 }
frCircuitDlci OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX DLCI
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The Data Link Connection Identifier for this
virtual circuit."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.618-1991,
Section 3.3.6"
::= { frCircuitEntry 2 }
frCircuitState OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
invalid (1),
active (2),
inactive (3)
}
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Indicates whether the particular virtual cir-
cuit is operational. In the absence of a Data
Link Connection Management Interface, virtual
circuit entries (rows) may be created by set-
ting virtual circuit state to 'active', or
deleted by changing Circuit state to 'invalid'.
Whether or not the row actually disappears is
left to the implementation, so this object may
actually read as 'invalid' for some arbitrary
length of time. It is also legal to set the
state of a virtual circuit to 'inactive' to
temporarily disable a given circuit."
DEFVAL { active }
::= { frCircuitEntry 3 }
frCircuitReceivedFECNs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Number of frames received from the network in-
dicating forward congestion since the virtual
circuit was created."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.618-1991,
Section 3.3.3"
::= { frCircuitEntry 4 }
frCircuitReceivedBECNs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Number of frames received from the network in-
dicating backward congestion since the virtual
circuit was created."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.618-1991,
Section 3.3.4"
::= { frCircuitEntry 5 }
frCircuitSentFrames OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The number of frames sent from this virtual
circuit since it was created."
::= { frCircuitEntry 6 }
frCircuitSentOctets OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The number of octets sent from this virtual
circuit since it was created."
::= { frCircuitEntry 7 }
frCircuitReceivedFrames OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Number of frames received over this virtual
circuit since it was created."
::= { frCircuitEntry 8 }
frCircuitReceivedOctets OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Number of octets received over this virtual
circuit since it was created."
::= { frCircuitEntry 9 }
frCircuitCreationTime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TimeTicks
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime when the virtual cir-
cuit was created, whether by the Data Link Con-
nection Management Interface or by a SetRe-
quest."
::= { frCircuitEntry 10 }
frCircuitLastTimeChange OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TimeTicks
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime when last there was a
change in the virtual circuit state"
::= { frCircuitEntry 11 }
frCircuitCommittedBurst OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable indicates the maximum amount of
data, in bits, that the network agrees to
transfer under normal conditions, during the
measurement interval."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section 6.5.19"
DEFVAL { 0 } -- the default indicates no commitment
::= { frCircuitEntry 12 }
frCircuitExcessBurst OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable indicates the maximum amount of
uncommitted data bits that the network will at-
tempt to deliver over the measurement interval.
By default, if not configured when creating the
entry, the Excess Information Burst Size is set
to the value of ifSpeed."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section 6.5.19"
::= { frCircuitEntry 13 }
frCircuitThroughput OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"Throughput is the average number of 'Frame Re-
lay Information Field' bits transferred per
second across a user network interface in one
direction, measured over the measurement inter-
val.
If the configured committed burst rate and
throughput are both non-zero, the measurement
interval
T=frCircuitCommittedBurst/frCircuitThroughput. If the configured committed burst rate and
throughput are both zero, the measurement in-
terval
T=frCircuitExcessBurst/ifSpeed."
REFERENCE
"Draft American National Standard T1.617-1991,
Section 6.5.19"
DEFVAL {0} -- the default value of Throughput is
-- "no commitment".
::= { frCircuitEntry 14 }
-- Error Table
-- The table describing errors encountered on each Frame
-- Relay Interface.
frErrTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF FrErrEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"A table containing information about Errors on the
Frame Relay interface."
::= { frame-relay 3 }
frErrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FrErrEntry
ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The error information for a single frame relay
interface."
INDEX { frErrIfIndex }
::= { frErrTable 1 }
FrErrEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
frErrIfIndex
Index,
frErrType
INTEGER,
frErrData
OCTET STRING,
frErrTime
TimeTicks
}
frErrIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Index
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The ifIndex Value of the corresponding ifEn-
try."
::= { frErrEntry 1 }
frErrType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
unknownError(1),
receiveShort(2),
receiveLong(3),
illegalDLCI(4),
unknownDLCI(5),
dlcmiProtoErr(6),
dlcmiUnknownIE(7),
dlcmiSequenceErr(8),
dlcmiUnknownRpt(9),
noErrorSinceReset(10)
}
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The type of error that was last seen on this
interface."
::= { frErrEntry 2 }
frErrData OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"An octet string containing as much of the er-
ror packet as possible. As a minimum, it must
contain the Q.922 Address or as much as was
delivered. It is desirable to include all in-
formation up to the PDU."
::= { frErrEntry 3 }
frErrTime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TimeTicks
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime at which the error was
detected."
::= { frErrEntry 4 }
-- Frame Relay Globals
frame-relay-globals OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { frame-relay 4 }
frTrapState OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER { enabled(1), disabled(2) }
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"This variable indicates whether the system
produces the frDLCIStatusChange trap."
DEFVAL { disabled }
::= { frame-relay-globals 1 }
-- Data Link Connection Management Interface Related Traps
frDLCIStatusChange TRAP-TYPE
ENTERPRISE frame-relay
VARIABLES { frCircuitIfIndex, frCircuitDlci, frCircuitState }
DESCRIPTION
"This trap indicates that the indicated Virtual
Circuit has changed state. It has either been
created or invalidated, or has toggled between
the active and inactive states."
::= 1
END5. Acknowledgements 🫶
okay so this is the thank-you section and it's giving teamwork ✨ This document came out of the IP Over Large Public Data Networks (IPLPDN) Working Group 💜
Huge shoutout to the people who dropped extra comments and suggestions: Art Berggreen of Advanced Computer Communications, and Jim Philippou of Xyplex Communications 🎀
6. References 📚
Here's the full reading list, bestie. Every citation is kept exactly as written 🧚
- [1] Cerf, V., "IAB Recommendations for the Development of Internet Network Management Standards", RFC 1052, NRI, April 1988.
- [2] Cerf, V., "Report of the Second Ad Hoc Network Management Review Group", RFC 1109, NRI, August 1989.
- [3] Rose M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1155, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May 1990.
- [4] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1156, Hughes LAN Systems, Performance Systems International, May 1990.
- [5] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple Network Management Protocol", RFC 1157, SNMP Research, Performance Systems International, Performance Systems International, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, May 1990.
- [6] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", RFC 1213, Performance Systems International, March 1991.
- [7] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization, International Standard 8824, December 1987.
- [8] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection - Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization, International Standard 8825, December 1987.
- [9] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions", RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, March 1991.
- [10] Rose, M., Editor, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP", RFC 1215, Performance Systems International, March 1991.
7. Security Considerations 💀
okay, serious moment 🙈 The original text says: "Security issues are not discussed in this memo." So bestie, this document does not cover security. Keep that in mind when you read it 👑
8. Authors' Addresses 🦋
The people who wrote this, with their contact details exactly as listed 💅
Caralyn Brown
Wellfleet Communications, Inc.
15 Crosby Drive
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
Phone: (617) 275-2400
EMail: cbrown@wellfleet.com
Fred Baker
Advanced Computer Communications
315 Bollay Drive
Sannta Barbara, California 93117
Phone: (805) 685-4455
EMail: fbaker@acc.com
Charles Carvalho
Advanced Computer Communications
315 Bollay Drive
Sannta Barbara, California 93117
Phone: (805) 685-4455
EMail: charles@acc.com📦 where this page comes from
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