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Network Working Group D. Haskin Request for Comments: 2466 S. Onishi Category: Standards Track Bay Networks, Inc. December 1998 Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group 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 (1998). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document is one in the series of documents that define various MIB object groups for IPv6. Specifically, the ICMPv6 group is defined in this document. This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the IPv6-based internets. This document specifies a MIB module in a manner that is both compliant to the SNMPv2 SMI, and semantically identical to the peer SNMPv1 definitions. Table of Contents 1. The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework ............. 2 1.1 Object Definitions ................................ 2 2. Overview ............................................ 2 3. The ICMPv6 Group .................................... 3 4. Acknowledgments .................................... 14 5. References .......................................... 14 6. Security Considerations ............................. 15 7. Authors' Addresses................................... 15 8. Full Copyright Statement............................. 16 Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998

1. The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework

The SNMPv2 Network Management Framework presently consists of three major components. They are: o the SMI, described in RFC 1902 [1] - the mechanisms used for describing and naming objects for the purpose of management. o the MIB-II, described in RFC 1213/STD 17 [3] - the core set of managed objects for the Internet suite of protocols. o RFC 1157/STD 15 [4] and RFC 1905 [5] which define two versions of the protocol used for network access to managed objects. The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of experimentation and evaluation.

1.1. Object Definitions

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) defined in the SMI. In particular, each object type is named by an OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name. The object type together with an object instance serves to uniquely identify a specific instantiation of the object. For human convenience, we often use a textual string, termed the descriptor, to refer to the object type.

2. Overview

This document is the one in the series of documents that define various MIB object groups for IPv6. These groups are the basic unit of conformance: if the semantics of a group is applicable to an implementation, then it must implement all objects in that group. For example, an implementation must implement the TCP group if and only if it implements the TCP over IPv6 protocol. At minimum, implementations must implement the IPv6 General group [9] as well as the ICMPv6 group defined in this document. This document defines the ICMPv6 group of the IPv6 MIB. Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998

3. The ICMPv6 Group

IPV6-ICMP-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, Counter32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF ipv6IfEntry FROM IPV6-MIB; ipv6IcmpMIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "9801082155Z" ORGANIZATION "IETF IPv6 Working Group" CONTACT-INFO " Dimitry Haskin Postal: Bay Networks, Inc. 660 Techology Park Drive. Billerica, MA 01821 US Tel: +1-978-916-8124 E-mail: dhaskin@baynetworks.com Steve Onishi Postal: Bay Networks, Inc. 3 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 US Tel: +1-978-916-3816 E-mail: sonishi@baynetworks.com" DESCRIPTION "The MIB module for entities implementing the ICMPv6." ::= { mib-2 56 } -- the ICMPv6 group ipv6IcmpMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6IcmpMIB 1 } -- Per-interface ICMPv6 statistics table ipv6IfIcmpTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF Ipv6IfIcmpEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 3]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "IPv6 ICMP statistics. This table contains statistics of ICMPv6 messages that are received and sourced by the entity." ::= { ipv6IcmpMIBObjects 1 } ipv6IfIcmpEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Ipv6IfIcmpEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An ICMPv6 statistics entry containing objects at a particular IPv6 interface. Note that a receiving interface is the interface to which a given ICMPv6 message is addressed which may not be necessarily the input interface for the message. Similarly, the sending interface is the interface that sources a given ICMP message which is usually but not necessarily the output interface for the message." AUGMENTS { ipv6IfEntry } ::= { ipv6IfIcmpTable 1 } Ipv6IfIcmpEntry ::= SEQUENCE { ipv6IfIcmpInMsgs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInErrors Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInDestUnreachs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInAdminProhibs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInTimeExcds Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInParmProblems Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInPktTooBigs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInEchos Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInEchoReplies Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInRouterSolicits Counter32 , Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 4]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 ipv6IfIcmpInRouterAdvertisements Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborSolicits Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborAdvertisements Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInRedirects Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembQueries Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembResponses Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembReductions Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutMsgs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutErrors Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutDestUnreachs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutAdminProhibs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutTimeExcds Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutParmProblems Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutPktTooBigs Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutEchos Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutEchoReplies Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterSolicits Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterAdvertisements Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborSolicits Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborAdvertisements Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutRedirects Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembQueries Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembResponses Counter32 , ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembReductions Counter32 Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 5]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 } ipv6IfIcmpInMsgs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The total number of ICMP messages received by the interface which includes all those counted by ipv6IfIcmpInErrors. Note that this interface is the interface to which the ICMP messages were addressed which may not be necessarily the input interface for the messages." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 1 } ipv6IfIcmpInErrors OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP messages which the interface received but determined as having ICMP-specific errors (bad ICMP checksums, bad length, etc.)." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 2 } ipv6IfIcmpInDestUnreachs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Destination Unreachable messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 3 } ipv6IfIcmpInAdminProhibs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP destination unreachable/communication administratively prohibited messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 4 } ipv6IfIcmpInTimeExcds OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 6]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 5 } ipv6IfIcmpInParmProblems OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 6 } ipv6IfIcmpInPktTooBigs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Packet Too Big messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 7 } ipv6IfIcmpInEchos OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 8 } ipv6IfIcmpInEchoReplies OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 9 } ipv6IfIcmpInRouterSolicits OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Router Solicit messages received by the interface." Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 7]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 10 } ipv6IfIcmpInRouterAdvertisements OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Router Advertisement messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 11 } ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborSolicits OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Neighbor Solicit messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 12 } ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborAdvertisements OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Neighbor Advertisement messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 13 } ipv6IfIcmpInRedirects OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of Redirect messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 14 } ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembQueries OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Query messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 15} ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembResponses OBJECT-TYPE Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 8]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Response messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 16} ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembReductions OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Reduction messages received by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 17} ipv6IfIcmpOutMsgs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The total number of ICMP messages which this interface attempted to send. Note that this counter includes all those counted by icmpOutErrors." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 18 } ipv6IfIcmpOutErrors OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP messages which this interface did not send due to problems discovered within ICMP such as a lack of buffers. This value should not include errors discovered outside the ICMP layer such as the inability of IPv6 to route the resultant datagram. In some implementations there may be no types of error which contribute to this counter's value." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 19 } ipv6IfIcmpOutDestUnreachs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Destination Unreachable Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 9]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 20 } ipv6IfIcmpOutAdminProhibs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Number of ICMP dest unreachable/communication administratively prohibited messages sent." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 21 } ipv6IfIcmpOutTimeExcds OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 22 } ipv6IfIcmpOutParmProblems OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 23 } ipv6IfIcmpOutPktTooBigs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Packet Too Big messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 24 } ipv6IfIcmpOutEchos OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 25 } Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 10]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 ipv6IfIcmpOutEchoReplies OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 26 } ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterSolicits OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Router Solicitation messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 27 } ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterAdvertisements OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Router Advertisement messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 28 } ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborSolicits OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Neighbor Solicitation messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 29 } ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborAdvertisements OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMP Neighbor Advertisement messages sent by the interface." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 30 } ipv6IfIcmpOutRedirects OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 11]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of Redirect messages sent. For a host, this object will always be zero, since hosts do not send redirects." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 31 } ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembQueries OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Query messages sent." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 32} ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembResponses OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Response messages sent." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 33} ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembReductions OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of ICMPv6 Group Membership Reduction messages sent." ::= { ipv6IfIcmpEntry 34} -- conformance information ipv6IcmpConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6IcmpMIB 2 } ipv6IcmpCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6IcmpConformance 1 } ipv6IcmpGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6IcmpConformance 2 } -- compliance statements ipv6IcmpCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 12]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities which implement ICMPv6." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { ipv6IcmpGroup } ::= { ipv6IcmpCompliances 1 } ipv6IcmpGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { ipv6IfIcmpInMsgs, ipv6IfIcmpInErrors, ipv6IfIcmpInDestUnreachs, ipv6IfIcmpInAdminProhibs, ipv6IfIcmpInTimeExcds, ipv6IfIcmpInParmProblems, ipv6IfIcmpInPktTooBigs, ipv6IfIcmpInEchos, ipv6IfIcmpInEchoReplies, ipv6IfIcmpInRouterSolicits, ipv6IfIcmpInRouterAdvertisements, ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborSolicits, ipv6IfIcmpInNeighborAdvertisements, ipv6IfIcmpInRedirects, ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembQueries, ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembResponses, ipv6IfIcmpInGroupMembReductions, ipv6IfIcmpOutMsgs, ipv6IfIcmpOutErrors, ipv6IfIcmpOutDestUnreachs, ipv6IfIcmpOutAdminProhibs, ipv6IfIcmpOutTimeExcds, ipv6IfIcmpOutParmProblems, ipv6IfIcmpOutPktTooBigs, ipv6IfIcmpOutEchos, ipv6IfIcmpOutEchoReplies, ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterSolicits, ipv6IfIcmpOutRouterAdvertisements, ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborSolicits, ipv6IfIcmpOutNeighborAdvertisements, ipv6IfIcmpOutRedirects, ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembQueries, ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembResponses, ipv6IfIcmpOutGroupMembReductions } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The ICMPv6 group of objects providing information specific to ICMPv6." Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 13]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 ::= { ipv6IcmpGroups 1 } END

4. Acknowledgments

This document borrows from MIB works produced by IETF for IPv4-based internets. We would like to thanks the following people for constructive and valuable comments: Mike Daniele, Margaret Forsythe, Jean-Pierre Roch, Juergen Schoenwaelder, Vivek Venkatraman.

5. References

[1] 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. [2] 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. [3] McCloghrie, K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II", STD 17, RFC 1213, March 1991. [4] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M. and J. Davin, "A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990. [5] 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. [6] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II", RFC 1573, January 1994. [7] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, Editors, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998. Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 14]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998 [8] Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2463, December 1998. [9] Haskin, D., and S. Onishi, "Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group", RFC 2465, December 1998.

6. Security Considerations

Certain management information defined in this MIB may be considered sensitive in some network environments. Therefore, authentication of received SNMP requests and controlled access to management information should be employed in such environments.

7. Authors' Addresses

Dimitry Haskin Bay Networks, Inc. 600 Technology Park Drive Billerica, MA 01821 EMail: dhaskin@baynetworks.com Steve Onishi Bay Networks, Inc. 3 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 EMail: sonishi@baynetworks.com Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 15]
RFC 2466 IPv6 MIB: ICMPv6 Group December 1998

8. Full Copyright Statement

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). 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. Haskin & Onishi Standards Track [Page 16]