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9 TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols, Services and Applications (OSI Layers 5, 6 and 7)
      9 TCP/IP Network Configuration and Management Protocols (BOOTP, DHCP, SNMP and RMON)
           9 TCP/IP Network Management Framework and Protocols (SNMP and RMON)
                9 TCP/IP Internet Standard Management Framework Overview, Architecture, Components and Concepts

TCP/IP Internet Standard Management Framework and SNMP Versions (SNMPv1, SNMPv2 Variants, SNMPv3)

TCP/IP Structure of Management Information (SMI) and Management Information Bases (MIBs)

TCP/IP Internet Standard Management Framework and SNMP Standards

We've now seen that there are three different versions of the Internet Standard Management Framework. Some of these versions have different variants. Each version or variant of the Framework includes multiple modular components. Each component has one or more documents that define it. Some of these have multiple revisions. Add to that dozens of individual Management Information Bases (MIBs) defined for SNMP and other support documents and what do you have? A boatload of TCP/IP standards, that's what. There are probably more RFCs defining parts of SNMP than any other single TCP/IP protocol or technology.

It is specifically because there are so many versions and components and documents associated with SNMP that I feel it is important to keep all the standards straight. To that end I have created a number of tables, which show the major SNMP standards for each of the versions and variants of the SNMP Framework. Each individual RFC defines one component of one version of the Framework.

The usual way that RFCs work is that when new versions of a standard are released that are direct replacements for older ones, the older ones are “obsoleted” by the new ones. With SNMP, due to the many versions and the controversy over the variants, this is a bit unclear. For example, the standards defining SNMPv2p are not considered by the IETF to obsolete the standards for SNMPv1, but the IETF says the standards for SNMPv2c and SNMPv2u do obsolete those of SNMPv2p.

To keep all of this distinct I have made the decision to show the standards for each version or variant separately. I only put the RFC numbers for obsolete RFCs where those RFCs are for the same SNMP version or variant. For example, RFC 3410 obsoletes 2570 because they both deal with SNMPv3 and 3410 is a direct replacement for 2570. Also, there are a few cases where the name of a standard changed slightly between RFC numbers; I have shown the current name.

Each of the six tables below shows the current and obsoleted standards for one of the SNMP versions or variants: SNMPv1 (Table 199); SNMPSec (Table 200); SNMPv2p (Table 201); SNMPv2c (Table 202); SNMPv2u (Table 203) and SNMPv3 (Table 204). (SNMPv2* was not standardized using the regular RFC process.)

**Table 199: SNMP Version 1 (SNMPv1) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
1065	1155	May 1990	Structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based internets
1066	1156	May 1990	Management Information Base for network management of TCP/IP-based internets
1067, 1098	1157	May 1990	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
1158	1213	March 1991	Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II

**Table 200: SNMP Security (SNMPSec) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
—	1351	July 1992	SNMP Administrative Model
—	1352	July 1992	SNMP Security Protocols
—	1353	July 1992	Definitions of Managed Objects for Administration of SNMP Parties

**Table 201: Party-Based SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2p) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
—	1441	April 1993	Introduction to version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
—	1442	April 1993	Structure of Management Information for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1443	April 1993	Textual Conventions for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1444	April 1993	Conformance Statements for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1445	April 1993	Administrative Model for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1446	April 1993	Security Protocols for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1447	April 1993	Party MIB for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1448	April 1993	Protocol Operations for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1449	April 1993	Transport Mappings for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1450	April 1993	Management Information Base for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1451	April 1993	Manager-to-Manager Management Information Base
—	1452	April 1993	Coexistence between version 1 and version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework

**Table 202: Community-Based SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2c) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
—	1901	January 1996	Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2
—	1902	January 1996	Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1903	January 1996	Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1904	January 1996	Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1905	January 1996	Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1906	January 1996	Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1907	January 1996	Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
—	1908	January 1996	Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework

**Table 203: User-Based SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2u) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
—	1909	February 1996	An Administrative Infrastructure for SNMPv2
—	1910	February 1996	User-based Security Model for SNMPv2

**Table 204: SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3) Standards**
Obsolete RFCs	Most Recent RFC	Date of Most Recent RFC	Standard Name
—	2576	March 2000	Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
—	2578	April 1999	Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
—	2579	April 1999	Textual Conventions for SMIv2
—	2580	April 1999	Conformance Statements for SMIv2
2570	3410	December 2002	Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-Standard Management Framework
2261, 2271, 2571	3411	December 2002	An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
2262, 2272, 2572	3412	December 2002	Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
2263, 2273, 2573	3413	December 2002	Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications
2264, 2274, 2574	3414	December 2002	User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
2265, 2275, 2575	3415	December 2002	View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
—	3416	December 2002	Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
—	3417	December 2002	Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
—	3418	December 2002	Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

In addition to all of these tables, as I mentioned before, there are dozens of supplemental RFCs that describe MIB modules and also clarify various fine points of operation related to SNMP. Listing all of these would… make me go insane. Sorry, those tables were bad enough. J You can find all the MIBs in an online list of RFCs by searching for “MIB” or “SNMP”.

On The Web: A full, hyperlinked list of RFCs can be found at: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index.html

TCP/IP Internet Standard Management Framework and SNMP Versions (SNMPv1, SNMPv2 Variants, SNMPv3)

TCP/IP Structure of Management Information (SMI) and Management Information Bases (MIBs)

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