Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                           K. Tata
Request for Comments: 6527                                         Nokia
Obsoletes: 2787                                               March 2012
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721


                  Definitions of Managed Objects for
      the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Version 3 (VRRPv3)

Abstract

  This specification defines a portion of the Management Information
  Base (MIB) for use with network management based on the Simple
  Network Management Protocol (SNMP).  In particular, it defines
  objects for configuring, monitoring, and controlling routers that
  employ the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Version 3 (VRRPv3) for
  both IPv4 and IPv6 as defined in RFC 5798.  This memo obsoletes RFC
  2787.

Status of This Memo

  This is an Internet Standards Track document.

  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
  (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
  received public review and has been approved for publication by the
  Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
  Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

  Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
  and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
  http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6527.

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Table of Contents

  1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
  2. Introduction ....................................................3
  3. Terminology .....................................................3
  4. Relationship to RFC 2787 ........................................3
  5. Relation to Interface Group (IF-MIB) ............................3
  6. Multi-Stack Implementations .....................................3
  7. Interpretation of RFC 5798 ......................................3
  8. VRRP MIB Structure and Design ...................................4
  9. VRRP Multi-Stack Scenario .......................................4
  10. Definitions ....................................................7
  11. Security Considerations .......................................27
  12. IANA Considerations ...........................................29
  13. Normative References ..........................................29
  14. Informative References ........................................30
  15. Acknowledgments ...............................................31

1.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework

  For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
  Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
  RFC 3410 [RFC3410].

  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].







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2.  Introduction

  This specification defines a portion of the MIB for use with SNMP-
  based network management.  In particular, it defines objects for
  configuring, monitoring, and controlling routers that employ the
  Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Version 3 (VRRPv3) for both IPv4
  and IPv6 as defined in RFC 5798 [RFC5798].

3.  Terminology

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
  "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC
  2119 [RFC2119].

4.  Relationship to RFC 2787

  This document obsoletes RFC 2787 [RFC2787].  The major changes in
  this document reflect changes in the VRRP protocol between RFC 2338
  [RFC2338] and RFC 5798 [RFC5798].  This document is also updated to
  conform to current MIB conventions.

5.  Relation to Interface Group (IF-MIB)

  Since a router can be participating in VRRP on one or more
  interfaces, "ifIndex" is used as an index into the tables defined in
  the VRRP MIB.  This MIB module imports ifIndex from the IF-MIB.  At
  this time, the latest version of the IF-MIB is from RFC 2863
  [RFC2863].

6.  Multi-Stack Implementations

  This MIB module is designed to support multi-stack implementations
  that run VRRP over IPv4 and IPv6.  The IP version, Virtual Router
  Identifier (VRID), and ifIndex are used to uniquely identify rows in
  a multi-stack implementation.

7.  Interpretation of RFC 5798

  During the review of this document, it emerged that there are
  different possible interpretations of [RFC5798].  The authors of that
  document and the VRRP working group were unable to reach consensus as
  to which interpretation is correct.  This document makes the
  following assumption:







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     IPv4 and IPv6 virtual routers are treated as two separate logical
     entities and represented as two separate entries in the
     vrrpv3OperationsTable.  This is required due to the undefined
     behavior of the protocol in [RFC5798] in a multi-stack scenario.

8.  VRRP MIB Structure and Design

  This MIB module contains three tables:

  (1)  The vrrpv3OperationsTable contains objects that define the
       operational characteristics of a VRRP router.  Rows in this
       table correspond to instances of virtual routers.

  (2)  The vrrpv3StatisticsTable contains the operating statistics for
       a VRRP router.

  (3)  The vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable contains the addresses of the
       virtual router(s) that a given VRRP router is backing up.

  Tables are indexed on ifIndex, VRID, and the IP version to uniquely
  identify a VRRP router.

  Notifications in this MIB module are controlled using the mechanisms
  defined in [RFC3413].

9.  VRRP Multi-Stack Scenario

  The following section provides examples of how some of the objects in
  this MIB are instantiated.

  KEY:
  ----
  The labels in the following tables and diagrams correspond to the
  actual MIB objects as follows:

  if      = IfIndex
  AddrType= vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType
  VrId    = vrrpv3OperationsVrId
  State   = vrrpv3OperationsStatus
  Prior   = vrrpv3OperationsPriority
  IpAddr  = vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr

  The following figure shows a hypothetical network with two VRRP
  routers, VR1 & VR2, configured with two virtual routers.  Addresses
  in '()' indicate the address of the default gateway for a given host;
  H1 to H4 are IPv4 hosts, and H5 to H8 are IPv6 hosts.  A, B, and C
  are IPv4 addresses, and X, Y, and Z are IPv6 addresses.  In the
  diagram, "Interface" is used in the context defined in IF-MIB.



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                +------+                      +------+
                | VR1  |                      |  VR2 |
                |      |                      |      |
                +------+                      +------+
                    |                            |
               Intf = I1                    Intf = I2
      IP A          |   IP X         IP B        |    IP Y
      IP C          |                            |    IP Z
      VRID = 1      |   VRID=2       VRID=2      |    VRID = 1
                    |                            |
  ----+------+------+-+-------+--------+--------++------+--------+---
      ^      ^        ^       ^        ^        ^       ^        ^
      |      |        |       |        |        |       |        |
   (IP A)  (IP A)   (IP B)  (IP B)   (IP X)   (IP X)  (IP Y)   (IP Y)
      |      |        |       |        |        |       |        |
   +----+  +----+  +----+  +----+    +----+   +----+  +----+  +----+
   | H1 |  | H2 |  | H3 |  | H4 |    | H5 |   | H6 |  | H7 |  | H8 |
   +----+  +----+  +----+  +----+    +----+   +----+  +----+  +----+

          -----   MIB Tables For VRRP Router "VR1":   -----

  vrrpv3OperationsTable
  -------------------

  | if | VrId |AddrType| State | Prior |IpAddr|        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I1 |  01  |    1   |   M   |  255  |   A  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I1 |  01  |    2   |   B   | 1-254 |   Y  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I1 |  02  |    1   |   B   | 1-254 |   B  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I1 |  02  |    2   |   M   |  255  |   X  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--------+

















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  vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable
  -------------------------

  | if | VrId | AddrType | IP   | RowStat |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  01  |    1     |  A   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  01  |    1     |  C   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  01  |    2     |  Y   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  01  |    2     |  Z   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  02  |    1     |  B   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+
  | I1 |  02  |    2     |  X   | active  |
  +----+------+----------+------+---------+

          -----   MIB Tables For VRRP Router "VR2":   -----

  vrrpv3OperationsTable
  -------------------

  | if | VrId |AddrType| State | Prior |IpAddr|        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I2 |  01  |    1   |   B   | 1-254 |   A  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------|------+--(..)--+
  | I2 |  01  |    2   |   M   | 255   |   Y  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I2 |  02  |    1   |   M   |  255  |   B  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--(..)--+
  | I2 |  02  |    2   |   B   | 1-254 |   X  |        |
  +----+------+--------+-------+-------+------+--------+


















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  vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable
  -------------------------

  | if | VrId |AddrType| IP   | RowStat |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  01  |   1    |  A   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  01  |   1    |  C   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  01  |   2    |  Y   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  01  |   2    |  Z   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  02  |   1    |  B   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+
  | I2 |  02  |   2    |  X   | active  |
  +----+------+--------+------+---------+

  NOTES:

  1) For "State": M = Master;   B = Backup.
     In the vrrpv3OperationsTable, a "priority" of 255 indicates that
     the respective router owns the IP address, e.g., this IP address
     is native to the router (i.e., "the IP Address Owner").

10.  Definitions

  This MIB module makes reference to the following documents [RFC2578],
  [RFC2579], [RFC2580], [RFC2863], and [RFC4001].

  VRRPV3-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

      IMPORTS
          MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE,
          NOTIFICATION-TYPE, Counter32,
          Integer32, mib-2, Unsigned32,
          Counter64, TimeTicks
              FROM SNMPv2-SMI                 -- RFC2578

          TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus,
          MacAddress, TruthValue, TimeStamp,
          TimeInterval
              FROM SNMPv2-TC                  -- RFC2579

          MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,
          NOTIFICATION-GROUP
              FROM SNMPv2-CONF                -- RFC2580




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          ifIndex
              FROM IF-MIB                     -- RFC2863
          InetAddressType, InetAddress

              FROM INET-ADDRESS-MIB;          -- RFC4001

     vrrpv3MIB  MODULE-IDENTITY
          LAST-UPDATED "201202130000Z"         -- Feb 13, 2012
          ORGANIZATION "IETF VRRP Working Group"
          CONTACT-INFO
                 "WG E-Mail: [email protected]

                  Editor:    Kalyan Tata
                             Nokia
                             313 Fairchild Dr,
                             Mountain View, CA 94043
                             [email protected]"

          DESCRIPTION
              "This MIB describes objects used for managing Virtual
               Router Redundancy Protocol version 3 (VRRPv3).

               Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons
               identified as authors of the code.  All rights
               reserved.

               Redistribution and use in source and binary forms,
               with or without modification, is permitted pursuant
               to, and subject to the license terms contained in,
               the Simplified BSD License set forth in Section
               4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating
               to IETF Documents
               (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

               This version of the MIB module is part of RFC 6527.
               Please see the RFC for full legal notices."

          REVISION "201202120000Z"    -- Feb 13, 2012
          DESCRIPTION "Initial version as published in RFC 6527."

          ::= { mib-2 207 }

  -- Textual Conventions

     Vrrpv3VrIdTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
          DISPLAY-HINT "d"
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION



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              "The value of the Virtual Router Identifier noted as
              (VRID) in RFC 5798.  This, along with interface index
              (ifIndex) and IP version, serves to uniquely identify
              a virtual router on a given VRRP router."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798 (Sections 3 and 5.2.3)"
          SYNTAX      Integer32 (1..255)

  --  VRRPv3 MIB Groups

     vrrpv3Notifications   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3MIB 0 }
     vrrpv3Objects         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3MIB 1 }
     vrrpv3Conformance     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3MIB 2 }

  -- VRRPv3 MIB Objects

     vrrpv3Operations      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3Objects 1 }
     vrrpv3Statistics      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3Objects 2 }

  --  VRRPv3 Operations Table

      vrrpv3OperationsTable OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       SEQUENCE OF Vrrpv3OperationsEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "Unified Operations table for a VRRP router that
               consists of a sequence (i.e., one or more conceptual
               rows) of 'vrrpv3OperationsEntry' items each of which
               describe the operational characteristics of a virtual
               router."

          ::= { vrrpv3Operations 1 }

      vrrpv3OperationsEntry OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Vrrpv3OperationsEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "An entry in the vrrpv3OperationsTable containing the
               operational characteristics of a virtual router.
               On a VRRP router, a given virtual router is
               identified by a combination of ifIndex, VRID, and
               the IP version.  ifIndex represents an interface of
               the router.

               A row must be created with vrrpv3OperationsStatus
               set to initialize(1) and cannot transition to
               backup(2) or master(3) until



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               vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus is transitioned to
               active(1).

               The information in this table is persistent and when
               written the entity SHOULD save the change to non-
               volatile storage."

          INDEX    { ifIndex, vrrpv3OperationsVrId,
                     vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType
                    }
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsTable 1 }

      Vrrpv3OperationsEntry ::=

          SEQUENCE {
              vrrpv3OperationsVrId
                  Vrrpv3VrIdTC,
              vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType
                  InetAddressType,
              vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr
                  InetAddress,
              vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr
                  InetAddress,
              vrrpv3OperationsVirtualMacAddr
                  MacAddress,
              vrrpv3OperationsStatus
                  INTEGER,
              vrrpv3OperationsPriority
                  Unsigned32,
              vrrpv3OperationsAddrCount
                  Integer32,
              vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval
                  TimeInterval,
              vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode
                  TruthValue,
              vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode
                  TruthValue,
              vrrpv3OperationsUpTime
                  TimeTicks,
              vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus
                  RowStatus
      }
      vrrpv3OperationsVrId OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Vrrpv3VrIdTC
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION




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              "This object contains the Virtual Router Identifier
               (VRID)."
          REFERENCE "RFC 4001"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 1 }

      vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       InetAddressType
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
             "The IP address type of Vrrpv3OperationsEntry and
              Vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry.  This value determines
              the type for vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr,
              vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr, and
              vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrAddress.

               ipv4(1) and ipv6(2) are the only two values supported
               in this MIB module."
          REFERENCE "RFC 4001"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 2 }

      vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       InetAddress
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
            "The master router's real IP address.  The master router
            would set this address to vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr
            while transitioning to master state.  For backup
            routers, this is the IP address listed as the source in
            the VRRP advertisement last received by this virtual
            router."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 3 }

      vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       InetAddress
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "In the case where there is more than one IP
              Address (associated IP addresses) for a given
              'ifIndex', this object is used to specify the IP
              address that will become the
              vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr', should the virtual
              router transition from backup state to master."
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 4 }




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      vrrpv3OperationsVirtualMacAddr OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       MacAddress
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
             "The virtual MAC address of the virtual router.
             Although this object can be derived from the
             'vrrpv3OperationsVrId' object, it is defined so that it
             is easily obtainable by a management application and
             can be included in VRRP-related SNMP notifications."
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 5 }

      vrrpv3OperationsStatus OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       INTEGER {
              initialize(1),
              backup(2),
              master(3)
          }
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current

          DESCRIPTION
              "The current state of the virtual router.  This object
              has three defined values:

              - 'initialize', which indicates that the
                 virtual router is waiting for a startup event.

              - 'backup', which indicates that the virtual router is
                 monitoring the availability of the master router.

              - 'master', which indicates that the virtual router
                 is forwarding packets for IP addresses that are
                 associated with this router."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 6 }

      vrrpv3OperationsPriority OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Unsigned32 (0..255)
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
            "This object specifies the priority to be used for the
            virtual router master election process; higher values
            imply higher priority.

            A priority of '0', although not settable, is sent by
            the master router to indicate that this router has



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            ceased to participate in VRRP, and a backup virtual
            router should transition to become a new master.

            A priority of 255 is used for the router that owns the
            associated IP address(es) for VRRP over IPv4 and hence
            is not settable.

            Setting the values of this object to 0 or 255 should be
            rejected by the agents implementing this MIB module.
            For example, an SNMP agent would return 'badValue(3)'
            when a user tries to set the values 0 or 255 for this
            object."

          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 6.1"
          DEFVAL       { 100 }
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 7 }

      vrrpv3OperationsAddrCount OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Integer32 (0..255)
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The number of IP addresses that are associated with
              this virtual router.  This number is equal to the
              number of rows in the vrrpv3AssociatedAddrTable that
              correspond to a given ifIndex/VRID/IP version."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 6.1"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 8 }

      vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       TimeInterval (1..4095)
          UNITS        "centiseconds"
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The time interval, in centiseconds, between sending
              advertisement messages.  Only the master router sends
              VRRP advertisements."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 6.1"
          DEFVAL       { 100}
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 9 }

      vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       TruthValue
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION




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            "Controls whether a higher priority virtual router will
            preempt a lower priority master."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 6.1"
          DEFVAL       { true }
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 10 }

      vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       TruthValue
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
             "Controls whether a virtual router in master state
             will accept packets addressed to the address owner's
             IPv6 address as its own if it is not the IPv6 address
             owner.  Default is false(2).
             This object is not relevant for rows representing VRRP
             over IPv4 and should be set to false(2)."
          DEFVAL       { false }
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 11 }

      vrrpv3OperationsUpTime OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       TimeTicks
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "This value represents the amount of time, in
              TimeTicks (hundredth of a second), since this virtual
              router (i.e., the 'vrrpv3OperationsStatus')
              transitioned out of 'initialize'."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 6.1"
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 12 }

      vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       RowStatus
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
            "The RowStatus variable should be used in accordance to
             installation and removal conventions for conceptual
             rows.

             To create a row in this table, a manager sets this
             object to either createAndGo(4) or createAndWait(5).
             Until instances of all corresponding columns are
             appropriately configured, the value of the
             corresponding instance of the
             'vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus' column will be read as
             notReady(3).



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             In particular, a newly created row cannot be made
             active(1) until (minimally) the corresponding instance
             of vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType, vrrpv3OperationsVrId,
             and vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr has been set, and
             there is at least one active row in the
             'vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable' defining an associated
             IP address.

             notInService(2) should be used to administratively
             bring the row down.

             A typical order of operation to add a row is:
             1. Create a row in vrrpv3OperationsTable with
             createAndWait(5).
             2. Create one or more corresponding rows in
             vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable.
             3. Populate the vrrpv3OperationsEntry.
             4. Set vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus to active(1).

             A typical order of operation to delete an entry is:
             1. Set vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus to notInService(2).
             2. Set the corresponding rows in
             vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable to destroy(6) to delete
             the entry.
             3. Set vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus to destroy(6) to
             delete the entry."
          ::= { vrrpv3OperationsEntry 13 }

  --  VRRP Associated Address Table

      vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       SEQUENCE OF Vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The table of addresses associated with each virtual
               router."
          ::= { vrrpv3Operations 2 }

      vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
             "An entry in the table contains an IP address that is
             associated with a virtual router.  The number of rows
             for a given IP version, VrID, and ifIndex will equal
             the number of IP addresses associated (e.g., backed up)



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             by the virtual router (equivalent to
             'vrrpv3OperationsIpAddrCount').

             Rows in the table cannot be modified unless the value
             of 'vrrpv3OperationsStatus' for the corresponding entry
             in the vrrpv3OperationsTable has transitioned to
             initialize(1).

             The information in this table is persistent and when
             written the entity SHOULD save the change to non-
             volatile storage."

          INDEX    { ifIndex, vrrpv3OperationsVrId,
                     vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType,
                     vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrAddress }

          ::= { vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrTable 1 }

      Vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry ::=
          SEQUENCE {
              vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrAddress

                  InetAddress,
              vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrRowStatus
                  RowStatus
      }

      vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrAddress OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       InetAddress (SIZE (0|4|16))
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The assigned IP addresses that a virtual router is
              responsible for backing up.

              The IP address type is determined by the value of
              vrrpv3OperationsInetAddrType in the index of this
              row."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798"
          ::= { vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry 1 }

      vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       RowStatus
          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
            "The row status variable, used according to
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            rows.  To create a row in this table, a manager sets
            this object to either createAndGo(4) or
            createAndWait(5).  Setting this object to active(1)
            results in the addition of an associated address for a
            virtual router.  Setting this object to notInService(2)
            results in administratively bringing down the row.

            Destroying the entry or setting it to destroy(6)
            removes the associated address from the virtual router.
            The use of other values is implementation-dependent.

            Implementations should not allow deletion of the last
            row corresponding to an active row in
            vrrpv3OperationsTable.

            Refer to the description of vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus
            for typical row creation and deletion scenarios."
          ::= { vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrEntry 2 }

  --  VRRP Router Statistics

      vrrpv3RouterChecksumErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP packets received with an
              invalid VRRP checksum value.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3GlobalStatisticsDiscontinuityTime."

          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.2.8"
          ::= { vrrpv3Statistics 1 }

      vrrpv3RouterVersionErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP packets received with an
              unknown or unsupported version number.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at




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              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3GlobalStatisticsDiscontinuityTime."

          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.2.1"
          ::= { vrrpv3Statistics 2 }

      vrrpv3RouterVrIdErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
         STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP packets received with a
               VRID that is not valid for any virtual router on this
               router.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3GlobalStatisticsDiscontinuityTime."

          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.2.3"
          ::= { vrrpv3Statistics 3 }

     vrrpv3GlobalStatisticsDiscontinuityTime OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX     TimeStamp
         MAX-ACCESS read-only
         STATUS     current
         DESCRIPTION
           "The value of sysUpTime on the most recent occasion at
            which one of vrrpv3RouterChecksumErrors,
            vrrpv3RouterVersionErrors, and vrrpv3RouterVrIdErrors
            suffered a discontinuity.

            If no such discontinuities have occurred since the last
            re-initialization of the local management subsystem,
            then this object contains a zero value."

         ::= { vrrpv3Statistics 4 }

  --  VRRP Router Statistics Table

      vrrpv3StatisticsTable OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       SEQUENCE OF Vrrpv3StatisticsEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "Table of virtual router statistics."
          ::= { vrrpv3Statistics 5 }



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      vrrpv3StatisticsEntry OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Vrrpv3StatisticsEntry
          MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "An entry in the table containing statistics
              information about a given virtual router."
          AUGMENTS    { vrrpv3OperationsEntry }
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsTable 1 }

      Vrrpv3StatisticsEntry ::=
          SEQUENCE {
              vrrpv3StatisticsMasterTransitions
                  Counter32,
              vrrpv3StatisticsNewMasterReason
                  INTEGER,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdAdvertisements
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsAdvIntervalErrors
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsIpTtlErrors
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason
                  INTEGER,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdPriZeroPackets
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsSentPriZeroPackets
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdInvalidTypePackets
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsAddressListErrors
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsPacketLengthErrors
                  Counter64,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime
                   TimeStamp,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRefreshRate
                   Unsigned32
          }

      vrrpv3StatisticsMasterTransitions OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter32
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of times that this virtual router's
              state has transitioned to master state.




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              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 1 }

     vrrpv3StatisticsNewMasterReason OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX        INTEGER {
              notMaster (0),
              priority  (1),
              preempted (2),
              masterNoResponse (3)
          }
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
             "This indicates the reason for the virtual router to
             transition to master state.  If the virtual router
             never transitioned to master state, the value of this
             object is notMaster(0).  Otherwise, this indicates the
             reason this virtual router transitioned to master
             state the last time.  Used by vrrpv3NewMaster
             notification."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 2 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdAdvertisements OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP advertisements received by
              this virtual router.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."

          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 3 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsAdvIntervalErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP advertisement packets
              received for which the advertisement interval is




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              different from the vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval
              configured on this virtual router.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."

          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 4 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsIpTtlErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP packets received by the
              virtual router with IPv4 TTL (for VRRP over IPv4) or
              IPv6 Hop Limit (for VRRP over IPv6) not equal to 255.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.1.1.3"
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 5 }

     vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX        INTEGER {
              noError (0),
              ipTtlError (1),
              versionError  (2),
              checksumError (3),
              vrIdError(4)
          }
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "This indicates the reason for the last protocol
              error.  This SHOULD be set to noError(0) when no
              protocol errors are encountered.  Used by
              vrrpv3ProtoError notification."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 6 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdPriZeroPackets OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION



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              "The total number of VRRP packets received by the
              virtual router with a priority of '0'.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.2.4"
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 7 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsSentPriZeroPackets OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of VRRP packets sent by the virtual
              router with a priority of '0'.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          REFERENCE "RFC 5798, Section 5.2.4"
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 8 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdInvalidTypePackets OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The number of VRRP packets received by the virtual
              router with an invalid value in the 'type' field.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 9 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsAddressListErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of packets received for which the
              address list does not match the locally configured
              list for the virtual router.




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              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 10 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsPacketLengthErrors OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX       Counter64
          MAX-ACCESS   read-only
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The total number of packets received with a packet
              length less than the length of the VRRP header.

              Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur
              at re-initialization of the management system, and at
              other times as indicated by the value of
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime."
          ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 11 }

     vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX     TimeStamp
         MAX-ACCESS read-only
         STATUS     current
         DESCRIPTION
            "The value of sysUpTime on the most recent occasion at
            which any one or more of this entry's counters
            suffered a discontinuity.

            If no such discontinuities have occurred since the last
            re-initialization of the local management subsystem,
            then this object contains a zero value."
         ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 12 }

     vrrpv3StatisticsRefreshRate OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX     Unsigned32
         UNITS "milliseconds"
         MAX-ACCESS read-only
         STATUS     current
         DESCRIPTION
           "The minimum reasonable polling interval for this entry.
            This object provides an indication of the minimum
            amount of time required to update the counters in this
            entry."
         ::= { vrrpv3StatisticsEntry 13 }

  --   Notification Definitions
  --   Notifications may be controlled using SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB



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      vrrpv3NewMaster NOTIFICATION-TYPE
          OBJECTS      {
                         vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr,
                         vrrpv3StatisticsNewMasterReason
                       }
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The newMaster notification indicates that the sending
              agent has transitioned to master state."
          ::= { vrrpv3Notifications 1 }

      vrrpv3ProtoError NOTIFICATION-TYPE
          OBJECTS      {
                         vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason
                       }
          STATUS       current
          DESCRIPTION
              "The notification indicates that the sending agent has
              encountered the protocol error indicated by
              vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason."
          ::= { vrrpv3Notifications 2 }

  --  Conformance Information

   vrrpv3Compliances  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3Conformance 1 }
   vrrpv3Groups       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vrrpv3Conformance 2 }

  -- Compliance Statements

      vrrpv3FullCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION
             "The compliance statement"
          MODULE -- this module
          MANDATORY-GROUPS  {
              vrrpv3OperationsGroup,
              vrrpv3StatisticsGroup,
              vrrpv3InfoGroup,
              vrrpv3NotificationsGroup
          }
          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsPriority
          WRITE-SYNTAX  Unsigned32 (1..254)
          DESCRIPTION  "Setable values are from 1 to 254."
          ::= { vrrpv3Compliances 1 }

      vrrpv3ReadOnlyCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION



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             "When this MIB module is implemented without support
             for read-create (i.e., in read-only mode), then such
             an implementation can claim read-only compliance.
             Such a device can then be monitored, but cannot be
             configured with this MIB."

          MODULE -- this module
          MANDATORY-GROUPS  {
              vrrpv3OperationsGroup,
              vrrpv3StatisticsGroup,
              vrrpv3StatisticsDiscontinuityGroup,
              vrrpv3InfoGroup,
              vrrpv3NotificationsGroup
          }

          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsPriority
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          OBJECT        vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          OBJECT        vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrRowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS    read-only
          DESCRIPTION  "Write access is not required."

          ::= { vrrpv3Compliances 2 }

  -- Conformance Groups

      vrrpv3OperationsGroup   OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {



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              vrrpv3OperationsVirtualMacAddr,
              vrrpv3OperationsStatus,
              vrrpv3OperationsPriority,
              vrrpv3OperationsMasterIpAddr,
              vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval,
              vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode,
              vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode,
              vrrpv3OperationsUpTime,
              vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus,
              vrrpv3OperationsAddrCount,
              vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr,
              vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrRowStatus
              }
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION
             "Conformance group for VRRPv3 operations."
          ::= { vrrpv3Groups 1 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {
              vrrpv3RouterChecksumErrors,
              vrrpv3RouterVersionErrors,
              vrrpv3RouterVrIdErrors,
              vrrpv3StatisticsMasterTransitions,
              vrrpv3StatisticsNewMasterReason,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdAdvertisements,
              vrrpv3StatisticsAdvIntervalErrors,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdPriZeroPackets,
              vrrpv3StatisticsSentPriZeroPackets,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRcvdInvalidTypePackets,
              vrrpv3StatisticsIpTtlErrors,
              vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason,
              vrrpv3StatisticsAddressListErrors,
              vrrpv3StatisticsPacketLengthErrors,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRowDiscontinuityTime,
              vrrpv3StatisticsRefreshRate
              }
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION
             "Conformance group for VRRPv3 statistics."
          ::= { vrrpv3Groups 2 }

      vrrpv3StatisticsDiscontinuityGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {
              vrrpv3GlobalStatisticsDiscontinuityTime
              }
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION



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             "Objects providing information about counter
              discontinuities."
          ::= { vrrpv3Groups 3 }

      vrrpv3InfoGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {
              vrrpv3StatisticsProtoErrReason,
              vrrpv3StatisticsNewMasterReason
              }
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION
             "Conformance group for objects contained in VRRPv3
              notifications."
          ::= { vrrpv3Groups 4 }

      vrrpv3NotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
          NOTIFICATIONS {
              vrrpv3NewMaster,
              vrrpv3ProtoError
              }
          STATUS current
          DESCRIPTION
             "The VRRP MIB Notification Group."
          ::= { vrrpv3Groups 5 }

  END

11.  Security Considerations

  There are a number of 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 are the tables and objects and their
  sensitivity/vulnerability:

  The objects vrrpv3OperationsPriority, vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr,
  vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval, vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode,
  vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode, vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus, and
  vrrpv3AssociatedIpAddrRowStatus possess the read-create attribute.
  Manipulation of these objects is capable of affecting the operation
  of a virtual router.

  Examples of how these objects could adversely affect the operation of
  a virtual router include:





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  o An unauthorized change to vrrpv3OperationsPriority can affect the
    priority used in master election, resulting in this router either
    becoming master when it should not, or in some other router being
    elected by preference.  While this will disrupt the operator's
    plans, it will only replicate the unfortunate failure of multiple
    routers, and any router that does become master will be capable of
    filling that role.

  o Modification of vrrpv3OperationsPrimaryIpAddr would cause the
    configured router to take on an incorrect IP address if it becomes
    master, which would be potentially very disruptive to the network
    operation.

  o A malicious change to vrrpv3OperationsAdvInterval could either
    result in the configured router flooding the network with
    advertisements when it becomes master, or the new master not
    advertising frequently enough such that some routers do not learn
    about the new master.

  o vrrpv3OperationsPreemptMode controls whether this router will
    preempt another master router.  Setting it inappropriately will at
    worse cause one router to be master against the operator's plans,
    but that router will still be qualified to operate as a master.

  o Setting the vrrpv3OperationsAcceptMode could prevent an
    IPv6-capable VRRP router from accepting packets addressed to the
    address owner's IPv6 address as its own even if it is not the IPv6
    address owner.  Although the default for this object is false(2),
    unauthorized setting of this object to false might restrict the
    function of some parts of the network.

  o The vrrpv3OperationsRowStatus object that could be used to disable
    a virtual router.  While there are other columns that, if changed,
    could disrupt operations, they cannot be changed without first
    changing the RowStatus object.

  SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security.
  Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec),
  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.

  Implementations MUST provide the security features described by the
  SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410]), including full support for
  authentication and privacy via the User-based Security Model (USM)
  [RFC3414] with the AES cipher algorithm [RFC3826].  Implementations
  MAY also provide support for the Transport Security Model (TSM)




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  [RFC5591] in combination with a secure transport such as SSH
  [RFC5592] or TLS/DTLS [RFC6353].

  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.

12.  IANA Considerations

  The MIB module in this document uses the following IANA-assigned
  OBJECT IDENTIFIER values recorded in the SMI Numbers registry:

       Descriptor        OBJECT IDENTIFIER value
       ----------        -----------------------

       vrrpv3MIB           { mib-2 207 vrrpv3MIB VRRPV3-MIB }

  This document obsoletes RFC 2787.  Therefore, IANA has deprecated
  value 68 under 'mib-2', which is assigned to VRRP-MIB.

13.  Normative References

  [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

  [RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder,
            "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)",
            STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.

  [RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder, "Textual
            Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999.

  [RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder,
            "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April
            1999.

  [RFC2863] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group
            MIB", RFC 2863, June 2000.

  [RFC3413] Levi, D., Meyer, P., and B. Stewart, "Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications", STD 62, RFC 3413,
            December 2002.





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  [RFC4001] Daniele, M., Haberman, B., Routhier, S., and J.
            Schoenwaelder, "Textual Conventions for Internet Network
            Addresses", RFC 4001, February 2005.

  [RFC5798] Nadas, S., Ed., "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
            Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6", RFC 5798, March 2010.

14.  Informative References

  [RFC2338] Knight, S., Weaver, D., Whipple, D., Hinden, R., Mitzel,
            D., Hunt, P., Higginson, P., Shand, M., and A. Lindem,
            "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol", RFC 2338, April 1998.

  [RFC2787] Jewell, B. and D. Chuang, "Definitions of Managed Objects
             for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol", RFC 2787,
            March 2000.

  [RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart,
            "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-
            Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002.

  [RFC3414] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model
            (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management
            Protocol (SNMPv3)", STD 62, RFC 3414, December 2002.

  [RFC3826] Blumenthal, U., Maino, F., and K. McCloghrie, "The Advanced
            Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP
            User-based Security Model", RFC 3826, June 2004.

  [RFC5591] Harrington, D. and W. Hardaker, "Transport Security Model
            for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC
            5591, June 2009.

  [RFC5592] Harrington, D., Salowey, J., and W. Hardaker, "Secure Shell
            Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol
            (SNMP)", RFC 5592, June 2009.

  [RFC6353] Hardaker, W., "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport
            Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)",
            RFC 6353, July 2011.











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15.  Acknowledgments

  Kripakaran Karlekar and Brain Jewell helped in design and initial
  drafts of this specification.  This specification is based on RFC
  2787.  The authors of RFC 2787 are Brian Jewell and David Chuang.
  The author would also like to thank Bert Wijnen, Dave Thaler, Joan
  Cucchiara, Mukesh Gupta, Steve Bates, Adrian Farrel, Ben Campbell and
  Joel M. Halpern for taking time to review the document and provide
  valuable guidance.

Author's Address

  Srinivas Kalyan Tata
  Nokia
  313 Fairchild Dr.
  Mountain View, CA 94043
  EMail: [email protected]


































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