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Network Working Group K. McCloghrie Request for Comments: 2512 Cisco Systems, Inc. Category: Standards Track J. Heinanen Telia Finland, Inc. W. Greene MCI Telecommunications Corp. A. Prasad Cisco Systems, Inc. February 1999 Accounting Information for ATM Networks 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 (1999). All Rights Reserved. Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................... 1 2 The SNMP Network Management Framework .......................... 2 3 Overview ....................................................... 3 4 Definitions .................................................... 3 5 Acknowledgements ...............................................12 6 References .....................................................12 7 Security Considerations ........................................13 8 IANA Considerations ............................................13 9 Authors' Addresses .............................................14 10 Full Copyright Statement ......................................15

1. Introduction

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. A separate memo [16] defines managed objects, in a manner independent of the type of network, for controlling the selection, collection and storage of accounting information into files for later retrieval via a file transfer protocol. This memo defines a set of ATM-specific accounting information which can be collected for connections on ATM networks. McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 1]
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2. The SNMP Network Management Framework

The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major components: o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2271 [1]. o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in STD 16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4]. The second version, called SMIv2, is described in RFC 1902 [5], RFC 1903 [6] and RFC 1904 [7]. o Message protocols for transferring management information. The first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and RFC 1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2272 [11] and RFC 2274 [12]. o Protocol operations for accessing management information. The first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905 [13]. o A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2273 [14] and the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2275 [15]. Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI. This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no translation is possible (e.g., use of Counter64). Some machine readable information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the MIB. McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 2]
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3. Overview

In [16], the items of accounting data to be collected are specified as a set of objects. Which objects are contained in such a set is selectable by an administrator through the specification of one or more (subtree, list) tuples, where the set of objects to be collected is the union of the subsets specified by each tuple: 'subtree' specifies a OBJECT IDENTIFIER value such that every object in the subset is named by the subtree's value appended with a single additional sub-identifier. 'list' specifies an OCTET STRING value, such that if the N-th bit of the string's value is set then the the subset contains the object named by appending N as a single additional sub- identifier to the subtree. This memo specifies such a subtree containing a set of objects defining items of accounting information which are applicable to ATM connections. Note that all of the objects defined here have a MAX-ACCESS clause of not-accessible, since their purpose is not to be read/written by SNMP, but rather, to be the syntax and semantics of the set of information which can be represented within a single (subtree, list) tuple.

4. Definitions

ATM-ACCOUNTING-INFORMATION-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, OBJECT-IDENTITY, mib-2, Integer32, Counter64 FROM SNMPv2-SMI DisplayString, DateAndTime FROM SNMPv2-TC AtmAddr FROM ATM-TC-MIB; atmAccountingInformationMIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "9611052000Z" ORGANIZATION "IETF AToM MIB Working Group" CONTACT-INFO " Keith McCloghrie Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose CA 95134-1706. Phone: +1 408 526 5260 Email: kzm@cisco.com" McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 3]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 DESCRIPTION "The MIB module for identifying items of accounting information which are applicable to ATM connections." ::= { mib-2 59 } atmAcctngMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { atmAccountingInformationMIB 1 } -- Definitions of objects for use in specifying ATM accounting -- data to be collected atmAcctngDataObjects OBJECT-IDENTITY STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This identifier defines a subtree under which various objects are defined such that a set of objects to be collected as ATM accounting data can be specified as a (subtree, list) tuple using this identifier as the subtree." ::= { atmAcctngMIBObjects 1 } -- Objects defined under the atmAcctngDataObjects subtree -- -- In each case the semantics of the object are interpreted with -- respect to the creation/storage of an accounting record for a -- particular connection on a particular interface. atmAcctngConnectionType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { pvc(1), pvp(2), svcIncoming(3), svcOutgoing(4), svpIncoming(5), svpOutgoing(6), spvcInitiator(7), spvcTarget(8), spvpInitiator(9), spvpTarget(10) } MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The type of connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 1 } atmAcctngCastType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { p2p(1), p2mp(2) } MAX-ACCESS not-accessible McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 4]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An indication of whether the connection is point-to-point or point-to-multipoint." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 2 } atmAcctngIfName OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A textual name for the interface on which the data for the connection was collected. If the local SNMP agent supports the object ifName, the value of this object must be identical to that of ifName in the conceptual row of the ifTable corresponding to this interface." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 3 } atmAcctngIfAlias OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The 'alias' name for the interface as specified by a network manager, e.g., via a management set operation to modify the relevant instance of the ifAlias object. Note that in contrast to ifIndex, ifAlias provides a non-volatile 'handle' for the interface, the value of which is retained across agent reboots." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 4 } atmAcctngVpi OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..4095) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The VPI used for the connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 5 } atmAcctngVci OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..65535) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The VCI used for the connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 6 } atmAcctngCallingParty OBJECT-TYPE McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 5]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 SYNTAX AtmAddr MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's calling party. If unknown (e.g., for a PVC), then the value of this object is the zero-length string." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 7 } atmAcctngCalledParty OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX AtmAddr MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's called party. If unknown (e.g., for a PVC), then the value of this object is the zero-length string." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 8 } atmAcctngCallReference OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..3)) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's call reference value (e.g., from Q.2931). If unknown (e.g., for a PVC), then the value of this object is the zero-length string." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 9 } atmAcctngStartTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DateAndTime MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The time when the connection was established." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 10 } atmAcctngCollectionTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DateAndTime MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The time at which the data in this record was collected." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 11 } atmAcctngCollectMode OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { onRelease(1), periodically(2), McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 6]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 onCommand(3) } MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The reason why this connection data was collected." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 12 } atmAcctngReleaseCause OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "If the connection data was collected because of the release of an SVC, then this is the cause code in the Release message for the connection; otherwise, this object has the value zero." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 13 } atmAcctngServiceCategory OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { other(1), cbr(2), vbrRt(3), vbrNrt(4), abr(5), ubr(6), unknown(7) } MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's service category." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 14 } atmAcctngTransmittedCells OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of cells, including OAM cells, transmitted by this switch on this connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 15 } atmAcctngTransmittedClp0Cells OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of cells with CLP=0, including OAM cells, transmitted by this switch on this connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 16 } atmAcctngReceivedCells OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS not-accessible McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 7]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of cells, including OAM cells, received by this switch on this connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 17 } atmAcctngReceivedClp0Cells OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of cells with CLP=0, including OAM cells, received by this switch on this connection." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 18 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The traffic descriptor type (as defined in RFC 1695 and its successors) in the direction in which the switch transmits cells on the connection." REFERENCE "See atmTrafficDescriptorTypes in ATM-MIB.my in RFC 1695 and its successors." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 19 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorParam1 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The first traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch transmits cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 20 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorParam2 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The second traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch transmits cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType." McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 8]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 21 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorParam3 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The third traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch transmits cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 22 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorParam4 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The fourth traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch transmits cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 23 } atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorParam5 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The fifth traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch transmits cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngTransmitTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 24 } atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The traffic descriptor type (as defined in RFC 1695 and its successors) in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection." REFERENCE "See atmTrafficDescriptorTypes in ATM-MIB.my in RFC 1695 and its successors." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 25 } McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 9]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorParam1 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The first traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 26 } atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorParam2 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The second traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 27 } atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorParam3 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The third traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 28 } atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorParam4 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The fourth traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 29 } atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorParam5 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER (0..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 10]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 DESCRIPTION "The fifth traffic descriptor parameter in the direction in which this switch receives cells on this connection. Interpretation of this parameter is dependent on the value of atmAcctngReceiveTrafficDescriptorType." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 30 } atmAcctngCallingPartySubAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX AtmAddr MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's calling party sub-address. If the connection has no calling party sub-address, or it's value is unknown, then the value of this object is the zero-length string." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 31 } atmAcctngCalledPartySubAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX AtmAddr MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The connection's called party sub-address. If the connection has no called party sub-address, or it's value is unknown, then the value of this object is the zero-length string." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 32 } atmAcctngRecordCrc16 OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE(2)) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of the CRC-16 checksum (as defined by ISO 3309 (HDLC) and/or ITU X.25) calculated over the accounting record containing this object. While the mechanism for calculating/encoding the checksum value is specific to the method of encoding the accounting record, an accounting record containing this object is typically generated by initializing the value of this object to the all-zeros string ('0000'H), with the location of these zeros being saved. After generating the record, the checksum is calculated over the whole connection record and then the all-zeros value is overwritten (at the saved location) by the calculated value of the checksum." ::= { atmAcctngDataObjects 33 } McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 11]
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5. Acknowledgements

The comments of the IETF's AToM MIB Working Group are acknowledged.

6. References

[1] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2271, January 1998. [2] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD 16, RFC 1155, May 1990. [3] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD 16, RFC 1212, March 1991. [4] Rose, M., "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991. [5] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1902, January 1996. [6] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1903, January 1996. [7] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1904, January 1996. [8] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M. and J. Davin, "Simple Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990. [9] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January 1996. [10] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996. [11] Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R. and B. Wijnen, "Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2272, January 1998. McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 12]
RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks February 1999 [12] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC 2274, January 1998. [13] SNMPv2 Working Group, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996. [14] Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications", RFC 2273, January 1998. [15] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2275, January 1998. [16] McCloghrie, K., Heinanen, J., Greene, W. and A. Prasad, "Managed Objects for Controlling the Collection and Storage of Accounting Information for Connection-Oriented Networks", RFC 2513, February 1999. [17] Noto, M., Spiegel, E. and K. Tesink, "Definitions of Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management", RFC 2514, February 1999.

7. Security Considerations

This MIB module defines data items for potential use as accounting information. Each of these data items is only accessible through a collected accounting file. After being collected, the accounting data should be protected against modification or unauthorized deletion.

8. IANA Considerations

Prior to publication of this memo as an RFC, IANA is requested to make a suitable OBJECT IDENTIFIER assignment. McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 13]
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9. Authors' Addresses

Keith McCloghrie Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose CA 95134 Phone: +1 408 526 5260 EMail: kzm@cisco.com Juha Heinanen Telia Finland, Inc. Myyrmaentie 2 01600 VANTAA Finland Phone +358 303 944 808 EMail: jh@telia.fi Wedge Greene MCI Telecommunications Corporation 901 International Parkway Richardson, Texas 75081 Phone: 214-498-1232 or 972-729-1232 EMail: wedge.greene@mci.com Anil Prasad Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose CA 95134 Phone: +1 408 525-7209 EMail: aprasad@cisco.com McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 14]
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10. Full Copyright Statement

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved. This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 15]