This appendix provides a survey on some of the
network management technologies discussed in Volume. IV, Section 3. The attached
references, specifically [Manii 00] and [Raou 02}, have been used in putting together this appendix.
ISO
OSI network management,
developed by ISO [ISO], is a comprehensive network management standard covering
the seven layers of the OSI network reference model. Common Management
Information Protocol (CMIP) is based on the ITU-T X.700 recommendations [ITU
X720, X721], along with extensions for TMN [ITU M3010] via the M.3000 series
and technology or interface specific standards such as ITU-T G.774 for
SDH. CMIP has built-in services, Common
Management Information Service (CMIS), that specifies the basic services for
various functions.
CMIP’s advantages
compared to SNMP [RFC 1157, 1441-1452, 2570-2580] include: (i) CMIP uses transport protocols that provide
packet delivery assurance, while SNMP uses UDP which provides no guarantee of
data delivery, (ii) CMIP is truly object oriented and includes the concepts of
containment and inheritance, whereby the status of a global object is reflected
in less global elements. In SNMP inheritance is not provided, and finally,
(iii) CMIP includes event filtering by either the managed entity or management
system.
The additional CMIP
functionality comes at the expense of software complexity. The CMIP/CMIS stack
is larges and can be of an issue on ordinary workstations or small devices. The
protocol in the past has only been supported on larger systems where the
investment could be justified. In general, the direction of the industry has
been increasingly towards SNMP, even in the public network management space.
The OSI functional
model includes:
·
Performance Management - The task of
performance management involves measurements of various metrics for network
performance, analysis of the measurements to determine normal levels, and
determination of appropriate threshold values to ensure required level of
performance for each service. Examples of performance metrics include network
throughput, user response times, and line utilization. Management entities
continually monitor values of the performance metrics. An alert is generated
and sent to the network management system when a threshold is exceeded.
·
Configuration Management - Configuration
management involves maintaining an inventory of the network and system
configuration information. This information is used to assure inter-operability
and problem detection. Examples of configuration information include
device/system OS name and version, types and capacity of interfaces, types and
version of the protocol stacks, type and version of network management SW, etc.
·
Accounting Management - Accounting
management keeps track of usage per account, and ensures resources are
available according to the account requirements.
· Fault
Management - Fault management detects, fixes, logs, and reports network
problems. Fault management involves determining symptoms through monitoring and
measurements , and isolating the problem.
·
Security Management - Security management
is to control access to network resources according to security guidelines.
Security manager partitions network resources into authorized and unauthorized
areas. Users are provided access rights to one or more areas. Security managers
identify sensitive network resources (including systems, files, and other
entities) and determine accessibility of users and the resources. Security manager monitors access points to
sensitive network resources and log inappropriate access.
ITU (SG IV, TMN)
The ITU
Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) [ITU M3010] consists of five
layers: the Element Layer (EL), Element Management Layer (EML), Network
Management Layer (NML), Service Management Layer (SML) and Business Management
Layer (BML), as shown in Figure 1.
The first
three layers are applicable to the management of a physical network. The NML
provides the network manager with a unified view of the network under one
management domain. This layer will operate through the EML, which provides the
groupings of similar Network Elements (NEs). The
lowest management layer, EL, performs basic management of the network
equipment. The Service Management Layer provides for monitoring of services and
statistics gathering functions. It includes customer-facing elements and
interacts with the network management layer. Above the Service Management Layer
is the Business Management Layer, responsible for business agreements between
service providers. In addition, it allows for interfacing with other operators
at the service and network management layers.
Figure 1: The TMN
Framework.
TMN
consists of an architecture to interconnect the various provider Operation
Support Systems (OSSs) and equipment from different
vendors. It also allows for the exchange of management information between
different provider TMNs. The functional architecture
provides for the logical allocation of functionality, while the physical
architecture defines the actual interfaces and physical components. The
information architecture defines the manager-agent and managed object concepts,
through which, concepts such as object request brokers are introduced to
insulate applications from network elements. The Common Object Request Broker
Architecture (CORBA) [CORBA] and web-based management are examples.
Each interface in the TMN management architecture, namely M1 to M5, has certain characteristics and provides for different management capabilities: M1 and M2 are interfaces between a private network management system and either a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) or a private network. M3 is the interface between private and public networks. M4 defines SNMP or CMIP management connection to a public switching systems. Finally, M5 interface connects one TMN to another for carrier-to-carrier information exchange.
IETF (SNMP, RMON)
The IETF Internet-Standard Management Framework [RFC 1441,
2570, 2571] consists of the following:
MIB - Definitions
of network management objects known as Management Information Base (MIB)
objects [RFC 1212,1450,1451,1907]. The management
information is represented as a collection of managed objects that form a virtual
information store known as the MIB. A MIB object might be a traffic/error
counter, or descriptive information such as version of software running on the
device, or protocol-specific information such as a routing path to a
destination. MIB object define the management information maintained by a
managed device.
SMI - A Data
Definition Language, known as SMI (Structure of Management Information) [RFC
1155, 1442,2578] that defines the data types, an object model, and rules for
writing and revising management information. MIB objects are specified in this
data definition language.
SNMP - A protocol, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) [RFC 1157,
1445,2570-2573], for conveying information and commands between a managing
entity and an agent executing on behalf of that entity within a managed network
device. SNMPv2 was a major step towards a more distributed paradigm of network
management. It introduced the concept of intermediary manager [RFC 1451], which
can be considered to be a "middle manager". The managing entity
communicates directly with the intermediary managers and exchange command
information. The intermediary managers then handle data exchange with agents.
The intermediary managers assume some of the data processing from the managing
entity and are capable of performing simple tasks such as periodic status
pulling from agents without the intervention from the managing entity. SNMP
provides varying degrees of security and security features depending on the
version being used. SNMPv1 provides a weak form of security called the
community-based security model. SNMPv3 has a comprehensive security model,
providing approaches for encrypting the SNMP message, replay detection/
protection, and anti-spoofing mechanisms.
RMON - RMON
(Remote MONitoring) [RFC 1757] is a step towards
management distribution. RMON used the
concept of monitors (or probes), which are network monitoring devices. The task
of a monitor is to track the network traffic at its local region and report
anomalies, in the form of alarms, to its managing entity. By defining alarm
types and alarm thresholds, the managing entity is able to offload some data
gathering and decision-making, e.g. event filtering, to the monitors.
Furthermore, monitors can also perform some data preprocessing before
forwarding them to the managing entity. The RMON specification is primarily a
definition of a MIB. The effect, however, is to define standard
network-monitoring functions and interfaces for communicating between
SNMP-based managing entity and remote monitors.
IEEE
The IEEE standards for management of Local and Metropolitan
Area Networks (LAN & MAN) are concerned with physical and data link layers
[IEEE]. CMIP and SNMP protocols both use the IEEE standards for the lower
layers.
Web-based Network
Management
A number of web-based network management solutions have been
proposed and built. The main problems Web-based network management tries to
address are: platform heterogeneity, lack of management console accessibility,
and high cost of management platform deployment and maintenance [Mart 98, Thom
98, Ju 01]. Traditional network management solutions
are platform-dependent, with proprietary management consoles, and varying user
interfaces for each management platform. Web technology addresses these problems
by providing ubiquitous management consoles in the form of standard web
browsers.
Proprietary network management platforms are expensive and
difficult to maintain. Web technology solves this issue by promoting HTML and
Java-based platforms, providing a seamless Graphic User Interface (GUI)
accessible everywhere. Other problems with traditional network management
techniques that are being addressed by web-based techniques include: use of decentralized network
management processing platforms, and reduced use of polling.
The degree to which web technology is used in network
management varies from use of web browsers and access to the traditional
management platform (simply web-extensions of their current network management
systems), to full web-based management systems.
One
of the common and possibly simplest approaches to use web technology into
network management is the use of management gateways between Web browsers and
the devices managed by traditional NM agents such as SNMP or CMIP. The
management gateway converts HTTP requests to SNMP/CMIP requests to be sent to
the SNMP/CMIP managed agents, and on the reverse direction translates the
response into web documents. The
advantage of this approach is the ability to use existing NM agents and only
enhance the NM console. However, the disadvantage is in the fact that the
gateway may become a bottleneck in a large network and traffic engineering of
gateways is needed.
Another web-based approach is to use web-embedded servers
and apply web technology to all managed devices. Each managed device is a
miniature web server, capable of accepting HTTP request and constructing
HTML/XML presentation of device data. Because of the self-contained nature of
web-embedded servers, there is no requirement for additional management
support. A network manager can interact with a web-embedded device via a
standard web browser. The problem with this approach is that web-embedded
servers are not deployable on devices with limited resources and processing
power. Furthermore, there are many existing network devices which have traditional NM
agents.
The above
two types of web NM approaches are the most adopted solutions in
the network management domain today. In both cases, preliminary processing of
device data, formulation of status report, and GUI presentation are handled by
separate entities other than network managers.
The most involved web-based NM approach is to use web technology as the core technology in the design of new network management platforms, with its own management protocol, data model, and architecture. Two main proposed full web-based management approaches are Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) [WBEM]and Java Management eXtensions (JMX) [JMX]. Both JMX and WBEM are to establish new technology as the standard for future network. WBEM and the JMX technology do not attempt to replace existing network management systems, rather to provide a framework for unification.
WBEM
WBEM [WBEM], under the control of the Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF), is based on a new object model, a new management protocol on
top of HTTP as the network management platform. WBEM proposed the way for the encoding of the
Common Information Model (DMTF CIM) schema in XML. The DMTF CIM is
an object-oriented information model, providing a conceptual framework within
which any management data may be modeled. Allowing DMTF CIM information to be
represented in the form of XML brings the benefits of XML and its related
technologies to management information, which uses the DMTF CIM meta-model.
The XML encoding specification defines XML elements, written in Document Type Definition (DTD), is used to represent DMTF CIM classes and instances. The encoded XML message could be encapsulated within HTTP. Further, WBEM defines a mapping of DMTF CIM operations onto HTTP that allows implementations of DMTF CIM to operate in a standardized manner.
JMX
JMX [JMX], formerly Java Management API (JMAPI) proposes
that the managed objects will be Java-OS based and RMI will be used for
communication. Java Management Extension (JMX) is a new addition to the Java
platform that promises a scalable, low-implementation cost, and
legacy-compatible solution to the problems associated with enterprise network
management. There are various features of the Java platform that make it a good
candidate for the implementation of complex network management solutions,
including platform and OS independence, networking, and dynamic adaptability.
The ability to dynamically and securely load classes across the network can be leveraged
by network management software. For example, a Java-based EMS can support new
devices or services by "loading" its support module across a network, and software modules that implement network
management intelligence can be dynamically upgraded on demand. However, the
issue of performance with Java remains an area of concerns for the developers.
JMX is an effort to create a set of specifications that will
describe architecture, API, and a set of distributed services for network
management using the Java programming language.
The goal of JMX is to define only the interfaces that make up the
systems within the JMX architecture, but not to dictate implementations and
policies. The
JMX specification defines the interface for basic services as a registry (Mbean Server) for Mbeans (JavaBeans for
management). These services enable agents to manage their own resources and let
managers forward information back and forth between
agents and management applications.
In the JMX architecture, both services and devices are treated as managed
objects. The components, Mbeans,
can be added and removed as needs evolve. Appropriate protocol adapters can
provide a recognizable object to the Browser or JMX manager whose specification
is under way. JMX depends greatly on Java. In order to be instrumented in
accordance with the JMX, a resource must be fully written in the Java
programming language or just offer a Java technology-based wrapper. Java
Virtual Machine is a basic requirement for the management application. This heavy
technology dependency on Java results in less generality. Figure 2, from www.java.com, shows the various components of JMX.
Distributed
Object Computing for NM
Distributed Object Computing (DOC) uses Object-Oriented
methodology to construct distributed applications. It supports a
distributed network management architecture and integration with
existing heterogeneous network management solutions.
DOC provides distribution of services and applications transparently by separating
object distribution complexity from network management functionality. Another
advantage of this separation of concerns is the ability to provide multiple
management communication protocols accessed via a generalized Abstract
Programming Interface (API),
supporting interoperability of heterogeneous network management
protocols, such as SNMP and CMIP. In addition, DOC provides distributed
development platform for
implementation of unified, and reusable services and
applications.
Current DOC in network management is oriented around the
Object Request Broker (ORB) concept. ORB facilitates communication between
local and remote objects in a way that free the application from low-level
infrastructure and communication concerns. The two major adaptation of DOC to
network management are: Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
[CORBA, OMG99] and Distributed COM (DCOM) [Roge 02].
DOC has been used to design distributed network
management systems. Example is the standardization work done by Telecommunication
Information Network Architecture Consortium (TINA-C) [Proz
97] and Joint Inter Domain Management (JIDM). Their proposed frameworks provide
transparent remote services invocation using DOC support. Thus, the management
processing and services do not need to be located at centralized locations in
the network, but rather distributed across remote locations. This feature
allows management tasks to be delegated, by region or by functional areas, to
intermediate entities, making managers no longer the center of all management
decision making. DOC is also used to augment existing network management
infrastructures with distributed capability.
CORBA [OMG 99] is a well-received technology for developing
integrated network management architectures with object distribution [ITU
M3120, ITU Q8221, DSLF TR041, ATMF 02]. The success of
CORBA can be attributed to the fact that CORBA has well-established supporting
environment for run-time object distribution and a set of support services.
Thus, CORBA is useful as integration tools for heterogeneous network management
domains, and extending deployed network management architectures.
Issues that limit DOC’s deployment
is that it uses
static object distribution. Furthermore, DOC requires dedicated and heavy run-time
support, which may not always be feasible on every device in the network.
Policy-based Network Management
Policy-based network management [Casa 00, Dobs 89, Lupu 99, Moff 93, RFC 3084, 2748, 3483] has
been primarily used as representation of information in security
management. In policy-based network
management, policies are defined as rules that govern the states and behaviors
of the network elements. The management system needs to translate the
management objectives to syntactical and verifiable rules governing the
function and status of the network, the translation of these rules to
mechanical and device-dependent rules and configurations. Further, it needs to
manage distribution and enforcement of these configurations by management
entities. The reference model of policy-based network management consists of
Policy Decision Points (PDPs) and Policy Enforcement
Points (PEPs). PDP’s
perform the translation and distribution of policies, while PEPs
handle the enforcement. The benefit of policy-based network management is that
it promotes the automation of establishing management level objectives over
wide-range of network devices.
Resource Allocation Protocol [RFC 2748] is a query and
response protocol that is used to exchange policy information between a policy
server (PDP) and its clients (PEPs). One example of a policy client is a router
that must exercise policy-based admission control. Some proposals push the
mundane policy decision tasks from the PDPs to the PEPs. This represents a novel attempt at empowering agents
with more management capabilities, moving policy-based network management
towards a more distributed intelligence design.
Intelligent Agents
An intelligent agent is an independent entity capable of
performing complex actions and resolving issues on its own. The use of
intelligent agents removes the need for dedicated manager entities, as
intelligent agents can perform the network management tasks in a distributed
fashion, via inter-agent communications [Chei 98,
Koch 01]. However, The application of intelligent agents to network management
is still at its infancy. It is believed that intelligent agents are the future
of network management, since there are significant advantages in using
intelligent agents for network management. First, intelligent agents provide
scalable solutions. Hierarchies of intelligent agents could each assume a small
task in its local environment and coordinate their efforts globally to achieve
some common goal, such as keeping overall network utilization at close to
maximum. Second, distributed processing and decision-making removes bottlenecks
and increases reliability as compared with centralized network management
systems. Third, the intelligent agents are self-configuring and self-managing. Such a system would largely ease the burden
of network management routines that a network administrator has to currently
struggle with.
Wooldridge and Jennings [Wool 95] defined three intelligent
agent architectures: (i) deliberative agents, (ii) reactive agents, and (iii)
hybrid agents. Deliberative agents are based on a representation of the
management information and management rules. A deliberative agent runs
processes using these information to generate overall intelligent actions.
Reactive agents do not require complex representation of knowledge. They
operate based on environmental observations. Thus, reactive agents are more
responsive than deliberative agents due to the lack of any reasoning mechanism.
Reactive agents could be applied to traffic monitoring, fault diagnosis,
congestion control, and admission control, because these management functions
do not have or require perfect representation of a world model. Furthermore,
they require rapid responses and actions, which the reactive agents are capable
of. Hybrid agents are a mix of both deliberative and reactive agents. A hybrid
agent has rules for planning, and decision making, but it can also react to
events without complex reasoning. Hybrid agents have been proposed for fault
diagnosis. Due to the size and complexity of hybrid agents, they may not be
easily usable within any environment.
Aside from technological difficulties with widespread use of
intelligent agents, issues remain to be resolved in the area of network
management. These include security aspects involved with allowing many
intelligent agents autonomously operate within a network, the performance and cost implications of many agents
communicating in a mesh-networking environment, and finally availability of
agent-agent communication protocols.
ATM Network
Management
A reference model for management of ATM networks is the ATM
Forum network management framework, which is based on the five ISO functional
areas: configuration, performance, fault, accounting
and security management. Both private and public network management are
included within this model, which provides for management at the
User-Network-Interface (UNI) via the Integrated Local Management Interface
(ILMI) [ATMF 96] and SNMP [RFC 1695, ATMF 98], end-to-end circuit management,
and "total" management of ATM networks and services. This management
model is contained within the ITU TMN also. The ATM Forum has focused on the M3
and M4 [ATMF 99a, ATMF 99b, ATMF 99d] interfaces as standards and MIBs for M1
and M2 were developed external to the Forum.
Public service provider can provide
Customer-Network-Management (CNM) capability over the M3 interface so that the
network administrator of the private network may have visibility into the public ATM
service performance [ATMF 94].
ATM layer management consists of those network management
actions, which take place at the ATM cell level and below. These actions may be
divided into three categories: alarm surveillance and connection performance
monitoring via Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) flows and management of valid/invalid Virtual Path/Circuit
Identifiers via the ATM cell header. The
ATMF has also extended the RMON paradigm to ATM to define an "ATM
RMON" or AMON to provide ATM Layer statistics including cell counts, call setups and traffic matrices. An ATM RMON MIB [ATM 97] has
been defined. AMON is also built upon RMON-2 for higher layer functions.
There has been growing realization of the importance of all
aspects of management and provisioning in running an ATM network. This is reflected
in the wide variety of management platforms available for service providers as
well as for enterprise users. In the
latter space, combinations of SNMP, ILMI, RMON and
Web-based techniques all play a part.
SNMP can be used to manage both the network elements and the services
themselves. This is evidenced by ongoing work within the ION working group of
IETF.
Access Network
Management
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Access Networks
The ADSL service provider and/or the ISPs need to manage the
end-to-end system at various logical layers as defined in the TMN model
described above [DSLF TR022, TR005, TR030, TR035, TR046]. At the Element Layer of TMN, only an ADSL
Line MIB has been standardized [RFC 2662] and any additional instrumentation
relies on vendor-specific MIBs. The ultimate goal is to combine the relevant
elements of these proprietary MIBs into a standard (ADSL) subnetwork MIB. There
is also a proposal to combine the Element Network Layer (ENL) and Network
Management Layer (NML) functionality in the ADSL space so that the vendors can
provide the necessary functionality to allow the service provider to manage the
ADSL access network as a single entity. This proposed enhanced NML would then
interface with the provider's existing SML.
Regarding the classic the ISO functions: fault,
configuration, accounting, performance and security, a
set of ADSL Forum Network Operations Reference Model (NORM) documents, have
outlined the top-level requirements. For Element Layer management, G.997.1,
developed by ITU-T and ADSL, defines the various parameters that may be managed
between ATU-C and ATU-R. It also introduces the concept of an ADSL Line and
ADSL ATM Path, the former connecting the digital outputs of the respective ADSL
modems, while the latter extends from the ATM interfaces at the ATU-C (i.e.
DSLAM side) and ATU-R (i.e. the ADSL modem side). The ADSL Line MIB then takes
the concepts defined within G.997.1 and outlines an actual SNMP MIB.
For service management, more advanced systems support
"flow-through-provisioning", either across the ADSL components of a
network or even including an ATM core network. These are functions that occur
at the Service Management Layer of TMN architecture. One major complexity with
flow-through provisioning is whether a single entity controls all the devices
along the end-to-end service path, which is usually not the case. For example,
the ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) may be responsible for the access
network (DSLAMs) and the ISP is responsible for the
core aggregation function.
Cable Modem (CM) Access Networks
The network management
requirements to support a DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface
Specification) are defined [DOCS OSSI] document released by CableLabs.
The basic network management specification details how SNMP should be used to
manage CMs and CMTSes
(Cable Modem Terminal Servers) and the relevant IETF RFCs and MIBs. [RFC 2665,
269, 2863, 2933, 3083]. SNMPv3 has been selected as the communication protocol
for management of data-over-cable device. Also, since many existing management
systems may not be capable to support SNMPv3 agents, support of SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2 is also required for DOCSIS compliant CMs and CMTSes for backward compatibility reasons. Other highlights include:
·
The specification of
Subscriber Account Management Interface for the CMs
so as to enable operators and interested parties to define, design and develop
Operations and Business Support System (OBSS) for the commercial deployment of
different classes of services over cable networks with accompanying usage-based
billing of services. To facilitate processing of the Subscriber Usage Billing
Records by a large number of diverse billing and mediation systems, an XML
format is proposed for DOCSIS Cable Data Systems Subscriber Usage Billing
Records [IPDR 02].
For security management, the DOCSIS OSSIS provides the requirements [RFC 2786], guidelines and examples related to the Digital Certificate management process and policy. The DOCSIS Root Certificate Authority (CA) issues two kinds of digital certificates. One is the Manufacturer CA Certificate embedded in the DOCSIS compliant CMs and verified by the CMTS in order to authenticate the CM during initialization and provisioning. The other is the Manufacturer Code Verification Certificate used to ensure secure software downloading (upgrade) to the CMs in the future.
Wireless Network Management
A major part of wireless networks is wired, and the
management is similar to the wired network. However, there are management
issues that become either specific to the use of wireless access points or
mobile devices, which make wireless network management different from wired,
network management. The specific issues are listed below:
·
Discovery and security of access points
·
Geographical coverage and the number of mobiles
supported by each access point.
·
Performance and fault management of the access
points.
·
Privacy and security – Wired Equivalence Privacy
(WEP) of 802.11b promises privacy and confidentiality as good as wired network.
Issues still exist.
·
Device and user identification.
·
Virus protection for virus’s entered through the
mobile devices.
·
Network management through mobile devices.
·
Integrated wireless and wired network
management.
·
Software delivery and updates.
·
Ability to disable information transfer to
mobile devices in case of security alarms.
·
Mobile devices data backup and recovery.
·
Scalable network management to manage
multiplicity of mobile devices.
Some Additional
Perspectives
In recent years, there has been a general trend of
distributing network management intelligence from the managing entity (i.e.
management console) to management agents [Gold 95, Mart 99, Raou 02]. Policy-based network management allows
managers to partially delegate management tasks to agents in form of concrete
policy settings. Web-based network
management offloads the processing, presentation and display device information
to web gateways or embedded web servers residing with the managed devices.
Distributed object computing, such as CORBA, and Java-based network management
provides the means for management task distribution in the network via the
deployment of static distributed objects. Intelligent agents push distributed
intelligence even further by defining autonomous agents that are capable of making
complex management decisions. The role of such intelligent agents is no longer
confined to either the managing entity or the agent, as the intelligent agents
can adopt these roles dynamically, based on their assigned tasks or their own
motivations.
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[RFC 1155] K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, “Structure and
Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets,” IETF RFC
1155, May 1990.
[RFC 1157] Schoffstall, M., Fedor, M., Davin,
J. and Case, J., A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), IETF RFC 1157,
May, 1990
[RFC 1212] K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, “Concise MIB
Definitions”, IETF RFC 1212, March, 1991.
[RFC 1213] K. McCloghrie and M. Rose. Management
Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-base Internets: MIB-II, IETF
RFC 1213, and March 1991
[RFC 1215] Rose, M.T. “A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP”, IETF
RFC 1215, March 1991.
[RFC 1224] L. Steinberg. Techniques for Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts,
IETF RFC 1224, May, 1991
[RFC 1406] F. Baker, J. Watt, “Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1 and E1
Interface Types”, IETF RFC 1406, Jan 1993.
[RFC 1407] T. Cox, K. Tesink, “Definitions of Managed
Objects for the DS3/E3 Interface Type”, IETF RFC 1407, Jan 1993.
[RFC 1441] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Introduction to version 2 of the
Internet-standard Network Management Framework”, IETF RFC 1441, May 1993.
[RFC 1442] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Structure of Management Information for
version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1442,
May 1993.
[RFC 1443] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Textual Conventions for version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1443, May 1993.
[RFC 1444] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Conformance Statements for version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1444, May 1993.
[RFC 1445] J. Davin, K. McCloghrie,
“Administrative Model for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1445, May 1993.
[RFC 1446] J. Galvin, K. McCloghrie, “Security Protocols
for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC
1446, May 1993.
[RFC 1447] K. McCloghrie, J. Galvin, “Party MIB for
version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1447,
May 1993.
[RFC 1448] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Protocol Operations for version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1448, May 1993.
[RFC 1449] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Transport Mappings for version 2 of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1449, May 1993.
[RFC 1450] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Management Information Base for version 2 of
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1450, May 1993.
[RFC 1451] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Manager to Manager Management Information
Base”, IETF RFC 1451, May, 1993.
[RFC 1452] J. Case, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, S. Waldbusser, “Coexistence between version 1 and version 2 of
the Internet-standard Network Management Framework”, IETF RFC 1452, May 1993.
[RFC 1493] E. Decker, P. Langille, A. Rijsinghani,
and K.McCloghrie., Definitions of Managed Objects for
Bridges, IETF RFC 1493, July, 1993
[RFC 1573] K. McCloghrie, F. Kastenholz,
“Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II”, IETF RFC 1573, Jan 1994.
[RFC 1595] T. Brown, K. Tesink, “Definitions of Managed
Objects for the SONET/SDH Interface Type”, IETF RFC 1595, March 1994.
[RFC 1695] M. Ahmed and K. Tesink, “Definitions of
Managed Objects for ATM Management, Version 8.0 using SMIv2”, IETF RFC 1695,
August 1994.
[RFC 1757] Waldbusser
S., Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base.,
IETF RFC 1757, Feb. 1995
[RFC 1901] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2”, IETF
RFC 1901, January 1996.
[RFC 1903] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, “Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1903, January 1996.
[RFC 1905] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1905, January 1996.
[RFC 1906] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1906, January 1996
[RFC 1907] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Management Information Base for Version 2 of
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)”, IETF RFC 1907, January 1996.
[RFC 2011] K. McCloghrie, “Category: Standards Track
SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol using SMIv2”, IETF
RFC 2011, November 1996
[RFC 2013] K. McCloghrie, “Category: Standards Track
SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol using SMIv2”,
IETF RFC 2013, November 1996
[RFC 2570] J. Case, R. Mundy, D. Partain, B. Stewart,
“Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management
Framework”, IETF RFC 2570, April 1999
[RFC 2571] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, “An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management
Frameworks”, IETF RFC 2571, April 1999.
[RFC 2572] Case, J., Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, “Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)”, IETF RFC 2572, April 1999
[RFC 2573] Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, “SNMP Applications”, IETF RFC 2573,
April 1999.
[RFC 2574] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, “The User-Based
Security Model for Version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMPv3)”, IETF RFC 2574, April 1999
[RFC 2575] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie,
“View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)”, IETF RFC 2575, April 1999
[RFC 2576] R. Frye, D. Levi, S. Routhier, B. Wijnen, “Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and
Version 3 of the Internet-Standard and Network Management Framework”, IETF RFC
2576, March 2000.
[RFC 2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Structure of Management
Information Version 2 (SMIv2)”, IETF RFC 2578, April 1999
[RFC 2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Textual Conventions for
SMIv2”, IETF RFC 2579, April 1999
[RFC 2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, “Conformance Statements
for SMIv2”, IETF RFC 2580, April 1999
[RFC 2662] B. Bathrick,
F. Ly, "Definitions of Managed Objects for the ADSL Lines", IETF RFC
2662, August 1999.
[RFC 2665] J. Flick, J. Johnson, “Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types”, August 1999
[RFC 2669] M. St. Johns, “DOCSIS Cable Device MIB Cable Device Management
Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination
Systems”, August 1999
[RFC 2670] M. St. Johns, “Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information Base
for MCNS DOCSIS compliant RF interfaces”, August 1999
[RFC 2748]
D. Durham, Ed. "The COPS (Common Open Policy Service)
Protocol," IETF RFC 2748, Jan. 2000.
[RFC 2786] M. St. Johns, “Diffie-Helman USM Key Management
Information Base and Textual Convention”, IETF RFC 2786, Aug, 1999
[RFC 2863] K. McCloghrie, F. Kastenholz,
“The Interfaces Group MIB”, June 2000.
[RFC 2933] McCloghrie, K., Farinacci, D., Thaler,
D., “Internet Group Management Protocol MIB”, IETF RFC 2933
[RFC 3083] R. Woundy, “Baseline Privacy Interface
Management Information Base for DOCSIS Compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem
Termination Systems”, RFC 3083, March 2001.
[RFC 3084] Chan K, et al, "COPS Usage for Policy
Provisioning," IETF RFC 3084, March 2001.
[RFC 3483] D.
Rawlins et al, "Framework for Policy Usage Feedback for Common Open Policy
Service with Policy Provisioning (COPS-PR)," March 2003.
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J., Fohl F., "Mole – A Java Based Mobile Agent
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[Wool 95] Wooldridge M., Jennings N. R., "Intelligent Agents: Theory and
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