SNMP over Ethernet

["Romascanu, Dan \(Dan\)" <dromasca@avaya.com>]

I believe that I may have discussed this issue with some folks before, but I do not remember the outcome. The IEEE 802.1 WG is looking to RFC 1089 - SNMP over Ethernet as an alternative to implement a management protocol for a class of relatively low cost device (Two-Port MAC Relays - TPMR). The principal concern or reason they are looking at this is that they would like to avoid the complexity of implementing an IP stack and administrating IP addresses for these devices. My question is whether anybody sees any problem in doing this, meaning implementing SNMPv3 over Ethernet according to RFC 1089?

 

Thanks and Regards,

 

Dan