RFC 3417 - Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 3417
STD: 62
Obsoletes: 1906
Category: Standards Track

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

December 2002

Status of this Memo

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

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

Abstract

This document defines the transport of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages over various protocols. This document obsoletes RFC 1906.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Definitions
• 3. SNMP over UDP over IPv4
  • 3.1. Serialization
  • 3.2. Well-known Values
• 4. SNMP over OSI
  • 4.1. Serialization
  • 4.2. Well-known Values
• 5. SNMP over DDP
  • 5.1. Serialization
  • 5.2. Well-known Values
  • 5.3. Discussion of AppleTalk Addressing
    • 5.3.1. How to Acquire NBP names
    • 5.3.2. When to Turn NBP names into DDP addresses
    • 5.3.3. How to Turn NBP names into DDP addresses
    • 5.3.4. What if NBP is broken
• 6. SNMP over IPX
  • 6.1. Serialization
  • 6.2. Well-known Values
• 7. Proxy to SNMPv1
• 8. Serialization using the Basic Encoding Rules
  • 8.1. Usage Example
• 9. Notice on Intellectual Property
• 10. Acknowledgments
• 11. IANA Considerations
• 12. Security Considerations
• 13. References
  • 13.1. Normative References
  • 13.2. Informative References
• 14. Changes from RFC 1906
• 15. Editor's Address
• 16. Full Copyright Statement