RFC 3416 - Protocol Operations Version 2 for SNMP

Status of this Memo: Standards Track

Published: December 2002

Obsoletes: RFC 1905

STD: 62

Abstract

This document defines version 2 of the protocol operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). It defines the syntax and elements of procedure for sending, receiving, and processing SNMP PDUs. This document obsoletes RFC 1905.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Overview
  • 2.1. Management Information
  • 2.2. Retransmission of Requests
  • 2.3. Message Sizes
  • 2.4. Transport Mappings
  • 2.5. SMIv2 Data Type Mappings
• 3. Definitions
• 4. Protocol Specification
  • 4.1. Common Constructs
  • 4.2. PDU Processing
    • 4.2.1. The GetRequest-PDU
    • 4.2.2. The GetNextRequest-PDU
    • 4.2.3. The GetBulkRequest-PDU
    • 4.2.4. The Response-PDU
    • 4.2.5. The SetRequest-PDU
    • 4.2.6. The SNMPv2-Trap-PDU
    • 4.2.7. The InformRequest-PDU
• 5. Notice on Intellectual Property
• 6. Acknowledgments
• 7. Security Considerations
• 8. References
  • 8.1. Normative References
  • 8.2. Informative References
• 9. Changes from RFC 1905
• 10. Editor's Address
• 11. Full Copyright Statement

Document Information

Editor of this version: R. Presuhn, BMC Software, Inc.

Authors of previous version: J. Case (SNMP Research, Inc.), K. McCloghrie (Cisco Systems, Inc.), M. Rose (Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.), S. Waldbusser (International Network Services)

Copyright: Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.