Request for Comments: 4275 NextHop
Category: Informational D. Hares
Hickory Hill Consulting
January 2006
BGP-4 MIB Implementation Survey
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Abstract
This document provides a survey of implementations of BGP-4 that
support RFC 1657 MIB agents according to the BGP-4 v1 MIB
specification.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Survey Summary ..................................................2
2.1. MIB Agent Object Implementation Summary ....................2
2.2. MIB Agent Read-Write Object Implementation Summary .........4
2.3. MIB Agent Trap Implementation Summary ......................4
2.4. MIB Agent BGP Peer Reset state .............................4
2.5. MIB Manager Interactions ...................................5
3. Survey Forms ....................................................6
3.1. Cisco Systems ..............................................6
3.2. NextHop Technologies .......................................8
3.3. Redback Networks ..........................................11
4. MIB Walks ......................................................13
4.1. Cisco Systems .............................................13
4.2. NextHop Technologies ......................................23
4.3. Redback Networks ..........................................31
5. Security Considerations ........................................35
6. Acknowledgements ...............................................35
7. Normative References ...........................................35
1. Introduction
This document provides a survey of BGP-4 v1 MIB [RFC4274]
implementations. After a brief summary, each response is listed.
The authors make no claim as to the accuracy of the information
provided.
The following organizations reported having BGP-4 MIB
implementations: Cisco Systems, Redback Networks, and NextHop
Technologies.
2. Survey Summary
This survey asked for information about the implementations of the
BGP-4 [RFC4271] that support MIB agents [RFC1657] according to the
BGP-4 v1 MIB [RFC4274].
Two or more of the implementations of BGP-4 v1 MIB [RFC4274] each
implement all the objects. None of the implementations that
responded to the survey implemented the read-write variables (Section
2.2). The two TRAPs as specified are not implemented by two
implementations (Section 2.3). The counters’ initialized state is
zeroed in all implementations, but a reset peer is only reset by the
Redback implementation (Section 2.4).
There are 3 agent implementations for the 3 surveyed (Section 2.5).
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) managers used to test
the implementations are: Net-SNMP (www.net-snmp.org), Multi Router
Traffic Grapher (www.mrtg.org), and the internal Cisco manager.
No interoperability issues related to the Manager specification were
found.
2.1. MIB Agent Object Implementation Summary
Cisco NextHop Redback
Y Y Y bgpVersion
Y Y Y bgpLocalAs
Y Y Y bgpPeerIdentifier
Y Y Y bgpPeerState
Y Y Y bgpPeerAdminStatus
Y Y Y bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion
Y Y Y bgpPeerLocalAddr
Y Y Y bgpPeerLocalPort
Y Y Y bgpPeerRemoteAddr
Y Y Y bgpPeerRemotePort
Y Y Y bgpPeerRemoteAs
Y Y Y bgpPeerInUpdates
Y Y Y bgpPeerOutUpdates
Y Y Y bgpPeerInTotalMessages
Y Y Y bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
Y Y Y bgpPeerLastError
Y Y Y bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions
Y Y Y bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime
Y Y Y bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
Y Y Y bgpPeerHoldTime
Y Y Y bgpPeerKeepAlive
Y Y Y bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
Y Y Y bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
Y Y Y bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
Y Y Y bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
Y Y Y bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime
Y Y Y bgpIdentifier
N N N bgpPathAttrPeer
N N N bgpPathAttrDestNetwork
N N N bgpPathAttrOrigin
N N N bgpPathAttrASPath
N N N bgpPathAttrNextHop
N N N bgpPathAttrInterASMetric
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrPeer
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrOrigin
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrNextHop
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrLocalPref
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrBest
Y Y Y bgp4PathAttrUnknown
Please note that items bgpPathAttrPeer, bgpPathAttrDestNetwork,
bgpPathAttrOrigin, bgpPatthAttrASPath, bgpPathAttrNextHop, and
bgpPathAttrInterASMetric are deprecated. An answer of Y/N is valid
for this status.
2.2. MIB Agent Read-Write Object Implementation Summary
Does your implementation allow managers to write to the following
read-write objects? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each object:
Cisco NextHop Redback
N N N bgpPeerAdminStatus
N N N bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
N N N bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
N N N bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
N N N bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
N N N bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
None of the implementations surveyed supported the read/write
variables.
2.3. MIB Agent Trap Implementation Summary
Does your implementation include each of the following notifications?
Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each notification:
Cisco NextHop Redback
Y N N bgpEstablished
Y N Y*1 bgpBackwardTransition
*1 - Redback only supports the transition from Established to
Idle.
2.4. MIB Agent BGP Peer Reset state
Two questions were asked about the bgpPeerInUpdates,
bgpPeerOutUpdates, bgpPeerInTotalMessages and
bgpPeerOutTotalMessages.
The first was "Do you initialize these counters to zero?", and the
second was "Do you reset these counters to zero when a configured
peer enter the established state?"
Cisco NextHop Redback
Y Y Y initialize to zero
N N Y reset to zero when configured peer
Enters established state
2.5. MIB Manager Interactions
Managers:
BGP MIB agent:
Cisco NextHop Redback
Y Y N independent implementation
- - C (P or C)public or commercial
Redback code based on SNMP Research EMANATE
SNMP Manager Interaction
Cisco NextHop Redback
cisco Net-SNMP MRTG SNMP Managers tested with
- Y Y Manager implemented independently
from agent
- Y Y Read access to BGP-4 MIB
variables.
N N N Write access to BGP-4 MIB
variables.
- N Y Sending and receiving BGP-4 MIB
notifications.
Y Y Y Tested using SNMPv1/v2c.
Y N Y Tested using SNMPv3.
"-" indicates cisco did not answer these questions.
NextHop SNMP agent support is via SNMP Multiplex (SMUX)
interface.
MRTG SNMP is found at www.mrtg.org. Net-SNMP (UC Davis tools)
found at www.net-snmp.org.
SNMP Manager-Agent Interoperability issues
Cisco NextHop Redback
N N N Interoperability issues
3. Survey Forms
3.1. Cisco Systems
Agent Implementation Checklist
This section should be completed by individuals or companies who
have implemented RFC 1657 [RFC1657] support in an SNMP agent.
Is your BGP-4 MIB agent an independent implementation? Or is it
based on public domain or commercial code? If it is not
independent, what code base was used?
- Cisco’s BGP-4 MIB agent is implemented on commercial Cisco
Internetwork Operating System (IOS).
Have you done any interoperability testing with managers that
implement the BGP-4 MIB? If so, which manager implementations
have been used with your agent?
- (this portion was not returned by Cisco)
For each manager with which you have interoperated, which of the
following features were tested? Duplicate this section for each
manager, and indicate yes or no (Y/N) for each feature:
- (this portion was not returned by Cisco)
Manager Implementation Used: <Name>
Original Manager Code Base (if known): <Name>
(Y/N) Manager implemented independently from your agent?
(Y/N) Read access to BGP-4 MIB variables.
(Y/N) Write access to BGP-4 MIB variables.
(Y/N) Sending and receiving BGP-4 MIB notifications.
(Y/N) Tested using SNMPv1/v2c.
(Y/N) Tested using SNMPv3.
Are there any unresolved interoperability issues, between your
BGP-4 MIB agent and any BGP-4 MIB manager, that may indicate
problems in the specification? If so, please provide technical
details.
- (this portion was not returned by cisco)
(Y) Does your agent support SNMPv3?
Does your BGP-4 MIB agent implement the following
objects? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each object:
(Y) bgpVersion
(Y) bgpLocalAs
(Y) bgpPeerIdentifier
(Y) bgpPeerState
(Y) bgpPeerAdminStatus
(Y) bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion
(Y) bgpPeerLocalAddr
(Y) bgpPeerLocalPort
(Y) bgpPeerRemoteAddr
(Y) bgpPeerRemotePort
(Y) bgpPeerRemoteAs
(Y) bgpPeerInUpdates
(Y) bgpPeerOutUpdates
(Y) bgpPeerInTotalMessages
(Y) bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
(Y) bgpPeerLastError
(Y) bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions
(Y) bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime
(Y) bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
(Y) bgpPeerHoldTime
(Y) bgpPeerKeepAlive
(Y) bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
(Y) bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
(Y) bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
(Y) bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
(Y) bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime
(Y) bgpIdentifier
(N) bgpPathAttrPeer
(N) bgpPathAttrDestNetwork
(N) bgpPathAttrOrigin
(N) bgpPathAttrASPath
(N) bgpPathAttrNextHop
(N) bgpPathAttrInterASMetric
(Y) bgp4PathAttrPeer
(Y) bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen
(Y) bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix
(Y) bgp4PathAttrOrigin
(Y) bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment
(Y) bgp4PathAttrNextHop
(Y) bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc
(Y) bgp4PathAttrLocalPref
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr
(Y) bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref
(Y) bgp4PathAttrBest
(Y) bgp4PathAttrUnknown
Does your implementation allow managers to write to the following
read-write objects? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each object:
(N) bgpPeerAdminStatus
(N) bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
(N) bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
(N) bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
(N) bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
(N) bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
Does your implementation include each of the following
notifications? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each
notification:
(Y) bgpEstablished
(Y) bgpBackwardTransition
Does your implementation initialize bgpPeerInUpdates,
bgpPeerOutUpdates, bgpPeerInTotalMessages, and
bgpPeerOutTotalMessages counters to zero?
Yes.
Does your implementation reset the bgpPeerInUpdates,
bgpPeerOutUpdates, bgpPeerInTotalMessages, and
bgpPeerOutTotalMessages counters to zero when a configured peer
enters the established state?
No.
3.2. NextHop Technologies
Agent Implementation Checklist
This section should be completed by individuals or companies who
have implemented RFC 1657 [RFC1657] support in an SNMP agent.
Is your BGP-4 MIB agent an independent implementation? Or is it
based on public domain or commercial code? If it is not
independent, what code base was used?
- Independent implementation.
Have you done any interoperability testing with managers that
implement the BGP-4 MIB? If so, which manager implementations
have been used with your agent?
- Yes.
For each manager with which you have interoperated, which of the
following features were tested? Duplicate this section for each
manager, and indicate yes or no (Y/N) for each feature:
Manager Implementation Used: <Name>
- UC Davis SNMP Tools (Net-SNMP)
Original Manager Code Base (if known): UC Davis SNMP
(Y) Manager implemented independently from your agent?
(Y) Read access to BGP-4 MIB variables.
(na) Write access to BGP-4 MIB variables.
(na) Sending and receiving BGP-4 MIB notifications.
(Y) Tested using SNMPv1/v2c.
(N) Tested using SNMPv3.
Are there any unresolved interoperability issues, between your
BGP-4 MIB agent and any BGP-4 MIB manager, that may indicate
problems in the specification? If so, please provide technical
details.
(Y/N) Does your agent support SNMPv3?
- N/A. Access to agent is provided via SMUX.
Does your BGP-4 MIB agent implement the following
objects? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each object:
(Y) bgpVersion
(Y) bgpLocalAs
(Y) bgpPeerIdentifier
(Y) bgpPeerState
(Y) bgpPeerAdminStatus
(Y) bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion
(Y) bgpPeerLocalAddr
(Y) bgpPeerLocalPort
(Y) bgpPeerRemoteAddr
(Y) bgpPeerRemotePort
(Y) bgpPeerRemoteAs
(Y) bgpPeerInUpdates
(Y) bgpPeerOutUpdates
(Y) bgpPeerInTotalMessages
(Y) bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
(Y) bgpPeerLastError
(Y) bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions
(Y) bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime
(Y) bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
(Y) bgpPeerHoldTime
(Y) bgpPeerKeepAlive
(Y) bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
(Y) bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
(Y) bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
(Y) bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
(Y) bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime
(Y) bgpIdentifier
(N) bgpPathAttrPeer
(N) bgpPathAttrDestNetwork
(N) bgpPathAttrOrigin
(N) bgpPathAttrASPath
(N) bgpPathAttrNextHop
(N) bgpPathAttrInterASMetric
(Y) bgp4PathAttrPeer
(Y) bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen
(Y) bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix
(Y) bgp4PathAttrOrigin
(Y) bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment
(Y) bgp4PathAttrNextHop
(Y) bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc
(Y) bgp4PathAttrLocalPref
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS
(Y) bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr
(Y) bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref
(Y) bgp4PathAttrBest
(Y) bgp4PathAttrUnknown
Does your implementation allow managers to write to the following
read-write objects? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each object:
(N) bgpPeerAdminStatus
(N) bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
(N) bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
(N) bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
(N) bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
(N) bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
Does your implementation include each of the following
notifications? Indicate yes or no (Y or N) for each
notification:
(N) bgpEstablished
(N) bgpBackwardTransition
Does your implementation initialize bgpPeerInUpdates,
bgpPeerOutUpdates, bgpPeerInTotalMessages, and
bgpPeerOutTotalMessages counters to zero?
Yes.
Does your implementation reset the bgpPeerInUpdates,
bgpPeerOutUpdates, bgpPeerInTotalMessages, and
bgpPeerOutTotalMessages counters to zero when a configured peer
enters the established state?
No.
3.3. Redback Networks
Agent Implementation Checklist
This section should be completed by individuals or companies who