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The SNMP protocol is used to for conveying information and commands between agents and managing entities. SNMP uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) as the transport protocol for passing data between managers and agents. The reasons for using UDP for SNMP are, firstly it has low overheads in comparison to TCP, which uses a 3-way hand shake for connection. Secondly, in congested networks, SNMP over TCP is a bad idea because TCP in order to maintain reliability will flood the network with retransmissions.

Management information (MIB) is represented as a collection of managed objects. These objects together form a virtual information base called MIB. An agent may implement many MIBs, but all agents must implement a particular MIB called MIB-II [16]. This standard defines variables for things such as interface statistics (interface speeds, MTU, octets sent, octets received, etc.) as well as various other things pertaining to the system itself (system location, system contact, etc.). The main goal of MIB-II is to provide general TCP/IP management information.

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-- *********************************************************************
-- CISCO-VIRTUAL-NW-IF-MIB.my: Virtual Network Interface Mib
--
-- September 2002, Srini Kode
--
-- Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
-- All rights reserved.
-- 
-- *********************************************************************

CISCO-VIRTUAL-NW-IF-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
        MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE,
        NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
        Unsigned32                             FROM SNMPv2-SMI
        MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP,
        NOTIFICATION-GROUP                     FROM SNMPv2-CONF
        RowStatus                              FROM SNMPv2-TC
        SnmpAdminString                        FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
        InterfaceIndex,ifName                  FROM IF-MIB
        ciscoMgmt                              FROM CISCO-SMI
        entPhysicalIndex                       FROM ENTITY-MIB
        FcAddressId                            FROM CISCO-ST-TC;
        
                         
ciscoVirtualNwIfMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
        LAST-UPDATED "200210020000Z"
        ORGANIZATION "Cisco Systems Inc."
        CONTACT-INFO
            "     Cisco Systems
                  Customer Service
            Postal: 170 W Tasman Drive
                    San Jose, CA  95134
                    USA
            Tel: +1 800 553 -NETS
            E-mail: cs-san@cisco.com"
        DESCRIPTION
            "The MIB module for management of virtual network 
             interfaces to VSAN and VLAN."
        REVISION    "200210020000Z"
        DESCRIPTION
            "Initial version of this MIB module."
        ::= { ciscoMgmt 290 }

ciscoVirtualNwIfObjects  OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { ciscoVirtualNwIfMIB 1 }
virtualNwIfMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { ciscoVirtualNwIfMIB 2 }
virtualNwIfConfig        OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { ciscoVirtualNwIfObjects  1 }
virtualNwIfStatistics    OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { ciscoVirtualNwIfObjects  2 }
virtualNwIfNotification  OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { ciscoVirtualNwIfObjects  3 }
virtualNwIfNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
                                ::= { virtualNwIfNotification 0 }


-- Virtual Network Interface Table

virtualNwIfTable  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF VirtualNwIfEntry
        MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
              "This table contains one entry for each local virtual 
               interface to a VSAN or VLAN, at most one such interface
               per processor on a Supervisor or Line card managed by
               the agent. Each such processor will have an entry in 
               the entPhysicalTable ( from ENTITY-MIB ) and will have a 
               unique PhysicalIndex. For e.g. if Line card has 
               2 processors on it then each processor will have a
               entry in the entPhysicaltable and each will have 
               unique PhysicalIndex. It is possible that there can be
               multiple VSAN's or VLAN's per processor, but the 
               network manager can create only one virtual interface
               for a VSAN and only one for a VLAN per physical entity
               i.e. per processor on the card.
               Note:Processor is represented as a physical entity in
               the entPhysicalTable.
               Each such interface has a unique ifIndex assigned by 
               the agent. When requested to create an entry in this
               table, the agent also creates a corresponding entry in
               the ifTable of IF-MIB and also an entry in the 
               cieIfInterfaceTable of CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB.  Next, 
               the agent fills in the values of virtualNwIfIndex, after
               which the creation of the entry in this table completes.
               The ciiIPIfAddressTable of CISCO-IP-IF-MIB can be used
               to configure the IP addresses.  The ifTable and this
               table can be used to monitor the interface. 

               Entries in this table are created by network managers.
               But the entries can be deleted either by the network
               managers or will be deleted by the agent if the
               corresponding VSAN or VLAN is deleted. 
               An entry will be allowed to be created only if the 
               corresponding VSAN or VLAN has been created.
               The ifType for an created interface of type 'vsan(1)'
               will be 'fibreChannel(56)' and of type 'vlan(2)' would
               be  'ethernetCsmacd(6)'. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfConfig  1 }

virtualNwIfEntry OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     VirtualNwIfEntry
        MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
               "Each entry provides information on a local virtual 
               interface for a VSAN or VLAN."
        INDEX { entPhysicalIndex, virtualNwIfType, virtualNwIfId }
        ::= { virtualNwIfTable 1 }

VirtualNwIfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
              virtualNwIfType                   INTEGER,
              virtualNwIfId                     Unsigned32,
              virtualNwIfIndex                  InterfaceIndex,
              virtualNwIfFcId                   FcAddressId,
              virtualNwIfOperStatusCause        INTEGER,
              virtualNwIfOperStatusCauseDescr   SnmpAdminString,
              virtualNwIfRowStatus              RowStatus
}

virtualNwIfType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      INTEGER { vsan(1), vlan(2) }
        MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "If the virtualNwIfType is vsan(1) and if the 
               corresponding virtual interface is enabled
               ( ifAdminStatus='up' ), then the operational state of
               virtual interface will become active 
               ( ifOperStatus='up' ) only if the VSAN state is active
               and a FCID is obtained through a successful FLOGI.
               Even if the desired state of the virtual interface is
               enabled ( ifAdminStatus='up' ), but if the VSAN state is
               non-active or FCID has not been obtained, then the
               virtual interface is disabled(ifOperStatus='down').
               Only when the VSAN state becomes active and an FCID is
               obtained will the virtual interface be enabled
               ( ifOperStatus='up' ). An interface can be disabled while
               its VSAN exists by setting ifAdminStatus='down'. When 
               an VSAN is deleted, the corresponding interface
               ( if created ) is also deleted.

               If the virtualNwIfType is vlan(2) and if the 
               corresponding virtual interface is enabled
               ( ifAdminStatus='up' ) , then the virtual interface will
               become active ( ifOperStatus='up' ) only if the VLAN
               state is active. Even if the desired state of the 
               virtual interface is enabled(ifAdminStatus='up'), but if
               the VLAN state is non-active, then the virtual interface
               is disabled ( ifOperStatus='down' ) . Only when the VLAN
               state becomes active will the virtual interface be 
               enabled ( ifOperStatus='up' ). An interface can be 
               disabled while its VLAN exists by setting 
               ifAdminStatus='down'. When an VLAN is deleted, the
               corresponding interface ( if created ) is also deleted. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 1 }

virtualNwIfId OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      Unsigned32
        MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The id of VSAN or VLAN, according to the value of
               virtualNwIfType. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 2 }

virtualNwIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      InterfaceIndex
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The ifIndex of this interface. This value is 
               dynamically assigned by the agent. It is valid
               whenever the value of the corresponding
               virtualNwIfRowStatus is 'active'. 
               The ifType of interface of type vsan(1) will be 
               'fibreChannel(56)' and of type 'vlan(2)' would be
                'ethernetCsmacd(6)'. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 3 }

virtualNwIfFcId OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      FcAddressId
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The Fibre Channel Identifier(FC-ID) of this interface.
               This object is relevant to interfaces with 
               'virtualNwIfType' of vsan(1) only. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 4 }

virtualNwIfOperStatusCause  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                       none(1),
                       adminDown(2),
                       vsanNotOperational(3),
                       noFcid(4),
                       kernelConfFailure(5)
        }              
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only 
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The cause of current operational state of the interface.
               'none(1)'              - no failure.
               'adminDown(2)'         - 'ifAdminStatus' is down(2).
               'vsanNotOperational(3) - VSAN not operational.
               'noFcid(4)'            - failed to get an FCID.
               'kernelConfFailure(5)' - failed to configure the 
                                        network device.
               The current operational state of the interface is shown
               by the 'ifOperStatus' defined in rfc2863. This object
               will show 'none(1)' for all the 'ifOperStatus' values
               except for 'down(2)'. It will show one of the values
               defined above if 'ifOperStatus' is 'down(2)'. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 5 }

virtualNwIfOperStatusCauseDescr  OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only 
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The description for the cause of current operational 
               state of the interface, shown by the object 
               'virtualNwIfOperStatusCause'. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 6 }

virtualNwIfRowStatus OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      RowStatus
        MAX-ACCESS  read-create
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
              "The status of this conceptual row. "   
        ::= { virtualNwIfEntry 7 }


-- Notifications


virtualNwIfCreateEntryNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE
        OBJECTS    { virtualNwIfIndex, ifName }
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "This notification is generated by the agent
                whenever an virtual interface is created in the,
                'virtualNwIfTable'. Note that this notification
                is generated only when a new entry is added to the 
                table and not for any modifications to an existing
                entry. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfNotifications 1 }

virtualNwIfDeleteEntryNotify NOTIFICATION-TYPE
        OBJECTS    { virtualNwIfIndex }
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "This notification is generated by the agent
                whenever an virtual interface is deleted from the
                'virtualNwIfTable'. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfNotifications 2 }


-- Conformance

virtualNwIfMIBCompliances
        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { virtualNwIfMIBConformance 1 }
virtualNwIfMIBGroups
        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { virtualNwIfMIBConformance 2 }

virtualNwIfMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
        STATUS   current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The compliance statement for entities which 
                implement the CISCO-VIRTUAL-NW-IF-MIB mib. "
        MODULE MANDATORY-GROUPS { virtualNwIfGroup, 
                                  virtualNwIfNotificationGroup }
                                           
        OBJECT  virtualNwIfRowStatus
            SYNTAX     INTEGER {             
                     active(1),
                     createAndGo(4),
                     destroy(6)}
            DESCRIPTION 
                   "Only three values 'createAndGo', 'destroy' and 
                   'active' out of the six enumerated values need to
                    be supported. "

--      OBJECT  virtualNwIfId
--          SYNTAX     Unsigned32
--          DESCRIPTION 
--                 "If the virtualNwIfType is vsan(1), then this 
--                  object will have range as specified by VsanIndex
--                  textual convention. "  

         
        ::= { virtualNwIfMIBCompliances 1 }       

-- Units of Conformance

virtualNwIfGroup  OBJECT-GROUP
     OBJECTS  { virtualNwIfIndex, virtualNwIfFcId,
                virtualNwIfOperStatusCause,
                virtualNwIfOperStatusCauseDescr, 
                virtualNwIfRowStatus }
     STATUS  current
     DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of objects related to virtual interface
             parameters. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfMIBGroups  1 }

       
virtualNwIfNotificationGroup        NOTIFICATION-GROUP
        NOTIFICATIONS { virtualNwIfCreateEntryNotify,
                        virtualNwIfDeleteEntryNotify }
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
               "A collection of notifications for monitoring virtual 
                interfaces. "
        ::= { virtualNwIfMIBGroups 2 }

END