RE: SNMP over Ethernet

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Schoenwaelder [mailto:j.schoenwaelder@iu-bremen.de] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:48 PM
> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
> Cc: Mreview (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: SNMP over Ethernet
> 
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:50:53AM +0200, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I think people should write up an SNMP over Ethernet 
> transport mapping which also allocates the proper OIDs and 
> submit that as an individual standards-track submission. This 
> should be a rather short document and straight forward to do. 
> If people think they need help/review, I am willing to spend 
> some of my time on this.
> 
> /js
> 

Juergen,

Thank you for the answer. Yes, this is something that is needed. I was
however under the impression that RFC 1089 could apply 'as is'. Can you
provide more details about what OIDs need to be allocated, and what
other information must be included in this Internet-Draft? 

Regards,

Dan