Network Working Group K. Tesink, Editor Request for Comments: 2515 Bell Communications Research Obsoletes: 1695 February 1999 Category: Standards Track

                   Definitions of Managed Objects
                         for ATM Management

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.

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Table of Contents

 1 Abstract  .............................................    2
 2 The SNMP Network Management Framework .................    2
 3 ATM Terminology .......................................    3
 3.1 VCL/VPL and VCC/VPC .................................    3
 3.2 PVC, SVC and Soft PVC ...............................    5
 3.3 Traffic Management Parameters .......................    6
 3.3.1 Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping  Parameters
      ....................................................    6
 3.3.2 Cell Loss Priority ................................    6
 3.3.3 QoS Class .........................................    6
 3.3.4 Service Category ..................................    7
 3.4 Max Active and Max Current VPI and VCI Bits .........    7
 4 Overview ..............................................    8
 4.1 Background ..........................................    8
 4.2 Structure of the MIB ................................    9
 4.3 ATM Interface Configuration Table ...................    9
 4.4 ATM Interface DS3 PLCP and TC Layer Tables ..........    9
 4.5 ATM Virtual Link and Cross-Connect Tables ...........    9
 5 Application of MIB II to ATM ..........................   10
 5.1 The System Group ....................................   10
 5.2 The Interface Group .................................   10
 5.2.1 Support of the ATM Cell Layer by ifTable ..........   10
 6 Support of the AAL3/4 Based Interfaces ................   12
 7 Support of the AAL5 Managed Objects ...................   12
 7.1 Managing AAL5 in a Switch ...........................   12

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 7.2 Managing AAL5 in a Host .............................   14
 7.3 Support of AAL5 by ifTable ..........................   15
 7.4 Support of Proprietary Virtual Interface  by  ifT-
      able ...............................................   16
 7.5 AAL5 Connection Performance Statistics Table ........   17
 8 ILMI MIBs and the ATM Managed Objects .................   18
 9 Definitions ...........................................   20
 10 Acknowledgments ......................................   83
 11 References ...........................................   83
 12 Security Considerations ..............................   85
 13 Author's Address .....................................   85
 14 Intellectual Property ................................   86
 15 Full Copyright Statement .............................   87

1. Abstract

 This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
 for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
 In particular, it describes objects used for managing ATM-based
 interfaces, devices, networks and services.
 This memo replaces RFC 1695 [24].  Changes relative to RFC 1695 are
 summarized in the MIB module's REVISION clause.
 Textual Conventions used in this MIB are defined in [6] and [19].

2. The SNMP Network Management Framework

 The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
 components:
 0    An overall architecture, described in RFC 2271 [1].
 0    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].
 0    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].

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      The third version of the message protocol is called SNMPv3 and
      described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2272 [11] and RFC 2274 [12].
 0    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].
 0    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.

3. ATM Terminology

 Some basic ATM terminologies are described in this section to
 facilitate defining the ATM managed objects.

3.1. VCL/VPL and VCC/VPC

 There are two distinct types of ATM virtual connections: Virtual
 Channel Connections (VCCs) and Virtual Path Connection (VPCs).  As
 shown in Figures 1 and 2, ATM virtual connections consist of
 concatenated series of virtual links which forms a path between two
 end points, with each concatenation occurring at an ATM switch.
 Virtual links of VCCs are called Virtual Channel Links (VCLs).
 Virtual links of VPCs are called Virtual Path Links (VPLs). The VCI
 and VPI fields in the ATM cell header associate each cell of a VCC
 with a particular VCL over a given physical link.  The VPI field in
 the ATM cell header associates each cell of a VPC with a particular
 VPL over a given physical link.  Switches route cells between VCLs
 (or VPLs) via a cross-connect function according to the cells'
 VCI/VPI (or VPI) values.

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   <-----------------------VCC-------------------------->
             ------------             -----------
             |ATM       |             |ATM       |
             |X-Connect |             |X-Connect |
      VCL1   |Point     |    VCL2     |Point     |  VCL3
   O---------|----X-----|-------|-----|----X-----|-------O
             |          |             |          |
             ------------             ------------
              ATM Switch               ATM Switch
   Figure 1: Virtual Channel Links and
             Virtual Channel Connection
   <-----------------------VPC-------------------------->
             ------------             -----------
             |ATM       |             |ATM       |
             |X-Connect |             |X-Connect |
      VPL1   |Point     |    VPL2     |Point     |  VPL3
   O---------|----X-----|-------|-----|----X-----|-------O
             |          |             |          |
             ------------             ------------
              ATM Switch               ATM Switch
   Figure 2: Virtual Path Links and
             Virtual Path Connection
 A single ATM end-system or switch does not support the whole end-to-
 end span of a VCC (or VPC).  Rather, multiple ATM end-systems and/or
 switches each support one piece of the VCC (or VPC).  That is, each
 ATM end-system (or ATM switch) at one end of the VCC/VPC supports its
 end of the VCC/VPC plus the VCL or VPL on its external interface, and
 each switch through which the VCC/VPC passes supports the pair of
 VCLs/VPLs on its external interfaces as well as the cross-connection
 of those VCLs/VPLs. Thus, the end-to-end management of a VCC or VPC
 is achieved only by appropriate management of its individual pieces
 in combination.
 Note that for management purposes, an ATM network may be viewed as a
 large distributed switch by hiding all the network's internal
 connectivity as being internal to the distributed switch (as shown in
 Figure 2a).  This model may for example be used for Customer Network
 Management (CNM) purposes.

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   <---------------------VCC--------------------------->
           --------------------------------------
           |                                    |
           | ----------              ---------- |
           | | ATM    |              | ATM    | |
      VCL1 | | Switch |              | Switch | | VCL3
   O-------|-|--------|------/-------|--------|-|------O
           | |        |              |        | |
           | ----------              ---------- |
           |                                    |
           |             ATM Network            |
           --------------------------------------
   Figure 2a: ATM Network modeled as a large distributed
              switch
 A VCC has a set of traffic characteristics (i.e., bandwidth
 parameters, service category parameters, etc.).  VCLs inherit their
 traffic characteristics from the VCC of which they are a part.  VCCs
 are bi-directional by definition.  However, the traffic parameters in
 the two directions of a connection can be symmetric or asymmetric,
 i.e., the two directions can have the same or different traffic
 flows.  A uni-directional traffic flow across a VCC is achieved by
 assigning a zero bandwidth in one direction.  Note that in addition
 to the bandwidth required by the user traffic flow, bandwidth is also
 required for OAM cell flows, even for the zero-bandwidth direction of
 a uni-directional connection.  These same principles apply to VPCs.

3.2. PVC, SVC and Soft PVC

 A Permanent Virtual Connection (PVC) is a provisioned VCC or VPC.  A
 Switched Virtual Connection (SVC) is a switched VCC or VPC that is
 set up in real-time via call set-up signaling procedures.  A PVC (or
 an SVC) can be a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or multipoint-
 to-multipoint VCC or VPC.  A Soft PVC is a connection of which
 portions are switched, while other portions are permanent (see Figure
 3 and [22]).
     +--------+           +--------+           +--------+
  pvc|  ATM   |svc    svc |  ATM   |svc    svc |  ATM   |pvc
 ----| Switch |-----------| Switch |-----------| Switch |----
     +--------+           +--------+           +--------+
                Figure 3: An example of a Soft PVC

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3.3. Traffic Management Parameters

3.3.1. Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping Parameters

 In order to allocate resources fairly among different users, some
 networks police traffic at resource access points.  The traffic
 enforcement or policing taken at a UNI is called Usage Parameter
 Control (UPC) and is conceptually activated on an incoming VCL or VPL
 as shown in Figure 4.  The use of the traffic enforcer at the ingress
 of the connection is to make sure that the user traffic does not
 exceed the negotiated traffic parameters such as the peak cell rate
 associated with a specific traffic descriptor type.
  1. ——— ———-

UNI | ATM | NNI | ATM | UNI

      |     | switch |     |       | switch |      |
 O<---|---->X(UPC)   |<----|------>|   (UPC)X<-----|--->O
      | VCL |        |     | VCL   |        |  VCL |
            ----------             ----------
                Figure 4: An Example of a UPC
 In addition, traffic shaping may be performed on an outgoing VPL or
 VCL at a given ATM interface.  The function of the ATM traffic
 shaper, conceptually either at the source or an egress point of the
 connection, is to smooth the outgoing cell traffic inter-arrival
 time.  If policing or shaping is not performed then the policing or
 shaping algorithm is not activated.

3.3.2. Cell Loss Priority

 To prioritize traffic during resource congestion, ATM cells are
 assigned one of the two types of Cell Loss Priority (CLP), CLP=0 and
 CLP=1.  ATM cells with CLP=0 have a higher priority in regard to cell
 loss than ATM cells with CLP=1.  Therefore, during resource
 congestions, CLP=1 cells are dropped before any CLP=0 cell is
 dropped.

3.3.3. QoS Class

 RFC1695 specified that one of a number of Quality of Service (QoS)
 classes is assigned to a VCC or VPC by associating the object
 atmTrafficQoSClass with each VCL or VPL.  However, new insights in
 ATM traffic management have caused this object to be deprecated.

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3.3.4. Service Category

 Replacing QoS Class, VPLs and VCLs are qualified in terms of their
 service category (atmServiceCategory). When properly configured, VCLs
 (or VPLs) concatenated to form a VCC (or VPC) will all have the same
 service category class as that of the VCC (or VPC).

3.4. Max Active and Max Current VPI and VCI Bits

 A manager may wish to configure the maximum number of VPI and VCI
 bits that can be used to identify VPIs and VCIs on a given ATM
 interface.  This value can be less than or equal to the maximum
 number of bits supported by the interface hardware, and is referred
 to in the MIB as the Max Active VPI Bits and Max Active VCI Bits.
 However, a manager may not be able to configure the Max Active Bits
 on both ends of an ATM link.  For example, the manager may not be
 allowed write access to the peer's MIB, or there may be hardware
 limitations on the peer device.  Therefore, the two ATM devices may
 use ILMI to negotiate "Max Current" VPI and VCI bits, which is the
 maximum number of bits that both interfaces are willing to support.
 This is illustrated in Figure 5. The relationship between the
 different parameters is illustrated in Figure 6.  Note that if ILMI
 negotiation is not supported, then the devices have no choice but to
 use the configured Max Active bits, and assume that it has been
 configured to the same value on both ends of the link.
   +--------+              +--------+              +--------+
   |  ATM   | IF a    IF b |  ATM   | IF c    IF d |  ATM   |
   | Device |--------------| Device |--------------| Device |
   +--------+              +--------+              +--------+
       IF a:  Max Active VPI Bits =  6  (configured)
              Max Current VPI Bits = 6  (negotiated)
       IF b:  Max Active VPI Bits =  8  (configured)
              Max Current VPI Bits = 6  (negotiated)
       IF c:  Max Active VPI Bits =  8  (configured)
              Max Current VPI Bits = 8  (negotiated)
       IF d:  Max Active VPI Bits =  8  (configured)
              Max Current VPI Bits = 8  (negotiated)

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       (between IF a and IF b, the minimum of the two configured
        "Max Active VPI Bits" is 6, so both interfaces set their
        "Max Current VPI Bits" to 6.  Since IF c and IF d both
        are configured with "Max Active VPI Bits" of 8, they
        set their "Max Current VPI Bits" to 8.)
                                Figure 5
     MSB                                                   LSB
       +----------------------------------------------------+
       |         |         |                |               |
       +----------------------------------------------------+
       ^         ^         ^                ^
       |         |         |                |
  Max bits    Max Bits    Max              Max
  supported   supported   Active (config.) current (negotiated)
  by MIB      by h/w      Bits             Bits
                                Figure 6

4. Overview

 ATM management objects are used to manage ATM interfaces, ATM virtual
 links,  ATM cross-connects, AAL5 entities and AAL5 connections
 supported by ATM hosts, ATM switches and ATM networks.  This section
 provides an overview and background of how to use this MIB and other
 potential MIBs for this purpose.
 The purpose of this memo is primarily to manage ATM PVCs.  ATM SVCs
 are also represented by the management information in this MIB.
 However, full management of SVCs may require additional capabilities
 which are beyond the scope of this memo.

4.1. Background

 In addition to the MIB module defined in this memo, other MIB modules
 are necessary to manage ATM interfaces, links and cross-connects.
 Examples include MIB II for general system and interface management
 [16][17], the DS3 or SONET MIBs for management of physical
 interfaces, and, as appropriate, MIB modules for applications that
 make use of ATM, such as SMDS.  These MIB modules are outside the
 scope of this specification.
 The current specification of this ATM MIB is based on SNMPv2-SMI.

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4.2. Structure of the MIB

 The managed ATM objects are arranged into the following tables:
       (1) ATM interface configuration table
       (2) ATM interface DS3 PLCP  and TC sublayer tables
       (3) ATM traffic parameter table
       (4) ATM interface virtual link (VPL/VCL) configuration
           tables
       (5) ATM VP/VC cross-connect tables
       (6) AAL5 connection performance statistics table
 Note that, managed objects for activation/deactivation of OAM cell
 flows and ATM traps notifying virtual connection or virtual link
 failures are outside the scope of this memo.

4.3. ATM Interface Configuration Table

 This table contains information on ATM cell layer configuration of
 local ATM interfaces on an ATM device in addition to the information
 on such interfaces contained in the ifTable.

4.4. ATM Interface DS3 PLCP and TC Layer Tables

 These tables provide performance statistics of the DS3 PLCP and TC
 sublayer of local ATM interfaces on a managed ATM device.  DS3 PLCP
 and TC sublayer are currently used to carry ATM cells respectively
 over DS3 and SONET transmission paths.

4.5. ATM Virtual Link and Cross-Connect Tables

 ATM virtual link and cross-connect tables model bi-directional ATM
 virtual links and ATM cross-connects.  The ATM VP/VC link tables are
 implemented in an ATM host, ATM switch and ATM network.  The ATM
 switch and ATM network also implement the ATM VP/VC cross-connect
 tables.  Both link and cross-connect tables are implemented in a
 carrier's network for Customer Network Management (CNM) purposes.
 The ATM virtual link tables are used to create, delete or modify ATM
 virtual links in an ATM host, ATM switch and ATM network.  ATM
 virtual link tables along with the cross-connect tables are used to
 create, delete or modify ATM cross-connects in an ATM switch or ATM
 network (e.g., for CNM purposes).
 For a PVC, the cross-connect between two VPLs is represented in the
 atmVpCrossConnectTable of the ATM-MIB, indexed by the
 atmVplCrossConnectIdentifier values for the two VPLs, and the cross-

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 rconnect between two VCLs is represented in the
 atmVcCrossConnectTable of the ATM-MIB, indexed by the
 atmVclCrossConnectIdentifier values for the two VCLs.
 For an SVC or Soft PVC the VPL and VCL tables defined in this memo
 are used. Hoewever, for an SVC or Soft PVC the cross-connect between
 two VPLs is represented in the atmSvcVpCrossConnectTable of the
 ATM2-MIB, indexed by the atmVplCrossConnectIdentifier values for the
 two VPLs, and the cross-connect between two VCLs is represented in
 the atmSvcVcCrossConnectTable of the ATM2-MIB, indexed by the
 atmVclCrossConnectIdentifier values for the two VCLs.
 Note: The ATM2-MIB module was being defined in a separate memo at the
 time of this publication. Please consult the RFC directory for an
 exact reference.

5. Application of MIB II to ATM

5.1. The System Group

 For the purposes of the sysServices object in the System Group of MIB
 II [16], ATM is a data link layer protocol.  Thus, for ATM switches
 and ATM networks, sysServices will have the value "2".

5.2. The Interface Group

 The Interfaces Group of MIB II defines generic managed objects for
 managing interfaces.  This memo contains the media-specific
 extensions to the Interfaces Group for managing ATM interfaces.
 This memo assumes the interpretation of the Interfaces Group to be in
 accordance with [17] which states that the interfaces table (ifTable)
 contains information on the managed resource's interfaces and that
 each sub-layer below the internetwork layer of a network interface is
 considered an interface.  Thus, the ATM cell layer interface is
 represented as an entry in the ifTable.  This entry is concerned with
 the ATM cell layer as a whole, and not with individual virtual
 connections which are managed via the ATM-specific managed objects
 specified in this memo.  The inter-relation of entries in the ifTable
 is defined by Interfaces Stack Group defined in [17].

5.2.1. Support of the ATM Cell Layer by ifTable

 Some specific interpretations of ifTable for the ATM cell layer
 follow.

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 Object     Use for the generic ATM layer
 ======     =============================
 ifIndex    Each ATM port is represented by an ifEntry.
 ifDescr    Description of the ATM interface.
 ifType     The value that is allocated for ATM is 37.
 ifSpeed    The total bandwidth in bits per second
            for use by the ATM layer.
 ifPhysAddress  The interface's address at the ATM protocol
            sublayer; the ATM address which would be used as the value
            of the Called Party Address Information Element (IE) of a
            signalling message for a connection which either:
            - would terminate at this interface, or
            - for which the Called Party Address IE
              would need to be replaced by the Called Party SubAddress
              IE before the message was forwarded to any other
              interface.
            For an interface on which signalling is not supported,
            then the interface does not necessarily have an address,
            but if it does, then ifPhysAddress is the address which
            would be used as above in the event that signalling were
            supported.  If the interface has multiple such addresses,
            then ifPhysAddress is its primary address. If the
            interface has no addresses, then ifPhysAddress is an octet
            string of zero length.  Address encoding is as per [20].
            Note that addresses assigned for purposes other than those
            listed above (e.g., an address associated with the service
            provider side of a public network UNI) may be represented
            through atmInterfaceSubscrAddress.
 ifAdminStatus  See [17].
 ifOperStatus   Assumes the value down(2) if the ATM cell
            layer is down.
 ifLastChange   See [17].
 ifInOctets     The number of received octets over the
            interface, i.e., the number of received, assigned cells
            multiplied by 53.
 ifOutOctets    The number of transmitted octets over the interface,
            i.e., the number of transmitted, assigned cells multiplied
            by 53.

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 ifInErrors     The number of cells dropped due to uncorrectable HEC
            errors.
 ifInUnknownProtos The number of received cells discarded during cell
            header validation, including cells with unrecognized
            VPI/VCI values, and cells with invalid cell header
            patterns.  If cells with undefined PTI values are
            discarded, they are also counted here.
 ifOutErrors    See [17].
 ifName     Textual name (unique on this system) of the
            interface or an octet string of zero length.
 ifLinkUpDownTrapEnable  Default is disabled (2).
 ifConnectorPresent      Set to false (2).
 ifHighSpeed    See [17].
 ifHCInOctets   The 64-bit version of ifInOctets; supported
            if required by the compliance statements in [17].
 ifHCOutOctets  The 64-bit version of ifOutOctets; supported
            if required by the compliance statements in [17].
 ifAlias        The non-volatile 'alias' name for the interface
            as specified by a network manager.

6. Support of the AAL3/4 Based Interfaces

 For the management of AAL3/4 CPCS layer, see [18].

7. Support of the AAL5 Managed Objects

 Support of AAL5 managed objects in an ATM switch and ATM host are
 described below.

7.1. Managing AAL5 in a Switch

 Managing AAL5 in a switch involves:
      (1) performance management of an AAL5 entity as
          an internal resource in a switch
      (2) performance management of AAL5 per virtual connection

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 AAL5 in a switch is modeled as shown in Figure 7 and 8.  AAL5 will be
 managed in a switch for only those virtual connections that carry
 AAL5 and are terminated at the AAL5 entity in the switch.  Note that,
 the virtual channels within the ATM UNIs carrying AAL5 will be
 switched by the ATM switching fabric (termed as ATM Entity in the
 figure) to the virtual channels on a proprietary internal interface
 associated with the AAL5 process (termed as AAL5 Entity in the
 figure). Therefore, performance management of the AAL5 resource in
 the switch will be modeled using the ifTable through an internal
 (pseudo-ATM) virtual interface and the AAL5 performance management
 per virtual connection will be supported using an additional AAL5
 connection table in the ATM MIB.  The association between the AAL5
 virtual link at the proprietary virtual, internal interface and the
 ATM virtual link at the ATM interface will be derived from the
 virtual channel cross-connect table and the virtual channel link
 table in the ATM MIB. Note that for the proprietary virtual interface
 the traffic transmit and receive conventions in the virtual channel
 link table are as follows:
    Transmitting traffic:  ATM Entity     --->  AAL5 Entity
    Receiving traffic:     ATM Entity     <---  AAL5 Entity
               ___________________________
               |                         |
               |     =============       |
               |     |    AAL5   |       |
               |     |   Entity  |       |
               |     =============       |
               |           |             |
               |         -----Prop. Virtual Interface
               |           |             |
               |     =============       |
               |     |   ATM     |       |
               |     |  Entity   |       |
               |     =============       |
               |_____|__|__|__|__|_______|
                     |  |  |  |  |
                    ---------------- ATM UNIs
                     |  |  |  |  |
                     |  |  |  |  |
                     v  v  v  v  v
       Figure 7: Model of an AAL5 Entity in a Switch

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                   __________________
                   |                |
                   |   AAL5         |
                   |________________|
                   |                |
                   | Prop. Virtual  |
                   |  Interface     |
                   |________________|
      Figure 8: AAL5 Entity's Interface Stack in a Switch

7.2. Managing AAL5 in a Host

 Managing AAL5 in a host involves managing the AAL5 sublayer interface
 as shown in Figure 9 and 10.  The AAL5 sublayer is stacked directly
 over the ATM sublayer.  The ifTable is applied to the AAL5 sublayer
 as defined in Section 10.3.
               ___________________________
               |                         |
               |     =============       |
               |     |    AAL5   |       |
               |     |   Entity  |       |
               |     =============       |
               |     |   ATM     |       |
               |     |  Entity   |       |
               |     =============       |
               |___________|_____________|
                           |
                         __|__ ATM UNI
                           |
                           |
                           v
       Figure 9: Model of an AAL5 Entity in a Host
                   __________________
                   |                |
                   |   AAL5         |
                   |________________|
                   |                |
                   |   ATM Layer    |
                   |________________|
                   |                |
                   |  Physical Layer|
                   |________________|
        Figure 10: AAL5 Entity's Interface Stack in a Host

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7.3. Support of AAL5 by ifTable

 The AAL5 entity in an ATM device (e.g., switch or host) is managed
 using the ifTable.  There are additional counters specified for AAL5
 than those specified in the ATM B-ICI document [21].  Specific
 interpretations of ifTable for the AAL5 CPCS layer are as follows.
 Object   Use for AAL5 CPCS layer entity
 ======   ==============================
 ifIndex  Each AAL5 entity is represented by an ifEntry.
 ifDescr  Description of the AAL5 entity.
 ifType   The value that is allocated for AAL5 is 49.
 ifMtu    Set to the largest PDU size for the
          AAL5 CPCS layer that can be processed
          by the AAL5 entity.
 ifSpeed  Set to 0.
 ifPhysAddress   An octet string of zero length.
 ifAdminStatus   See [17].
 ifOperStatus    Assumes the value down(2) if the AAL5
          layer is down.
 ifLastChange    See [17].
 ifInOctets      The number of received AAL5 CPCS PDU octets.
 ifOutOctets     The number of AAL5 CPCS PDU octets
          transmitted.
 ifInUcastPkts   The number of received AAL5 CPCS PDUs passed
          to a higher-layer.
 ifOutUcastPkts  The number of AAL5 CPCS PDUs received from a
          higher-layer for transmission.
          [Note:  The number of AAL5 PDUs actually
          transmitted is the number received from a
          higher-layer for transmission minus any which
          are counted by ifOutErrors and ifOutDiscards.]

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 ifInErrors      Number of errored AAL5 CPCS PDUs received.
          The types of errors counted include  CRC-32 errors,
          SAR time-out errors, and oversized SDU errors.
 ifInUnknownProtos Set to 0.
 ifInDiscards    Number of received AAL5 CPCS PDUs discarded.
          Possible reason may be input buffer overflow.
 ifOutErrors     Number of AAL5 CPCS PDUs that could not
          be transmitted due to errors.
 ifOutDiscards   Number of AAL5 CPCS PDUs received for
          transmission that are discarded.
          Possible reason may be output buffer
          overflow.
 ifInMulticastPkts  Set to 0.
 ifInBroadcastPkts  Set to 0.
 ifOutMulticastPkts Set to 0.
 ifOutBroadcastPkts Set to 0.
 ifName   Textual name (unique on this system) of the
          AAL5 entity or an octet string of zero length.
 ifHighSpeed       Set to 0.
 ifConnectorPresent Set to false (2).
 ifPromiscuousMode Set to false(2).
 ifLinkUpDownTrapEnable     Default is disabled (2).
 ifAlias        The non-volatile 'alias' name for the interface
            as specified by a network manager.

7.4. Support of Proprietary Virtual Interface by ifTable

 Specific interpretations of ifTable for the proprietary virtual,
 internal interface associated with an AAL5 entity in an ATM switch
 are as follows.

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 Object   Use for proprietary virtual, internal interface
          associated with AAL entities
 ======   ===============================================
 ifIndex  Each proprietary virtual, internal interface
          associated with AAL entities is represented by an
          ifEntry.
 ifDescr  Description of the proprietary virtual, internal
          interface associated with AAL entities.
 ifType   The value that is allocated for proprietary
          virtual, internal interface is 53.
 ifSpeed  See [17].  Set to 0 if the speed is not
          known.
 ifPhysAddress   See [17]. An octet string of zero length
          if no address is used for this interface.
 ifAdminStatus   See [17].
 ifOperStatus    See [17].
 ifLastChange    See [17].
 ifName   Textual name (unique on this system) of the
          interface or an octet string of zero length.
 ifHighSpeed     See [17]. Set to 0 if the speed is not known.
 ifConnectorPresent  Set to false (2).
 ifLinkUpDownTrapEnable     Default is disabled (2).
 ifAlias        The non-volatile 'alias' name for the interface
                as specified by a network manager.

7.5. AAL5 Connection Performance Statistics Table

 An AAL5 connection table is used to provide AAL5 performance
 information for each AAL5 virtual connection that is terminated at
 the AAL5 entity contained within an ATM switch or host.

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8. ILMI MIBs and the ATM Managed Objects

 The ILMI MIBs are specified by the ATM Forum as a set of several
 MIBs, all currently defined in the ILMI Specification [23]. The ILMI
 protocols and MIBs allow two connected ATM Interface Management
 Entities (IMEs) to exchange bi-directional parameters, mainly to
 facilitate auto-configuration between ATM peer entities.  The support
 of the ATM management functions by the ILMI MIBs and those contained
 in this memo are compared in Table 1.  In this table, "yes" in the
 "ILMI MIBs"  column indicates that the management functions are
 supported by the ILMI MIBs.  The parenthesized numbers in the "This
 memo" column correspond to the sets of tables enumerated in Section
 6.2.
 For that subset of management information which the ILMI MIBs and
 this memo have in common, every effort has been made to retain
 identical semantics and syntax, even though the MIB objects are
 identified using different OBJECT IDENTIFIERs.
              Table 1 - Structuring of ATM Managed Objects
 ______________________________________________________________
               |                                 |This   |ILMI|
 ATM Mgmt.Inf. |ATM Managed Objects              |memo   |MIBs|
 ______________|_________________________________|_______|____|
 Local Interface Information:
 _____________________________________________________________
 ATM interface:| (1) port identifier             |ATM MIB|    |
 physical layer| (2) physical transmission types |   (1)*|yes |
 configuration | (3) operational status          |MIB II | *  |
               | (4) administrative status       |       | ** |
               | (5) last change status          |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 ATM interface:| (1) active VPI/VCI fields       |ATM MIB|    |
 cell layer    | (2) maximum number of VPCs/VCCs |   (1) |yes |
 configuration | (3) configured VPCs/VCCs        |       | ** |
               | (4) ILMI VPI/VCI values         |       |    |
               | (5) Neighbor system info        |       |    |
               | (6) Max. number of VPI/VCI bits |       |yes |
               | (7) ATM Subscribed Address      |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 ATM interface:|(1) received/transmitted cells   |       |    |
 cell layer    |(2) cells with HEC error         |MIB II |yes |
 performance   |(3) cell header validation errors|       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________

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 _____________________________________________________________
 ATM interface:|(1)DS3 PLCP severely errored     |ATM MIB|    |
 PLCP & TC     |   framing seconds               |    (2)|    |
 layer         |(2)DS3 PLCP unavailable seconds  |       |no  |
 performance   |(3)DS3 PLCP alarm state          |       |    |
               |(4)out of cell delineation events|       |    |
               |(5)TC alarm state                |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 VP/VC link:   |(1)VPI or VPI/VCI value          |ATM MIB|    |
 configuration |(2)VCL or VPL operational status |  (3,4)|yes |
               |(3)VCL/VPL administrative status |       |*** |
               |(4)VCL/VPL last change status    |       |    |
               |(5)transmit/receive traffic/     |       |    |
               |   service category parameters   |       |    |
               |(6)AAL type                      |       |    |
               |(7)transmit/receive AAL5 SDU size|       |    |
               |(8)AAL5 encapsulation type       |       |    |
               |(9)connection topology type      |       |    |
               |(10)use of call control          |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 VP/VC         |(1)cross-connect identifier      |       |    |
 Cross-connect:|(2)port identifier of one        |       |    |
 configuration |   end                           |       |    |
               |(3)port identifier of the other  |ATM MIB|    |
               |   end                           |    (5)|no  |
               |(4)VPI or VPI/VCI value          |       |    |
               |   of one end                    |       |    |
               |(5)VPI or VPI/VCI value of       |       |    |
               |   the other end                 |       |    |
               |(6)VC/VP cross-connect           |       |    |
               |   operational status            |       |    |
               |(7)VC/VP cross-connect           |       |    |
               |   administrative status         |       |    |
               |(8)VC/VP last change status      |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 VCC AAL5 CPCS |(1)PDUs discarded for CRC errors |ATM MIB|    |
 layer:        |(2)PDUs discarded due to         |   (6) |    |
 performance   |   reassembly time out           |       |no  |
               |(3)PDUs discarded due to large   |       |    |
               |   SDUs                          |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________
 AAL5 entity:  |(1)received/transmitted PDUs     |       |    |
               |(2)PDUs discarded due to         |       |    |
               |   protocol errors               |MIB II |no  |
               |(3)a set of configuration/state  |       |    |
               |   parameters                    |       |    |
 _____________________________________________________________

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interface and the physical transmission type shall be supported by

 the interface table in MIB II [16][17].  ILMI does not contain the
 administrative and last change status of the ATM interface.

the ATM interface level.

GROUP atmInterfaceTCGroup

          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement the
             TC Sublayer."
  1. -
  2. - VPC Support *
  3. -

GROUP atmVpcTerminationGroup2

          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VPLs that terminate VPCs (i.e., ones which
             are NOT cross-connected to other VPLs)."
          GROUP          atmVplCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VPLs that are not associated with VCLs
             and are cross-connected to other VPLs
             for VPCs."

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          GROUP          atmVpPvcCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VPLs that are not associated with VCLs
             and are cross-connected to other VPLs
             for permanent VPCs (i.e., PVCs).
             This group is not used to crossconnect
             a PVC with an SVC to form a Soft PVC."
          OBJECT         atmVplAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS      read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          OBJECT         atmVplCastType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplConnKind
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVpCrossConnectAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION

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            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVpCrossConnectRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
  1. -
  2. - VCC Support *
  3. -

GROUP atmVccTerminationGroup2

          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VCLs that terminate VCCs (i.e., ones which
             are NOT cross-connected to other VCLs)."
          GROUP          atmVclCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VCLs that are cross-connected to other VCLs
             for VCCs."
          GROUP          atmVcPvcCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VCLs that are cross-connected to other
             VCLs for permanent VCCs (i.e., PVCs).
             This group is not used to crossconnect
             a PVC with an SVC to form a Soft PVC."
          OBJECT         atmVclAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."

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          OBJECT         atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAalType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          OBJECT         atmVclCastType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclConnKind
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVcCrossConnectAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER { active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
   --
   -- ****** AAL5 Support ******************************
   --
          GROUP          aal5VccGroup

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          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory for the
             AAL5 virtual connections only."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5CpcsTransmitSduSize
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5CpcsReceiveSduSize
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5EncapsType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
           ::= { atmMIBCompliances 2 }
  1. - Units of Conformance
   atmInterfaceDs3PlcpGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {atmInterfaceDs3PlcpSEFSs,
              atmInterfaceDs3PlcpAlarmState,
              atmInterfaceDs3PlcpUASs}
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about DS3 PLCP layer at an ATM interface."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 3 }
   atmInterfaceTCGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmInterfaceOCDEvents,
              atmInterfaceTCAlarmState }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about TC sublayer at an ATM interface."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 4 }
   aal5VccGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {atmVccAal5CpcsTransmitSduSize,
              atmVccAal5CpcsReceiveSduSize,
              atmVccAal5EncapsType,
              aal5VccCrcErrors, aal5VccSarTimeOuts,
              aal5VccOverSizedSDUs }
          STATUS     current

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          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              AAL5 configuration and performance statistics
              of a VCC."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 9 }
   atmInterfaceConfGroup2    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {
                atmInterfaceMaxVpcs, atmInterfaceMaxVccs,
                atmInterfaceConfVpcs, atmInterfaceConfVccs,
                atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits,
                atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits,
                atmInterfaceIlmiVpi,
                atmInterfaceIlmiVci,
                atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress,
                atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName,
                atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVpiBits,
                atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVciBits,
                atmInterfaceSubscrAddress }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of objects providing configuration
             information about an ATM interface."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 10 }
   atmTrafficDescrGroup2    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {
              atmTrafficDescrType, atmTrafficDescrParam1,
              atmTrafficDescrParam2, atmTrafficDescrParam3,
              atmTrafficDescrParam4, atmTrafficDescrParam5,
              atmTrafficDescrRowStatus, atmServiceCategory,
              atmTrafficFrameDiscard,
              atmTrafficDescrParamIndexNext }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about ATM traffic descriptor type and
              the associated parameters."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 11 }
   atmVpcTerminationGroup2    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {atmVplOperStatus, atmVplAdminStatus,
              atmVplLastChange,
              atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplRowStatus, atmVplCastType,
              atmVplConnKind }
          STATUS     current

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          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about a VPL at an ATM interface which
              terminates a VPC (i.e., one which is NOT
              cross-connected to other VPLs)."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 12 }
   atmVccTerminationGroup2    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {atmVclOperStatus, atmVclAdminStatus,
               atmVclLastChange,
               atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
               atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
               atmVccAalType, atmVclRowStatus,
               atmVclCastType, atmVclConnKind }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about a VCL at an ATM interface
              which terminates a VCC (i.e., one which is
              NOT cross-connected to other VCLs)."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 13 }
   atmVplCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplOperStatus, atmVplLastChange,
              atmVplRowStatus,
              atmVplCastType, atmVplConnKind }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about the VPLs that
              are cross-connected together."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 14 }
   atmVpPvcCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVpCrossConnectAdminStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectL2HOperStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectH2LOperStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectL2HLastChange,
              atmVpCrossConnectH2LLastChange,
              atmVpCrossConnectRowStatus,
              atmVplCrossConnectIdentifier,
              atmVpCrossConnectIndexNext }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about a VP cross-connect

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              for PVCs. These objects are not used
              for Soft PVCs or SVCs."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 15 }
   atmVclCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVclOperStatus, atmVclLastChange,
              atmVclRowStatus,
              atmVclCastType, atmVclConnKind }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about the VCLs that
              are cross-connected together."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 16 }
   atmVcPvcCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVcCrossConnectAdminStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectL2HOperStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectH2LOperStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectL2HLastChange,
              atmVcCrossConnectH2LLastChange,
              atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus,
              atmVclCrossConnectIdentifier,
              atmVcCrossConnectIndexNext }
          STATUS     current
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about a VC cross-connect
              for PVCs. These objects are not used
              for Soft PVCs or SVCs."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 17 }
  1. - Deprecated Definitions - Objects
  1. - atmInterfaceAddressType
  2. - atmTrafficQoSClass
  1. - Deprecated Definitions - Compliance
   atmMIBCompliance    MODULE-COMPLIANCE
        STATUS         deprecated
        DESCRIPTION
          "The compliance statement for SNMP entities
           including networks which have ATM and

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           AAL5 interfaces."
        MODULE -- this module
          MANDATORY-GROUPS  {atmInterfaceConfGroup,
                             atmTrafficDescrGroup}
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMaxVpcs
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMaxVccs
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceIlmiVpi
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceIlmiVci
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only

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          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrParam1
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrParam2
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrParam3
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrParam4
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrParam5
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficQoSClass
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmTrafficDescrRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          GROUP          atmInterfaceDs3PlcpGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement the
             DS3 PLCP layer."

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          GROUP          atmInterfaceTCGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement the
             TC Sublayer."
          GROUP          atmVpcTerminationGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VPLs that terminate VPCs (i.e., ones which
             are NOT cross-connected to other VPLs)."
          GROUP          atmVpCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VPLs that are not associated with VCLs
             and are cross-connected to other VPLs."
          OBJECT         atmVplAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVplRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS      read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          OBJECT         atmVpCrossConnectAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION

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            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVpCrossConnectRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          GROUP          atmVccTerminationGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VCLs that terminate VCCs (i.e., ones which
             are NOT cross-connected to other VCLs)."
          GROUP          atmVcCrossConnectGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory only for those
             ATM interfaces which implement ATM
             VCLs that are cross-connected to
             other VCLs."
          OBJECT         atmVclAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAalType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVclRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER {active(1)}

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  1. - subset of RowStatus

MIN-ACCESS read-only

          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          OBJECT         atmVcCrossConnectAdminStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus
          SYNTAX         INTEGER { active(1)}
                           -- subset of RowStatus
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required, and only one
             of the six enumerated values for the
             RowStatus textual convention need be
             supported, specifically: active(1)."
          GROUP          aal5VccGroup
          DESCRIPTION
            "This group is mandatory for the
             AAL5 virtual connections only."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5CpcsTransmitSduSize
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5CpcsReceiveSduSize
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
          OBJECT         atmVccAal5EncapsType
          MIN-ACCESS     read-only
          DESCRIPTION
            "Write access is not required."
           ::= { atmMIBCompliances 1 }
  1. - Deprecated Definitions - Groups

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   atmInterfaceConfGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {
                atmInterfaceMaxVpcs, atmInterfaceMaxVccs,
                atmInterfaceConfVpcs, atmInterfaceConfVccs,
                atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits,
                atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits,
                atmInterfaceIlmiVpi,
                atmInterfaceIlmiVci,
                atmInterfaceAddressType,
                atmInterfaceAdminAddress,
                atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress,
                atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName }
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
            "A collection of objects providing configuration
             information about an ATM interface."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 1 }
   atmTrafficDescrGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {
              atmTrafficDescrType, atmTrafficDescrParam1,
              atmTrafficDescrParam2, atmTrafficDescrParam3,
              atmTrafficDescrParam4, atmTrafficDescrParam5,
              atmTrafficQoSClass, atmTrafficDescrRowStatus}
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about ATM traffic descriptor type and
              the associated parameters."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 2 }
   atmVpcTerminationGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS  {atmVplOperStatus, atmVplAdminStatus,
              atmVplLastChange,
              atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplRowStatus }
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about a VPL at an ATM interface
              which terminates a VPC
              (i.e., one which is NOT cross-connected
              to other VPLs)."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 5 }
   atmVccTerminationGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS {atmVclOperStatus, atmVclAdminStatus,

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              atmVclLastChange,
               atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
               atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
               atmVccAalType, atmVclRowStatus }
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing information
              about a VCL at an ATM interface
              which terminates a VCC (i.e., one which is
              NOT cross-connected to other VCLs)."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 6 }
   atmVpCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVplReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVplOperStatus, atmVplRowStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectAdminStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectL2HOperStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectH2LOperStatus,
              atmVpCrossConnectL2HLastChange,
              atmVpCrossConnectH2LLastChange,
              atmVpCrossConnectRowStatus,
              atmVplCrossConnectIdentifier,
              atmVpCrossConnectIndexNext }
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about a VP cross-connect
              and the associated VPLs that are
              cross-connected together."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 7 }
   atmVcCrossConnectGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
          OBJECTS { atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVclTransmitTrafficDescrIndex,
              atmVclOperStatus, atmVclRowStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectAdminStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectL2HOperStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectH2LOperStatus,
              atmVcCrossConnectL2HLastChange,
              atmVcCrossConnectH2LLastChange,
              atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus,
              atmVclCrossConnectIdentifier,
              atmVcCrossConnectIndexNext }
          STATUS     deprecated
          DESCRIPTION
             "A collection of objects providing
              information about a VC cross-connect

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              and the associated VCLs that are
              cross-connected together."
          ::= { atmMIBGroups 8 }
  1. - {atmMIB 3} has been used by [19].
   END

10. Acknowledgments

 This memo is the result of the work of the AToMMIB Working Group.

11. 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.

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 [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.
 [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, MPv3 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. and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information
      Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II",
      STD 17, RFC 1213, March 1991.
 [17] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB",
      RFC 2233, November 1997.
 [18] Brown, T. and K. Tesink, "Definitions of Managed Objects for
      SMDS Interfaces", RFC 1694, May 1994.
 [19] Noto, M., Spiegel, E. and K. Tesink, Editors, "Definitions of
      Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management",
      RFC 2514, February 1999.
 [20] ATM Forum, ATM User-Network Interface, Version 3.0 (UNI 3.0)
      Specification, 1994.
 [21] ATM Forum, B-ICI Specification, Version 2.0, af-bici-0013.002,
      November 1995.
 [22] "ATM Forum Private Network-Network Interface Specification,
      Version 1.0 (PNNI 1.0)", af-sig-0055.000, March 1996.
 [23] "ATM Forum Integrated Local Management Interface (ILMI)
      Specification", Version 4.0", af-ilmi-0065.000, September 1996.

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 [24] Ahmed, M. and K. Tesink, "Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM
      Management Version 8.0 using SMIv2", RFC 1695, August 1994.

12. Security Considerations

 There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB that
 have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create.  Such
 objects may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network
 environments. The support for SET operations in a non-secure
 environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on
 network operations.
 The managed objects in this MIB contain sensitive information since,
 collectively, they allow tracing and influencing of virtual
 connections in ATM switches or networks and provide information of
 their traffic characteristics.
 It is thus important to control even GET access to these objects and
 possibly to even encrypt the values of these object when sending them
 over the network via SNMP. Not all versions of SNMP provide features
 for such a secure environment.
 SNMPv1 by itself is not a secure environment. Even if the network
 itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then, there is no
 control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and
 GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB.
 It is recommended that the implementers consider the security
 features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework. Specifically, the use
 of the User-based Security Model RFC 2274 [12] and the View-based
 Access Control Model RFC 2275 [15] is recommended.
 It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
 entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
 configured to give access to the objects only to those principals
 (users) that have legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET
 (change/create/delete) them.

13. Author's Address

 Kaj Tesink
 Bellcore
 331 Newman Springs Road
 P.O. Box 7020
 Red Bank, NJ  07701-7020
 Phone: (732) 758-5254
 EMail: kaj@bellcore.com

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