RFC 8502

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Z.
Zhang
Request for Comments: 8502 Juniper Networks, Inc.
Category: Standards Track H. Tsunoda
ISSN: 2070-1721 Tohoku Institute of Technology
December 2018
L2L3 VPN Multicast MIB
Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)

for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes two MIB modules that will be used by
other MIB modules for monitoring and/or configuring Layer 2 and Layer
3 Virtual Private Networks that support multicast.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force

(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,

and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8502.
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RFC 8502 L2L3-VPN-MCAST MIB December 2018
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Summary of MIB Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB Object Definitions . . . . . . 4
4.2. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB Object Definitions . . . . . . . . 9
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Authors’ Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1. Introduction
In BGP/MPLS Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), the Border Gateway

Protocol (BGP) is used for distributing routes and Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS) is used for forwarding packets across service
provider networks.
The procedures for supporting multicast in a BGP/MPLS Layer 3 (L3)

VPN are specified in [RFC6513]. The procedures for supporting
multicast in a BGP/MPLS Layer 2 (L2) VPN are specified in [RFC7117].
Throughout this document, we will use the term "L2L3VpnMCast network"
to mean a BGP/MPLS L2 and L3 VPN that supports multicast.
L2L3VpnMCast networks use various transport mechanisms for forwarding

a packet to all or a subset of Provider Edge (PE) routers across
service provider networks. These transport mechanisms are abstracted
as provider tunnels (P-tunnels). The type of P-tunnel indicates the
type of tunneling technology used to establish the P-tunnel. The
syntax and semantics of a Tunnel Identifier are determined by the
corresponding P-tunnel type [RFC6514]. The P-tunnel type and
P-tunnel identifier together identify a P-tunnel.
A BGP attribute that specifies information of a P-tunnel is called a

Provider Multicast Service Interface (PMSI) Tunnel attribute. The
PMSI Tunnel attribute is advertised/received by PEs in BGP auto-
discovery (A-D) routes. [RFC6514] defines the format of a PMSI
Tunnel attribute. The P-tunnel type and the P-tunnel identifier are
included in the corresponding PMSI Tunnel attribute.

This document describes textual conventions (TCs) and common managed

objects (MOs) that will be used by other Management Information Base
(MIB) modules for monitoring and/or configuring L2L3VpnMCast
networks.
This document defines two TCs to represent
(a) the type of a P-tunnel and

(b) the identifier of a P-tunnel
The document also defines MOs that will provide the information
contained in a PMSI Tunnel attribute and corresponding P-tunnel.
1.1. Terminology
This document adopts the definitions, acronyms, and mechanisms

described in [RFC6513] [RFC6514] [RFC7117] and other documents that
they refer to. Familiarity with multicast, MPLS, Layer 3 VPN, and
Multicast VPN concepts and/or mechanisms is assumed. Some terms
specifically related to this document are explained below.
PMSI [RFC6513] is a conceptual interface instantiated by a P-tunnel,

which is a transport mechanism used to deliver multicast traffic. A
PE uses it to send customer multicast traffic to all or some PEs in
the same VPN.
There are two kinds of PMSIs: Inclusive PMSI (I-PMSI) and Selective
PMSI (S-PMSI) [RFC6513]. An I-PMSI is a PMSI that enables a PE
attached to a particular Multicast VPN to transmit a message to all
PEs in the same VPN. An S-PMSI is a PMSI that enables a PE attached
to a particular Multicast VPN to transmit a message to some of the
PEs in the same VPN.
Throughout this document, we will use the term "PMSI" to refer to

both "I-PMSI" and "S-PMSI".
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.

2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework
For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current

Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
RFC 3410 [RFC3410].
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed

the Management Information Base or MIB. MIB objects are generally
accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the
Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies a MIB
module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580
[RFC2580].
3. Summary of MIB Modules
This document defines two MIB modules: L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB and

L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB.
o L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB contains two textual conventions:

L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType and L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId.
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType provides an enumeration of the
P-tunnel types. L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId represents an
identifier of a P-tunnel.
o L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB defines the following table:

l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeTable. An entry in this table
corresponds to the attribute information of a specific P-tunnel on
a PE router. Entries in this table will be used by other MIB
modules for monitoring and/or configuring an L2L3VpnMCast network.
The table index uniquely identifies a P-tunnel. It is composed of
a type and identifier of a P-tunnel. The table may also be used
in conjunction with other MIBs, such as the MPLS Traffic
Engineering MIB (MPLS-TE-STD-MIB) [RFC3812], to obtain further
information about a P-tunnel. It may also be used in conjunction
with the Interfaces Group MIB (IF-MIB) [RFC2863] to obtain further
information about the interface corresponding to a P-tunnel.
4. Definitions
4.1. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB Object Definitions
This MIB module makes reference to the following documents:

[RFC4875], [RFC5015], [RFC6388], [RFC7524], and [RFC7761].

L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2
FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- RFC 2578
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
FROM SNMPv2-TC; -- RFC 2579
l2L3VpnMcastTCMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "201812140000Z" -- 14 December 2018
ORGANIZATION "IETF BESS Working Group"
CONTACT-INFO
"Zhaohui Zhang
Juniper Networks, Inc.
10 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886
United States of America
Email: zzhang@juniper.net
Hiroshi Tsunoda
Tohoku Institute of Technology
35-1, Yagiyama Kasumi-cho
Taihaku-ku, Sendai, 982-8577
Japan
Email: tsuno@m.ieice.org"
DESCRIPTION
"This MIB module specifies textual conventions for
Border Gateway Protocol/Multiprotocol Label
Switching Layer 2 and Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
that support multicast (L2L3VpnMCast networks).
Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified

as authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or

without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust’s Legal
Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
"

-- Revision History
REVISION "201812140000Z" -- 14 December 2018

DESCRIPTION
"Initial version, published as RFC 8502."
::= { mib-2 244 }
-- Textual Convention
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This textual convention enumerates values
representing the type of a provider tunnel (P-tunnel)
used for L2L3VpnMCast networks.
These labeled numbers are aligned with the definition
of Tunnel Types in Section 5 of RFC 6514 and
Section 14.1 of RFC 7524.
The enumerated values and the corresponding P-tunnel types

are as follows:
noTunnelInfo (0) : No tunnel information RFC 6514

rsvpP2mp (1) : RSVP-TE P2MP LSP RFC 4875
ldpP2mp (2) : mLDP P2MP LSP RFC 6388
pimSsm (3) : PIM-SSM Tree RFC 7761
pimAsm (4) : PIM-SM Tree RFC 7761
pimBidir (5) : BIDIR-PIM Tree RFC 5015
ingressReplication (6) : Ingress Replication RFC 6513
ldpMp2mp (7) : mLDP MP2MP LSP RFC 6388
transportTunnel (8) : Transport Tunnel RFC 7524
These numbers are registered at IANA.

A current list of assignments can be found at
<https://www.iana.org/assignments/bgp-parameters/>.
"
REFERENCE
"RFC 4875
RFC 5015
RFC 6388
RFC 6513
RFC 6514, Section 5
RFC 7524, Section 14.1
RFC 7761
"

SYNTAX INTEGER
{
noTunnelInfo (0),
rsvpP2mp (1),
ldpP2mp (2),
pimSsm (3),
pimAsm (4),
pimBidir (5),
ingressReplication (6),
ldpMp2mp (7),
transportTunnel (8)
}
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This textual convention represents the Tunnel Identifier
of a P-tunnel.
The size of the identifier depends on the address family

(IPv4 or IPv6) and the value of the corresponding
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType object.
The corresponding L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType object

represents the type of tunneling technology used
to establish the P-tunnel.
The size of the identifier for each tunneling technology

is summarized below.
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType Size (in octets)

(tunneling technology) IPv4 IPv6
-----------------------------------------------------------
noTunnelInfo (No tunnel information) 0 0
rsvpP2mp (RSVP-TE P2MP LSP) 12 24
ldpP2mp (mLDP P2MP LSP) 17 29
pimSsm (PIM-SSM Tree) 8 32
pimAsm (PIM-SM Tree) 8 32
pimBidir (BIDIR-PIM Tree) 8 32
ingressReplication (Ingress Replication) 4 16
ldpMp2mp (mLDP MP2MP LSP) 17 29
transportTunnel (Transport Tunnel) 8 32
The Tunnel Type is set to ’No tunnel information’

when the PMSI Tunnel attribute carries no tunnel
information (there is no Tunnel Identifier).
The value of the corresponding L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId
object will be a string of length zero.

For Tunnel Type rsvpP2mp(1), the corresponding Tunnel

Identifier is composed of an Extended Tunnel ID (4 octets in
IPv4, 16 octets in IPv6), 2 unused (Reserved) octets that of
value zero, a Tunnel ID (2 octets), and a Point-to-Multipoint
(P2MP) ID (4 octets). The size of the corresponding
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId object will be 12 octets in IPv4
and 24 octets in IPv6.
For Tunnel Type ldpP2mp(2), the corresponding Tunnel

Identifier is the P2MP Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC)
Element (RFC 6388). The size of the corresponding
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId object will be 17 octets
in IPv4 and 29 octets in IPv6.
For Tunnel Types pimSsm(3), PimAsm(4), and PimBidir(5), the

corresponding Tunnel Identifier is composed of the source IP
address and the group IP address.
The size of the corresponding L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId
object will be 8 octets in IPv4 and 32 octets in IPv6.
For Tunnel Type ingressReplication(6), the Tunnel Identifier

is the unicast tunnel endpoint IP address of the local PE.
For Tunnel Type ldpMp2mp(7), the Tunnel Identifier is

a Multipoint-to-Multipoint (MP2MP) FEC Element (RFC 6388).
For Tunnel Type transportTunnel(8), the Tunnel Identifier

is a tuple of Source PE Address and Local Number,
which is a number that is unique to the Source PE (RFC 7524).
Both Source PE Address and Local Number are 4 octets in IPv4
and 16 octets in IPv6.
"
REFERENCE
"RFC 6514, Section 5
RFC 6388, Sections 2.2 and 3.2
"
SYNTAX OCTET STRING ( SIZE (0|4|8|12|16|17|24|29|32) )
END

4.2. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB Object Definitions
This MIB module makes reference to the following documents:

[RFC3811].
L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, mib-2, zeroDotZero
FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- RFC 2578
MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP
FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- RFC 2580
RowPointer
FROM SNMPv2-TC -- RFC 2579
MplsLabel
FROM MPLS-TC-STD-MIB -- RFC 3811
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType,
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId
FROM L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB; -- RFC 8502
l2L3VpnMcastMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "201812140000Z" -- 14 December 2018
ORGANIZATION "IETF BESS Working Group"
CONTACT-INFO
"Zhaohui Zhang
Westford, MA 01886
Hiroshi Tsunoda
Taihaku-ku, Sendai, 982-8577
Japan
Email: tsuno@m.ieice.org"
DESCRIPTION
"This MIB module defines a table representing the attribute
information of the provider tunnels (P-tunnels) on a PE router.
This MIB module will be used by other MIB modules designed for
monitoring and/or configuring Border Gateway
Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching

Layer 2 and Layer 3 Virtual Private

Network that support multicast (L2L3VpnMCast network).
Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified

as authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or

without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust’s Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
"
-- Revision History
REVISION "201812140000Z" -- 14 December 2018

DESCRIPTION
"Initial version, published as RFC 8502."
::= { mib-2 245 }
-- Top-level components of this MIB.

l2L3VpnMcastStates OBJECT IDENTIFIER
::= { l2L3VpnMcastMIB 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER

::= { l2L3VpnMcastMIB 2 }
-- Tables, Scalars, Conformance Information

-- Table of PMSI Tunnel Attributes
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF L2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"An entry in this table corresponds to
the attribute information of a specific
P-tunnel on a PE router.
A part of the attributes corresponds to fields in
a Provider Multicast Service Interface (PMSI) Tunnel
attribute advertised and received by a PE router.
The entries will be referred to by other MIB modules
for monitoring and/or configuring L2L3VpnMCast networks.
"

REFERENCE
"RFC 6514, Section 5"
::= { l2L3VpnMcastStates 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX L2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeEntry
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A conceptual row corresponding to a specific
P-tunnel on this router.
"
REFERENCE
INDEX {
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeType,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId
}
::= { l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeTable 1 }
L2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeType
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId
L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId,
l2L3VpnMCastPmsiTunnelLeafInfoRequired
INTEGER,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeMplsLabel
MplsLabel,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelPointer
RowPointer,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelIf
RowPointer
}
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object indicates the type of tunneling technology
used to establish the P-tunnel corresponding to this entry.
When BGP-based PMSI signaling is used, the value of

this object corresponds to the Tunnel Type field
in the PMSI Tunnel attribute advertised/received
in a PMSI auto-discovery (A-D) route.

"
REFERENCE
::= { l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeEntry 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object represents the Tunnel Identifier field, which
uniquely identifies a P-tunnel, in the PMSI Tunnel attribute
of the P-tunnel corresponding to this entry.
The size of the identifier depends on the address family

(IPv4 or IPv6) and the value of the corresponding
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeType object, i.e., the type of
tunneling technology used to establish the P-tunnel.
"
REFERENCE
l2L3VpnMCastPmsiTunnelLeafInfoRequired OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
false (0),
true (1),
notAvailable (2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When the value of this object is set to 1 (true),
it indicates that the PE that originated the
PMSI Tunnel attribute of the P-tunnel corresponding
to this entry requests receivers to originate
a new Leaf A-D route.
A value of zero (false) indicates that there is no such

request.
When the P-tunnel does not have a corresponding PMSI

Tunnel attribute, the value of this object will be
2 (notAvailable).

In the case of multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs,

this object represents the ’Leaf Information Required flag’
(RFC 6514) in the Flags field in the PMSI Tunnel attribute
of the P-tunnel corresponding to this entry.
"
REFERENCE
"RFC 6514, Section 5
"
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeMplsLabel OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX MplsLabel
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object represents the MPLS Label in the PMSI Tunnel
attribute of the P-tunnel corresponding to this entry.
When BGP-based PMSI signaling is used, the PMSI Tunnel

attribute of the P-tunnel will be advertised/received
in a PMSI A-D route. The value of
this object corresponds to the MPLS Label in the attribute.
When the P-tunnel does not have a PMSI tunnel

attribute, the value of this object will be zero.
"
REFERENCE
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelPointer OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX RowPointer
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Details of a P-tunnel identified by
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId may be present
in some other table, e.g.,
mplsTunnelTable (RFC 3812). This object specifies
the pointer to the row that pertains to the entry
in the table.
If no such entry exists, the value of this object

will be zeroDotZero.
"
REFERENCE
"RFC 3812, Sections 6.1 and 11"
DEFVAL { zeroDotZero }

l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelIf OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX RowPointer
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"If the P-tunnel identified by
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId has a corresponding
entry in ifXTable (RFC 2863), this object will
point to the row in ifXTable that pertains to the entry.
Otherwise, the value of this object will be zeroDotZero.
"
REFERENCE
DEFVAL { zeroDotZero }
-- Conformance Information
l2L3VpnMcastCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER

::= { l2L3VpnMcastConformance 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER
::= { l2L3VpnMcastConformance 2 }
-- Compliance Statements
l2L3VpnMcastCoreCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The core compliance statement for SNMP entities
that implement the L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB module.
"
MODULE -- this module
MANDATORY-GROUPS {
l2L3VpnMcastCoreGroup
}
::= { l2L3VpnMcastCompliances 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastFullCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The full compliance statement for SNMP entities
that implement the L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB module.
"
MODULE -- this module

MANDATORY-GROUPS {
l2L3VpnMcastCoreGroup,
l2L3VpnMcastOptionalGroup
}
::= { l2L3VpnMcastCompliances 2 }
-- Units of Conformance
l2L3VpnMcastCoreGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
l2L3VpnMCastPmsiTunnelLeafInfoRequired,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeMplsLabel
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Support of these objects is required.
"
::= { l2L3VpnMcastGroups 1 }
l2L3VpnMcastOptionalGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelPointer,
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelIf
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Support of these objects is optional.
"
::= { l2L3VpnMcastGroups 2 }
END
5. Security Considerations
There are no management objects defined in these MIB modules that

have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. So, if
this MIB module is implemented correctly, then there is no risk that
an intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB
module via direct SNMP SET operations.
Some of the objects in these MIB modules may be considered sensitive

or vulnerable in some network environments. This includes INDEX
objects with a MAX-ACCESS of not-accessible, and any indices from
other modules exposed via AUGMENTS. It is thus important to control
even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly to even
encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over the
network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and their
sensitivity/vulnerability:

o the l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeTable collectively shows the

P-tunnel network topology and its performance characteristics.
For instance, l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelAttributeId in this table will
contain the identifier that uniquely identifies a P-tunnel. This
identifier may be composed of source and multicast group IP
addresses. l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelPointer and
l2L3VpnMcastPmsiTunnelIf will point to the corresponding entries
in other tables containing configuration and/or performance
information of a P-tunnel and its interface. If an Administrator
does not want to reveal this information, then these objects
should be considered sensitive/vulnerable.
SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security.

Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec),
there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to
access and GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this
MIB module.
Implementations SHOULD provide the security features described by the

SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410]), and implementations claiming
compliance to the SNMPv3 standard MUST include full support for
authentication and privacy via the User-based Security Model (USM)
[RFC3414] with the AES cipher algorithm [RFC3826]. Implementations
MAY also provide support for the Transport Security Model (TSM)
[RFC5591] in combination with a secure transport such as SSH
[RFC5592] or TLS/DTLS [RFC6353].
Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT

RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to
enable cryptographic security. It is then a customer/operator
responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an
instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to
the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate
rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.
6. IANA Considerations
The MIB module in this document uses the following IANA-assigned

OBJECT IDENTIFIER values recorded in the "SMI Network Management MGMT
Codes Internet-standard MIB" registry:
Name Description OBJECT-IDENTIFIER value

----------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
l2L3VpnMcastTCMIB L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB { mib-2 244 }
l2L3VpnMcastMIB L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB { mib-2 245 }

7. References
7.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate

Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and

J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Structure of Management
Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2578, April 1999,

J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Textual Conventions for SMIv2",
STD 58, RFC 2579, DOI 10.17487/RFC2579, April 1999,

J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Conformance Statements for SMIv2",
STD 58, RFC 2580, DOI 10.17487/RFC2580, April 1999,
[RFC2863] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group

MIB", RFC 2863, DOI 10.17487/RFC2863, June 2000,
[RFC3414] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model

(USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv3)", STD 62, RFC 3414,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3414, December 2002,
[RFC3811] Nadeau, T., Ed. and J. Cucchiara, Ed., "Definitions of

Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Management", RFC 3811,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3811, June 2004,
[RFC3812] Srinivasan, C., Viswanathan, A., and T. Nadeau,

"Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering
(TE) Management Information Base (MIB)", RFC 3812,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3812, June 2004,

[RFC3826] Blumenthal, U., Maino, F., and K. McCloghrie, "The

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the
SNMP User-based Security Model", RFC 3826,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3826, June 2004,
[RFC4875] Aggarwal, R., Ed., Papadimitriou, D., Ed., and

S. Yasukawa, Ed., "Extensions to Resource Reservation
Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-
Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 4875,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4875, May 2007,
[RFC5015] Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano,

"Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-
PIM)", RFC 5015, DOI 10.17487/RFC5015, October 2007,
[RFC5591] Harrington, D. and W. Hardaker, "Transport Security Model

for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)",
STD 78, RFC 5591, DOI 10.17487/RFC5591, June 2009,
[RFC5592] Harrington, D., Salowey, J., and W. Hardaker, "Secure

Shell Transport Model for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 5592, DOI 10.17487/RFC5592, June
2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5592>.
[RFC6353] Hardaker, W., "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport

Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)",
STD 78, RFC 6353, DOI 10.17487/RFC6353, July 2011,
[RFC6388] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., Kompella, K., and
B. Thomas, "Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for
Point- to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label
Switched Paths", RFC 6388, DOI 10.17487/RFC6388, November
[RFC6513] Rosen, E., Ed. and R. Aggarwal, Ed., "Multicast in MPLS/

BGP IP VPNs", RFC 6513, DOI 10.17487/RFC6513, February
[RFC6514] Aggarwal, R., Rosen, E., Morin, T., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP
Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP
VPNs", RFC 6514, DOI 10.17487/RFC6514, February 2012,

[RFC7117] Aggarwal, R., Ed., Kamite, Y., Fang, L., Rekhter, Y., and
C. Kodeboniya, "Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service
(VPLS)", RFC 7117, DOI 10.17487/RFC7117, February 2014,
[RFC7524] Rekhter, Y., Rosen, E., Aggarwal, R., Morin, T.,

Grosclaude, I., Leymann, N., and S. Saad, "Inter-Area
Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Segmented Label Switched Paths
(LSPs)", RFC 7524, DOI 10.17487/RFC7524, May 2015,
[RFC7761] Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., Kouvelas, I.,

Parekh, R., Zhang, Z., and L. Zheng, "Protocol Independent
Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
(Revised)", STD 83, RFC 7761, DOI 10.17487/RFC7761, March
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC

2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
7.2. Informative References
[RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart,

"Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-
Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3410, December 2002,

Acknowledgements
Glenn Mansfield Keeni did the MIB Doctor review and provided valuable
comments.
Authors’ Addresses
Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang

Westford, MA 01886
Hiroshi Tsunoda
Taihaku-ku, Sendai 982-8577
Japan
Phone: +81-22-305-3411
Email: tsuno@m.ieice.org

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Z.

L2L3 VPN Multicast MIB

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)

Status of This Memo

This is an Internet Standards Track document.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force

Information about the current status of this document, any errata,

This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust’s Legal

Zhang & Tsunoda Standards Track [Page 1]

In BGP/MPLS Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), the Border Gateway

The procedures for supporting multicast in a BGP/MPLS Layer 3 (L3)

L2L3VpnMCast networks use various transport mechanisms for forwarding

A BGP attribute that specifies information of a P-tunnel is called a

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This document describes textual conventions (TCs) and common managed

This document defines two TCs to represent

(a) the type of a P-tunnel and

This document adopts the definitions, acronyms, and mechanisms

PMSI [RFC6513] is a conceptual interface instantiated by a P-tunnel,

Throughout this document, we will use the term "PMSI" to refer to

Zhang & Tsunoda Standards Track [Page 3]

2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework

For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed

3. Summary of MIB Modules

This document defines two MIB modules: L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB and

o L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB contains two textual conventions:

o L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB defines the following table:

4.1. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB Object Definitions

This MIB module makes reference to the following documents:

Zhang & Tsunoda Standards Track [Page 4]

L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-TC-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or

Zhang & Tsunoda Standards Track [Page 5]

REVISION "201812140000Z" -- 14 December 2018

::= { mib-2 244 }

L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

The enumerated values and the corresponding P-tunnel types

noTunnelInfo (0) : No tunnel information RFC 6514

These numbers are registered at IANA.

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L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelId ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION

The size of the identifier depends on the address family

The corresponding L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType object

The size of the identifier for each tunneling technology

L2L3VpnMcastProviderTunnelType Size (in octets)

The Tunnel Type is set to ’No tunnel information’

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For Tunnel Type rsvpP2mp(1), the corresponding Tunnel

For Tunnel Type ldpP2mp(2), the corresponding Tunnel

For Tunnel Types pimSsm(3), PimAsm(4), and PimBidir(5), the

For Tunnel Type ingressReplication(6), the Tunnel Identifier

For Tunnel Type ldpMp2mp(7), the Tunnel Identifier is

For Tunnel Type transportTunnel(8), the Tunnel Identifier

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4.2. L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB Object Definitions

This MIB module makes reference to the following documents:

L2L3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN