Network Working Group C. DeSanti

Network Working Group C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 4626 V. Gaonkar
Category: Standards Track K. McCloghrie
Cisco Systems
S. Gai
Retired
September 2006

MIB for Fibre Channel's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) Protocol

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 (2006).

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 describes managed objects for information related
to the Fibre Channel network's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
routing protocol.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel .................................3
3.1. Introduction ...............................................3
3.2. FSPF Protocol ..............................................4
3.3. Virtual Fabrics ............................................4
4. Relationship to Other MIBs ......................................5
5. MIB Overview ....................................................5
5.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance ..........................5
5.2. Switch Index ...............................................6
5.3. Fabric Index ...............................................6
5.4. The MIB Groups .............................................6
5.4.1. The t11FspfGeneralGroup Group .......................6
5.4.2. The t11FspfIfGroup Group ............................7
5.4.3. The t11FspfDatabaseGroup Group ......................7
5.4.4. The t11FspfNotificationGroup Group ..................7
6. The T11-FC-FSPF-MIB Module ......................................7
7. Acknowledgements ...............................................31
8. IANA Considerations ............................................32
9. Security Considerations ........................................32
10. Normative References ..........................................33
11. Informative References ........................................34

1. Introduction

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects for information related
to the Fibre Channel network's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
routing protocol, which is specified in [FC-SW-4].

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 [RFC2119].

2. 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].

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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].

3. Short Overview of Fibre Channel

3.1. Introduction

The Fibre Channel (FC) is logically a bidirectional point-to-point
serial data channel, structured for high performance. Fibre Channel
provides a general transport vehicle for higher-level protocols, such
as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets, the High-
Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) data framing, IP (Internet
Protocol), IEEE 802.2, and others.

Physically, Fibre Channel is an interconnection of multiple
communication points, called N_Ports, interconnected either by a
switching network, called a Fabric, or by a point-to-point link. A
Fibre Channel "node" consists of one or more N_Ports. A Fabric may
consist of multiple Interconnect Elements, some of which are
switches. An N_Port connects to the Fabric via a port on a switch
called an F_Port. When multiple FC nodes are connected to a single
port on a switch via an "Arbitrated Loop" topology, the switch port
is called an FL_Port, and the nodes' ports are called NL_Ports. The
term Nx_Port is used to refer to either an N_Port or an NL_Port. The
term Fx_Port is used to refer to either an F_Port or an FL_Port. A
switch port, which is interconnected to another switch port via an
Inter-Switch Link (ISL), is called an E_Port. A B_Port connects a
bridge device with an E_Port on a switch; a B_Port provides a subset
of E_Port functionality.

Many Fibre Channel components, including the fabric, each node, and
most ports, have globally-unique names. These globally-unique names
are typically formatted as World Wide Names (WWNs). More information
on WWNs can be found in [FC-FS]. WWNs are expected to be persistent
across agent and unit resets.

Fibre Channel frames contain 24-bit address identifiers that identify
the frame's source and destination ports. Each FC port has both an
address identifier and a WWN. When a fabric is in use, the FC
address identifiers are dynamic and are assigned by a switch. Each
octet of a 24-bit address represents a level in an address hierarchy,
a Domain_ID being the highest level of the hierarchy.

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The routing of frames within the Fabric is normally based on a
routing protocol called Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF). FSPF is a
link state path selection protocol, which is defined in Section 8 of
[FC-SW-4]. FSPF keeps track of the state of the links on all
switches in the Fabric and associates a cost with each link. The
protocol computes paths from a switch to all the other switches in
the Fabric by adding the cost of all the links traversed by the path,
and choosing the path that minimizes the cost. The collection of
link states (including cost) of all the switches in a Fabric
constitutes the topology database (or link-state database).

3.2. FSPF Protocol

FSPF has four major components:

a) A Hello protocol, used to establish connectivity with a neighbor
switch, to establish the identity of the neighbor switch, and to
exchange FSPF parameters and capabilities;

b) A replicated topology database, with protocols and mechanisms to
keep the databases synchronized across the Fabric;

c) A path computation algorithm (e.g., Dijkstra's algorithm);

d) A routing table update.

The topology database synchronization in turn consists of two major
components: an initial database synchronization and an update
mechanism. The initial database synchronization is used when a
switch is initialized, or when an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) comes up.
The update mechanism is used in two circumstances:

a) When there is a link state change; for example, an ISL going down
or coming up;

b) On a periodic basis, to prevent switches from deleting topology
information from the database.

Also note that all connections between Fibre Channel switches are
point-to-point.

3.3. Virtual Fabrics

The latest standard for an interconnecting Fabric containing multiple
Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-4]. [FC-SW-4] carries forward the
previous version's specification for the operation of a single Fabric
in a physical infrastructure, augmenting it with the definition of
Virtual Fabrics and with the specification of how multiple Virtual

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Fabrics can operate within one (or more) physical infrastructures.
The use of Virtual Fabrics provides for each frame to be tagged in
its header to indicate which one of several Virtual Fabrics that
frame is being transmitted on. All frames entering a particular
"Core Switch" [FC-SW-4] (i.e., a physical switch) on the same Virtual
Fabric are processed by the same "Virtual Switch" within that Core
switch.

4. Relationship to Other MIBs

The first standardized MIB module for Fibre Channel [RFC4044] was
focussed on Fibre Channel switches. It is being replaced by the more
generic Fibre Channel Management MIB [FC-MGMT] which defines basic
information for Fibre Channel hosts and switches, including
extensions to the standard IF-MIB [RFC2863] for Fibre Channel
interfaces.

This MIB module extends beyond [FC-MGMT] to cover the operation of
the FSPF routing protocol in Fibre Channel switches.

This MIB module only contains information specific to FSPF.
Information that would still be applicable if any other routing
protocol were used is specified in a separate MIB module.

This MIB module imports some common Textual Conventions from T11-TC-
MIB, defined in [RFC4439].

5. MIB Overview

This MIB module provides the means for monitoring the operation of,
and configuring some parameters of, one or more instances of the FSPF
protocol.

5.1. Fibre Channel Management Instance

A Fibre Channel management instance is defined in [FC-MGMT] as a
separable managed instance of Fibre Channel functionality. Fibre
Channel functionality may be grouped into Fibre Channel management
instances in whatever way is most convenient for the
implementation(s). For example, one such grouping accommodates a
single SNMP agent with multiple AgentX [RFC2741] sub-agents, with
each sub-agent implementing a different Fibre Channel management
instance.

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The object, fcmInstanceIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB
[FC-MGMT] as the index value that uniquely identifies each Fibre
Channel management instance within the same SNMP context ([RFC3411],
Section 3.3.1).

5.2. Switch Index

The FC-MGMT-MIB [FC-MGMT] defines the fcmSwitchTable as a table of
information about Fibre Channel switches that are managed by Fibre
Channel management instances. Each Fibre Channel management instance
can manage one or more Fibre Channel switches. The Switch Index,
fcmSwitchIndex, is IMPORTed from the FC-MGMT-MIB as the index value
that uniquely identifies a Fibre Channel switch among those (one or
more) managed by the same Fibre Channel management instance.

5.3. Fabric Index

Whether operating on a physical Fabric (i.e., without Virtual
Fabrics) or within a Virtual Fabric, the operation of FSPF within a
Fabric is identical. Therefore, this MIB module defines all Fabric-
related information in tables that are INDEX-ed by an arbitrary
integer, named a "Fabric Index", the syntax of which is IMPORTed from
the T11-TC-MIB. When a device is connected to a single physical
Fabric, without use of any virtual Fabrics, the value of this Fabric
Index will always be 1. In an environment of multiple virtual and/or
physical Fabrics, this index provides a means to distinguish one
Fabric from another.

It is quite possible, and may even be likely, that a Fibre Channel
switch will have ports connected to multiple virtual and/or physical
Fabrics. Thus, in order to simplify a management protocol query
concerning all the Fabrics to which a single switch is connected,
fcmSwitchIndex will be listed before t11FspfFabricIndex when they
both appear in the same INDEX clause.

5.4. The MIB Groups

This section describes the four MIB groups contained in the MIB
module.

5.4.1. The t11FspfGeneralGroup Group

This group provides for per-Fabric monitoring of the FSPF state and
per-Fabric monitoring/configuration of FSPF parameters.

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5.4.2. The t11FspfIfGroup Group

This group provides for per-interface monitoring of FSPF
state/statistics and per-interface monitoring/configuration of FSPF
parameters.

5.4.3. The t11FspfDatabaseGroup Group

This group permits the monitoring of the information present in the
FSPF topology database.

5.4.4. The t11FspfNotificationGroup Group

This group contains the notifications that are generated on
asynchronous events related to the operation of FSPF.

6. The T11-FC-FSPF-MIB Module

T11-FC-FSPF-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
--
-- For management of FSPF, the Fibre Channel routing protocol.
--

IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
Counter32, Integer32, Unsigned32, TimeTicks,
Gauge32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- [RFC2578]
MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,
NOTIFICATION-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- [RFC2580]
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus, StorageType,
TruthValue FROM SNMPv2-TC -- [RFC2579]
ifIndex, InterfaceIndex FROM IF-MIB -- [RFC2863]
fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex,
FcDomainIdOrZero FROM FC-MGMT-MIB -- [FC-MGMT]
T11FabricIndex FROM T11-TC-MIB -- [RFC4439]
t11FamConfigDomainId
FROM T11-FC-FABRIC-ADDR-MGR-MIB; -- [RFC4439]

t11FcFspfMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200608140000Z"
ORGANIZATION "T11"
CONTACT-INFO
"Claudio DeSanti
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA
EMail: [email protected]

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Keith McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134
Email: [email protected]"
DESCRIPTION
"The MIB module for managing the Fabric Shortest Path
First (FSPF) protocol. FSPF is specified in FC-SW-4.

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of
this MIB module is part of RFC 4626; see the RFC itself for
full legal notices."
REVISION "200608140000Z"
DESCRIPTION
"Initial version of this MIB module published as RFC4626."

::= { mib-2 143 }

t11FspfNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcFspfMIB 0 }
t11FspfObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcFspfMIB 1 }
t11FspfConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FcFspfMIB 2 }
t11FspfConfiguration OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FspfObjects 1 }
t11FspfDatabase OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FspfObjects 2 }

--
-- TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS

T11FspfLsrType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type of the Link State Record.

FC-SW-4 defines two types of LSRs and allows for the
possibility for more will be defined in the future:

01 - Switch Link Record
02 - Obsolete
240 - 255 - Vendor Specific
others - Reserved.
"
REFERENCE
"Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 6.1.9.3."
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..255)

T11FspfLinkType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

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"Type of an the FSPF Link. Presently defined values:

1 - Point-to-Point
240-255 - Vendor Specific
all others - Reserved.
"
REFERENCE
"Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 6.1.9.4."
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..255)

T11FspfInterfaceState ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The state of the FSPF Neighbor Finite State Machine
for the neighbor (switch) on a particular interface.
Possible values are :

down(1) - Down
init(2) - Init
dbExchange(3) - Database Exchange
dbAckwait(4) - Database AckWait
dbWait(5) - Database Wait
full(6) - Full (Connected)
"
REFERENCE
"Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.7."
SYNTAX INTEGER {
down(1),
init(2),
dbExchange(3),
dbAckwait(4),
dbWait(5),
full(6)
}

T11FspfLastCreationTime ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This TC describes an object that stores the last time
it, and the row containing it, was created.

This can be used by management applications to determine
that a row has been deleted and re-created between reads,
causing an otherwise undetectable discontinuity in the
data."
SYNTAX TimeTicks

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--
-- t11FspfTable

t11FspfTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This table allows the users to configure and monitor FSPF's
per-Fabric parameters and statistics on all Fabrics known to
locally managed switches.

Entries are created/removed by the agent if and when
(Virtual) Fabrics are created/deleted."
::= { t11FspfConfiguration 1 }

t11FspfEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry containing FSPF variables, parameters, and
statistics on a particular switch (identified by values
of fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex) for a particular
Fabric (identified by a t11FspfFabricIndex value).

(Note that the local switch's per-fabric Domain-ID is
available in t11FamConfigDomainId, which is defined in
T11-FC-FABRIC-ADDR-MGR-MIB.)"
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex }
::= { t11FspfTable 1 }

T11FspfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FspfFabricIndex T11FabricIndex,
t11FspfMinLsArrival Unsigned32,
t11FspfMinLsInterval Unsigned32,
t11FspfLsRefreshTime Unsigned32,
t11FspfMaxAge Unsigned32,
t11FspfMaxAgeDiscards Counter32,
t11FspfPathComputations Counter32,
t11FspfChecksumErrors Counter32,
t11FspfLsrs Gauge32,
t11FspfCreateTime T11FspfLastCreationTime,
t11FspfAdminStatus INTEGER,
t11FspfOperStatus INTEGER,
t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable TruthValue,
t11FspfSetToDefault INTEGER,
t11FspfStorageType StorageType

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}

t11FspfFabricIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FabricIndex
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A unique index value that uniquely identifies a
particular Fabric.

In a Fabric conformant to FC-SW-4, multiple Virtual Fabrics
can operate within one (or more) physical infrastructures.
In such a case, index value is used to uniquely identify a
particular Fabric within a physical infrastructure.

In a Fabric that has (can have) only a single Fabric
operating within the physical infrastructure, the
value of this Fabric Index will always be 1."
::= { t11FspfEntry 1 }

t11FspfMinLsArrival OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535)
UNITS "milliSeconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The minimum time after accepting a Link State Record
(LSR) on this Fabric before accepting another update of
the same LSR on the same Fabric.

An LSR update that is not accepted because of this time
interval is discarded."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, sections 8.6.4.5 & 15.1."
DEFVAL {1000}
::= { t11FspfEntry 2 }

t11FspfMinLsInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535)
UNITS "milliSeconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The minimum time after this switch sends an LSR on this
Fabric before it will send another update of the same LSR
on the same Fabric."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 15.1."

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DEFVAL {5000}
::= { t11FspfEntry 3 }

t11FspfLsRefreshTime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32
UNITS "Minutes"
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The interval between transmission of refresh LSRs on this
Fabric."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, sections 8.5.1 & 15.1."
DEFVAL {30}
::= { t11FspfEntry 4 }

t11FspfMaxAge OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32
UNITS "Minutes"
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The maximum age an LSR will be retained in the FSPF
database on this Fabric. An LSR is removed from the
database after MaxAge is reached."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 15.1."
DEFVAL {60}
::= { t11FspfEntry 5 }

t11FspfMaxAgeDiscards OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of LSRs discarded due to their age reaching
t11FspfMaxAge in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of
this counter is indicated by t11FspfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfEntry 6 }

t11FspfPathComputations OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of times that the path computation algorithm
has been invoked by this Switch on this Fabric to compute
a set of minimum cost paths for this Fabric. The last

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discontinuity of this counter is indicated by
t11FspfCreateTime."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.1.1."
::= { t11FspfEntry 7 }

t11FspfChecksumErrors OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of FSPF checksum errors that were detected
locally (and therefore discarded) on this Fabric.
The last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by
t11FspfCreateTime."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.5.4."
::= { t11FspfEntry 8 }

t11FspfLsrs OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Gauge32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The current number of entries for this Fabric in the
t11FspfLsrTable."
::= { t11FspfEntry 9 }

t11FspfCreateTime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLastCreationTime
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime when this entry was last created."
::= { t11FspfEntry 10 }

t11FspfAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
up(1),
down(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The desired state of FSPF in this Fabric. If value of
this object is set to 'up', then FSPF is enabled in
this Fabric. If set to 'down', then FSPF is disabled
in this Fabric -- when FSPF is disabled, FSPF provides

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no routes to be included in the T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB module.
(see the T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB)."
REFERENCE "T11-FC-ROUTE-MIB, The Fibre Channel Routing
Information MIB, RFC4625."
DEFVAL {up}
::= { t11FspfEntry 11 }

t11FspfOperStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
up(1),
down(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"State of FSPF in this Fabric. If 't11FspfAdminStatus' is
'down', then the 't11FspfOperStatus' should be 'down'.
If 't11FspfAdminStatus' is changed to 'up', then
't11FspfOperStatus' should change to 'up' as and when
FSPF is active in this Fabric."
::= { t11FspfEntry 12 }

t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Specifies whether or not the local agent should
issue the notification 't11FspfNbrStateChangNotify'
when the local switch learns of a change of state
in the FSPF Neighbor Finite State Machine on an
interface in this Fabric.
If the value of the object is 'true, then the
notification is generated. If the value is 'false',
notification is not generated."
DEFVAL { false }
::= { t11FspfEntry 13 }

t11FspfSetToDefault OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
default(1),
noOp(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Setting this value to 'default' changes the value of each
and every writable object in this row to its default

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value.

No action is taken if this object is set to 'noOp'.
The value of the object, when read, is always 'noOp'."
::= { t11FspfEntry 14 }

t11FspfStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX StorageType
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The storage type for read-write objects in this
conceptual row.

Conceptual rows having the value 'permanent' need not
allow write-access to any columnar objects in the row."
DEFVAL { nonVolatile }
::= { t11FspfEntry 15 }

--
-- t11FspfIfTable

t11FspfIfTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfIfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This table allows the users to configure and monitor
the FSPF parameters that are per-interface (identified
by a t11FspfIfIndex value), per-Fabric (identified by a
t11FspfFabricIndex value), and per-switch (identified by
values of fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex).

Creating a row in this table via t11FspfIfRowStatus
provides the means to specify non-default parameter value(s)
for an interface at a time when the relevant row in this
table would not otherwise exist because the interface is
either down or it is not an E_Port, but the corresponding
row in the t11FspfTable must already exist.

After the non-default values have been specified for a
port's parameters, they need to be retained in this table,
even when the port becomes 'isolated'. However, having
unnecessary rows in this table clutters it up and makes
those rows that are useful harder for an NMS to find.
Therefore, when an E_Port becomes isolated, its row gets
deleted if and only if all of its parameter values are the
default values; also, when an E_Port becomes non-isolated

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in a particular Fabric, a row in this table needs to exist
and is automatically created, if necessary.

The specific conditions for an automated/implicit deletion
of a row are:
a) if the corresponding interface is no longer an E_Port
(e.g., a G_Port which is dynamically determined to be an
F_Port), and all configurable parameters have default
values; or
b) if the interface identified by t11FspfIfIndex no longer
exists (e.g., because a line-card is physically removed);
or
c) if the corresponding row in the t11FspfTable is deleted.
"
::= { t11FspfConfiguration 2 }

t11FspfIfEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfIfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry containing FSPF information for the interface
identified by t11FspfIfIndex, on the fabric identified
by t11FspfFabricIndex, on the switch identified by
fcmSwitchIndex."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex,
t11FspfFabricIndex, t11FspfIfIndex }
::= { t11FspfIfTable 1 }

T11FspfIfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FspfIfIndex InterfaceIndex,
t11FspfIfHelloInterval Unsigned32,
t11FspfIfDeadInterval Unsigned32,
t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval Unsigned32,
t11FspfIfInLsuPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfInLsaPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfOutLsuPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfOutLsaPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfOutHelloPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfInHelloPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfRetransmittedLsuPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfInErrorPkts Counter32,
t11FspfIfNbrState T11FspfInterfaceState,
t11FspfIfNbrDomainId FcDomainIdOrZero,
t11FspfIfNbrPortIndex Unsigned32,
t11FspfIfAdminStatus INTEGER,
t11FspfIfCreateTime T11FspfLastCreationTime,
t11FspfIfSetToDefault INTEGER,

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t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor Unsigned32,
t11FspfIfStorageType StorageType,
t11FspfIfRowStatus RowStatus
}

t11FspfIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX InterfaceIndex
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of ifIndex that identifies the local
Fibre Channel interface for which this entry
contains FSPF information."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 1 }

t11FspfIfHelloInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535)
UNITS "Seconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Interval between the periodic HELLO messages sent on this
interface in this Fabric to verify the link health. Note
that this value must be same at both ends of a link in
this Fabric."
DEFVAL {20}
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 2 }

t11FspfIfDeadInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (2..65535)
UNITS "Seconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Maximum time for which no HELLO messages can be received
on this interface in this Fabric. After this time, the
interface is assumed to be broken and removed from the
database. Note that this value must be greater than the
HELLO interval specified on this interface in this Fabric."
DEFVAL {80}
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 3 }

t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535)
UNITS "Seconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

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"The time after which an unacknowledged LSR is
retransmitted on this interface in this Fabric."
DEFVAL {5}
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 4 }

t11FspfIfInLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of Link State Update (LSU) packets received on
this interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity
of this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 5 }

t11FspfIfInLsaPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of Link State Acknowledgement (LSA) packets
received on this interface in this Fabric. The last
discontinuity of this counter is indicated by
t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 6 }

t11FspfIfOutLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of Link State Update (LSU) packets transmitted
on this interface in this Fabric. The last
discontinuity of this counter is indicated by
t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 7 }

t11FspfIfOutLsaPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of Link State Acknowledgement (LSA) packets
transmitted on this interface in this Fabric. The
last discontinuity of this counter is indicated by
t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 8 }

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t11FspfIfOutHelloPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of HELLO packets transmitted on this interface in
this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is
indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 9 }

t11FspfIfInHelloPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of HELLO packets received on this interface in
this Fabric. The last discontinuity of this counter is
indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 10 }

t11FspfIfRetransmittedLsuPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of LSU packets that contained one or more
retransmitted LSRs, and that were transmitted on this
interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of
this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 11 }

t11FspfIfInErrorPkts OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Counter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of invalid FSPF control packets received on this
interface in this Fabric. The last discontinuity of
this counter is indicated by t11FspfIfCreateTime."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 12 }

t11FspfIfNbrState OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfInterfaceState
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The state of FSPF's 'neighbor state machine', which is
the operational state of the interaction with the

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neighbor's interface that is connected to this interface.

If the 't11FspfIfAdminStatus' is 'down', then this object
should be 'down'. If the 't11FspfIfAdminStatus' is 'up',
then this object's value depends on the state of FSPF's
'neighbor state machine' on this interface in this
Fabric."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.7"
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 13 }

t11FspfIfNbrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The Domain Id of the neighbor in this Fabric."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 14 }

t11FspfIfNbrPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The index, as known by the neighbor, of the neighbor's
interface that is connected to this interface in this
Fabric."
REFERENCE "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 6.1.9.4."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 15 }

t11FspfIfAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
up(1),
down(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The desired state of FSPF on this interface in this
Fabric, whenever 't11FspfAdminStatus' is 'up'.
If the value of this object is set to 'up', then FSPF is
enabled on this interface in this Fabric. If set to
'down', then FSPF is disabled on this interface in this
Fabric. Note that the operational state of FSPF on an
interface is given by t11FspfIfNbrState."
DEFVAL {up}
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 16 }

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t11FspfIfCreateTime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLastCreationTime
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime when this entry was last
created."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 17 }

t11FspfIfSetToDefault OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
default(1),
noOp(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Setting this value to 'default' changes the value of each
and every writable object in this row to its default
value.

If all the configuration parameters have their default
values, and if the interface is down, then the row is
deleted automatically.

No action is taken if this object is set to 'noOp'.
The value of the object, when read, is always 'noOp'."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 18 }

t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..65535)
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The administrative factor used in calculating the cost
of sending a frame on this interface in this Fabric.

The formula used to calculate the link cost is:

Link Cost = S * (1.0625e12 / ifSpeed)
where:
S = (the value of this object / 100)
ifSpeed = interface speed (as defined in the IF-MIB).
"
REFERENCE
"Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4),
ANSI INCITS 418-2006, section 8.5.5; and
IF-MIB, RFC 2863."

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DEFVAL { 100 }
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 19 }

t11FspfIfStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX StorageType
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The storage type for this conceptual row.
Conceptual rows having the value 'permanent' need not
allow write-access to any columnar objects in the row."
DEFVAL { nonVolatile }
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 20 }

t11FspfIfRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX RowStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The status of the conceptual row.

This object can be used to create an entry only if there
is an entry in the t11FspfTable for the corresponding
Fabric, and if the interface is either isolated or is a
non-E_port.

Setting this object to 'destroy' will typically fail;
to reverse the creation process, set the corresponding
instance of t11FspfIfSetToDefault to 'default'."
::= { t11FspfIfEntry 21 }

--
-- t11FspfLsrTable

t11FspfLsrTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfLsrEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This table is the database of all the latest
incarnations of the Link State Records (LSRs) that
are currently contained in the topology database,
for all interfaces on all Fabrics known to
locally managed switches.

A Fabric's topology database contains the LSRs that
have been either issued or received by a local switch on
that Fabric, and that have not reached t11FspfMaxAge."

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::= { t11FspfDatabase 1 }

t11FspfLsrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLsrEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This gives information for the most recent update of an
LSR. There is one entry for every LSR issued or received
by a locally managed switch (identified by
fcmInstanceIndex and fcmSwitchIndex) in a Fabric
(identified by t11FspfFabricIndex)."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex,
t11FspfLsrDomainId, t11FspfLsrType }
::= { t11FspfLsrTable 1 }

T11FspfLsrEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FspfLsrDomainId FcDomainIdOrZero,
t11FspfLsrType T11FspfLsrType,
t11FspfLsrAdvDomainId FcDomainIdOrZero,
t11FspfLsrAge Unsigned32,
t11FspfLsrIncarnationNumber Unsigned32,
t11FspfLsrCheckSum Unsigned32,
t11FspfLsrLinks Unsigned32
}

t11FspfLsrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Domain Id of the LSR owner in this Fabric. It is the
Link State Id of this LSR."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 1 }

t11FspfLsrType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLsrType
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type of this LSR."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 2 }

t11FspfLsrAdvDomainId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

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"Domain Id of the switch that is advertising the LSR on
the behalf of the switch owning it."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 3 }

t11FspfLsrAge OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535)
UNITS "Seconds"
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The time since this LSR was inserted into the database."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 4 }

t11FspfLsrIncarnationNumber OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..4294967295)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The link state incarnation number of this LSR. This is
used to identify most recent instance of an LSR while
updating the topology database when an LSR is received.
The updating of an LSR includes incrementing its
incarnation number prior to transmission of the updated
LSR. So, the most recent LSR is the one with the
largest incarnation number."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 5 }

t11FspfLsrCheckSum OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65535)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The checksum of the LSR."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 6 }

t11FspfLsrLinks OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65355)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Number of entries in the t11FspfLinkTable associated with
this LSR."
::= { t11FspfLsrEntry 7 }
--
-- t11FspfLinkTable

t11FspfLinkNumber OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..2147483647)

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MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of rows in the t11FspfLinkTable."
::= { t11FspfDatabase 3 }

t11FspfLinkTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF T11FspfLinkEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This table contains the list of Inter-Switch Links and
their information that is part of an LSR, either
received or transmitted."
::= { t11FspfDatabase 4 }

t11FspfLinkEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLinkEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry that contains information about a link
contained in an LSR in this Fabric. An entry is created
whenever a new link appears in an (issued or received)
LSR. An entry is deleted when a link no longer appears
in an (issued or received) LSR."
INDEX { fcmInstanceIndex, fcmSwitchIndex, t11FspfFabricIndex,
t11FspfLsrDomainId, t11FspfLsrType, t11FspfLinkIndex}
::= { t11FspfLinkTable 1 }

T11FspfLinkEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
t11FspfLinkIndex Unsigned32,
t11FspfLinkNbrDomainId FcDomainIdOrZero,
t11FspfLinkPortIndex Unsigned32,
t11FspfLinkNbrPortIndex Unsigned32,
t11FspfLinkType T11FspfLinkType,
t11FspfLinkCost Integer32
}

t11FspfLinkIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (1..4294967295)
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An arbitrary index of this link."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 1 }

t11FspfLinkNbrDomainId OBJECT-TYPE

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SYNTAX FcDomainIdOrZero
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The Domain Id of the neighbor on the other end of this
link in this Fabric."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 2 }

t11FspfLinkPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The source E_port of this link, as indicated by the index
value in the LSR received from the switch identified by
't11FspfLsrDomainId'."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 3 }

t11FspfLinkNbrPortIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..16777215)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The destination E_port of this link, as indicated by the
index value in the LSR received from the switch identified
by 't11FspfLinkNbrDomainId'."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 4 }

t11FspfLinkType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfLinkType
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The type of this link."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 5 }

t11FspfLinkCost OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (0..65535)
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The cost of sending a frame on this link in this Fabric.
Link cost is calculated using the formula:

link cost = S * (1.0625e12 / Signalling Rate)

For issued LSRs, S is determined by the value of
t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor for the corresponding interface

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and Fabric."
::= { t11FspfLinkEntry 6 }

--
-- Notification-related object

t11FspfIfPrevNbrState OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX T11FspfInterfaceState
MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The previous state of FSPF's Neighbor Finite State
Machine on an interface.

This object is only used in the
't11FspfNbrStateChangNotify' notification."
::= { t11FspfConfiguration 3 }

--
-- Notifications

t11FspfNbrStateChangNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS { ifIndex,
t11FamConfigDomainId,
t11FspfIfNbrDomainId,
t11FspfIfNbrState,
t11FspfIfPrevNbrState
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This notification signifies that there has been a change in
the state of an FSPF neighbor. This is generated when the
FSPF state changes to a terminal state, through either
regression (i.e., goes from Full to Init or Down) or
progression (i.e., from any state to Full). The value of
't11FspfIfNbrState' is the state of the neighbor after the
change."
::= { t11FspfNotifications 1 }

--
-- Conformance

t11FspfMIBCompliances
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FspfConformance 1 }

t11FspfMIBGroups
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { t11FspfConformance 2 }

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t11FspfMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The compliance statement for entities that
implement the FSPF."
MODULE -- this module
MANDATORY-GROUPS { t11FspfGeneralGroup,
t11FspfIfGroup,
t11FspfDatabaseGroup,
t11FspfNotificationGroup }

GROUP t11FspfIfCounterGroup
DESCRIPTION
"These counters, for particular FSPF-packet
occurrences on an interface, are mandatory only
for those systems that count such events."

OBJECT t11FspfIfRowStatus
SYNTAX INTEGER { active(1) }
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required, so only
one value needs to be supported."

OBJECT t11FspfIfStorageType
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfMinLsArrival
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfMinLsInterval
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfAdminStatus
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

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OBJECT t11FspfSetToDefault
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfStorageType
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfHelloInterval
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfDeadInterval
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfAdminStatus
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfSetToDefault
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

OBJECT t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor
MIN-ACCESS read-only
DESCRIPTION
"Write access is not required."

::= { t11FspfMIBCompliances 1 }

-- Units of Conformance

t11FspfGeneralGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FspfMinLsArrival,
t11FspfMinLsInterval,
t11FspfLsRefreshTime,

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t11FspfMaxAge,
t11FspfMaxAgeDiscards,
t11FspfPathComputations,
t11FspfChecksumErrors,
t11FspfLsrs,
t11FspfCreateTime,
t11FspfAdminStatus,
t11FspfOperStatus,
t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable,
t11FspfSetToDefault,
t11FspfStorageType }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects for displaying and
configuring FSPF parameters."
::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 1 }

t11FspfIfGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FspfIfHelloInterval,
t11FspfIfDeadInterval,
t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval,
t11FspfIfNbrState,
t11FspfIfNbrDomainId,
t11FspfIfNbrPortIndex,
t11FspfIfAdminStatus,
t11FspfIfCreateTime,
t11FspfIfSetToDefault,
t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor,
t11FspfIfRowStatus,
t11FspfIfStorageType,
t11FspfIfPrevNbrState }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects for displaying the FSPF
interface information."
::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 2 }

t11FspfIfCounterGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FspfIfInLsuPkts,
t11FspfIfInLsaPkts,
t11FspfIfOutLsuPkts,
t11FspfIfOutLsaPkts,
t11FspfIfOutHelloPkts,
t11FspfIfInHelloPkts,
t11FspfIfRetransmittedLsuPkts,
t11FspfIfInErrorPkts }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION

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"A collection of objects for counting particular
FSPF-packet occurrences on an interface."
::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 3 }

t11FspfDatabaseGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { t11FspfLsrAdvDomainId,
t11FspfLsrAge,
t11FspfLsrIncarnationNumber,
t11FspfLsrCheckSum,
t11FspfLsrLinks,
t11FspfLinkNbrDomainId,
t11FspfLinkPortIndex,
t11FspfLinkNbrPortIndex,
t11FspfLinkType,
t11FspfLinkCost,
t11FspfLinkNumber }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects for displaying the FSPF
topology database information."
::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 4 }
t11FspfNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
NOTIFICATIONS { t11FspfNbrStateChangNotify }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of notifications for FSPF."
::= { t11FspfMIBGroups 5 }
END

7. Acknowledgements

This document was originally developed and approved by the INCITS
Task Group T11.5 (http://www.t11.org) as the SM-FSM project. We wish
to acknowledge the many contributions and comments from the INCITS
Technical Committee T11, including the following:

T11 Chair: Robert Snively, Brocade
T11 Vice Chair: Claudio DeSanti, Cisco Systems
T11.5 Chair: Roger Cummings, Symantec
T11.5 members, especially:
Ken Hirata, Emulex
Scott Kipp, McData
Elizabeth G. Rodriguez, Dot Hill

The document was subsequently approved by the IETF's IMSS Working
Group, chaired by David Black (EMC Corporation). We also wish to
acknowledge Bert Wijnen (Lucent Technologies), the IETF Area
Director, for his review of the document.

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8. IANA Considerations

The IANA assigned a MIB OID for the T11-FC-FSPF-MIB module under the
appropriate subtree.

9. Security Considerations

There are several 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 objects and their
sensitivity/vulnerability are:

t11FspfMinLsArrival, t11FspfMinLsInterval,
t11FspfIfHelloInterval, t11FspfIfDeadInterval &
t11FspfIfRetransmitInterval
-- alter the responsiveness of the FSPF protocol

t11FspfAdminStatus & t11FspfIfAdminStatus
-- enable/disable dynamic routing via FSPF

t11FspfSetToDefault & t11FspfIfSetToDefault
-- nullify valid configuration changes

t11FspfIfLinkCostFactor
-- alter the choice of links

t11FspfNbrStateChangNotifyEnable
-- enable/disable notifications.

The support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without
proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations.

Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects with a
MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may be considered sensitive or
vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to
control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly
to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over
the network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and their
sensitivity/vulnerability:

t11FspfTable -- contains per-Fabric parameters and statistics

t11FspfIfTable -- contains per-interface parameters and statistics

t11FspfLsrTable & t11FspfLinkTable -- database of LSR information,

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

It is RECOMMENDED that implementors consider the security features as
provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8),
including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for
authentication and privacy).

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.

10. 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., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management
Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April
1999.

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

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

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

[RFC3411] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An
Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks", STD 62, RFC 3411,
December 2002.

[FC-FS] "Fibre Channel - Framing and Signaling (FC-FS)" ANSI
INCITS 373-2003, April 2003.

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[FC-SW-4] "Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric - 4 (FC-SW-4)", ANSI INCITS
418-2006, 2006.

[FC-MGMT] McCloghrie, K., "Fibre Channel Management MIB", RFC 4044,
May 2005.

[RFC4439] DeSanti, C., Gaonkar, V., McCloghrie, K., and S. Gai,
"Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB", RFC 4439,
March 2006.

11. Informative References

[RFC2741] Daniele, M., Wijnen, B., Ellison, M., and D. Francisco,
"Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1", RFC
2741, January 2000.

[RFC4044] McCloghrie, K., "Fibre Channel Management MIB", RFC 4044,
May 2005.

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

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Authors' Addresses

Claudio DeSanti
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA

Phone: +1 408 853-9172
EMail: [email protected]

Vinay Gaonkar
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134 USA

Phone: +1 408 527-8576
EMail: [email protected]

Keith McCloghrie
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA USA 95134

Phone: +1 408-526-5260
EMail: [email protected]

Silvano Gai
Retired

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