SNMP RFCs
This page provides a brief list of the major RFCs used in SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3.
A complete list of all published RFCs is constantly updated and available
from the RFC Editor Web site.
RFCs are also available from the Internet Engineering Task Force, http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html.
SNMPv1 RFC
The SNMP Version 1 RFC is:
RFC 1157. Simple Network Management Protocol
SMIv1 RFCs also apply to
all
SNMPv1 entities.
MIB-II RFCs also apply to all SNMPv1
agent
entities.
SNMPv2 RFCs
The SNMP Version 2 RFCs are:
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RFC 1901. Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2
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RFC 1908. Coexistence between Version 1 and
Version 2 of the Internet-standard Network
Management Framework
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RFC 3416. Version 2 of SNMP Protocol
Operations
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RFC 3417. Transport Mappings
SMIv1 and SMIv2 RFCs also apply to
all SNMPv2c entities.
MIB-II RFCs also apply to all SNMPv2c
agent
entities.
SNMPv3 RFCs
The SNMP Version 3 RFCs are:
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RFC 3410. Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard
Management Framework
- RFC
3411. An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
- RFC
3412. Message Processing and Dispatching
- RFC
3413. SNMP Applications
- RFC
3414. User-based Security Model
- RFC
3415. View-based Access Control Model
- RFC
3416. Version 2 of SNMP Protocol Operations
- RFC
3417. Transport Mappings
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RFC 3584. Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3
of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
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RFC 3826. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm
in the SNMP User-based Security Model
- RFC
5343. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Context EngineID
Discovery
Additional SNMPv3 RFCs including the Datagram Transport Layer Security RFCs (also known as DTLS or (D)TLS) are:
- RFC
5590. Transport Subsystem for the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
- RFC
5591. Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
- RFC
5953. Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Model for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SMIv1 and SMIv2 RFCs also apply to
all SNMPv3 entities.
MIB-II RFCs also apply to all SNMPv3
agent entities.
SMIv1 RFCs
The SMI Version 1 RFCs are:
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RFC 1155. Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets
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RFC 1212. Concise MIB Definitions
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RFC 1215. Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP
SMIv2 RFCs
The SMI Version 2 RFCs are:
- RFC
2578. Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
- RFC
2579. Textual Conventions for SMIv2
- RFC
2580. Conformance Statements for SMIv2
MIB-II RFCs
The following RFCs are a part of MIB-II.
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RFC 1213. Management Information Base for Network Management
of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II
- RFC
2863. The Interfaces Group MIB (IF)
- RFC
3418. Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
- RFC
4001. Textual Conventions for Internet
Network Addresses
- RFC
4022. Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses (TCP)
- RFC
4113. Management Information Base for the User Datagram
Protocol (UDP)
- RFC
4292. IP Forwarding Table MIB (IP-FORWARD)
- RFC
4293. Management Information Base for the Internet
Protocol (IP)
- RFC
4898. TCP Extended Statistics MIB (TCP-ESTATS)
