Internet Engineering Task Force J. Schoenwaelder Internet-Draft Jacobs University Intended status: Standards Track T. Tsou Expires: September 6, 2012 Huawei Technologies (USA) C. Zhou Huawei Technologies March 5, 2012 Definition of Managed Objects for Virtual Machines Controlled by a Hypervisor draft-schoenw-opsawg-vm-mib-00 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 defines objects for managing virtual machines controlled by a hypervisor. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 1] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Relationship to Other MIB Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 1. Introduction This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols. In particular, it defines objects for managing virtual machines controlled by a hypervisor. The design of this MIB module has been derived from enterprise specific MIB modules, namely a MIB module for managing guests of the XEN hypervisor, a MIB module for managing virtual machines controlled by the VMware hypervisor, and a MIB module using the libvirt programming interface to access different hypervisors. 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. Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. 4. Overview The MIB module is organized into a group of scalars and tables. The scalars below vmHypervisor provide basic information about the hypervisor. The vmGuestTable lists the guests (virtual machines) that are known to the hypervisor. The vmStorageTable and the vmIfTable provide the mapping of logical storage areas and network interfaces to virtual machines. The vmGuestStateChange notification is generated whenever a virtual machine changes its state (e.g., it is started or shutdown). The MIB module provides a few writable objects that can be used to make non-persistent changes, e.g., changing the memory allocation or the CPU allocation. It is not the goal of this MIB module to provide Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 a configuration interface for virtual machines since other protocols and data modeling languages are more suitable for this task. The OID tree structure of the MIB module is shown below. --vmMib(1.3.6.1.2.1.XXXX) +--vmNotifications(0) | +--vmGuestStateChange(1) [vmGuestName,vmGuestUUID, | vmGuestOldState,vmGuestState] +--vmObjects(1) +--vmHypervisor(1) | +-- r-n SnmpAdminString vmHypervisorVersion(1) +--vmGuestTable(2) | +--vmGuestEntry(1) [vmGuestIndex] | +-- --- GuestIndex vmGuestIndex(1) | +-- r-n SnmpAdminString vmGuestName(2) | +-- r-n UUIDOrZero vmGuestUUID(3) | +-- r-n GuestState vmGuestState(4) | +-- --n GuestState vmGuestOldState(5) | +-- r-n SnmpAdminString vmGuestOS(6) | +-- r-n Unsigned32 vmGuestCurCPUs(7) | +-- rwn Unsigned32 vmGuestMinCPUs(8) | +-- rwn Unsigned32 vmGuestMaxCPUs(9) | +-- r-n KBytes vmGuestCurMem(10) | +-- rwn KBytes vmGuestMinMem(11) | +-- rwn KBytes vmGuestMaxMem(12) | +-- r-n Unsigned32 vmGuestCPUTime(13) +--vmStorageTable(3) | +--vmStorageEntry(1) [vmGuestIndex,vmStorageIndex] | +-- --- GuestIndexOrZero vmStorageGuest(1) | +-- --- StorageIndex vmStorageIndex(2) | +-- r-n SnmpAdminString vmStorageName(3) +--vmIfTable(4) +--vmIfEntry(1) [vmGuestIndex,vmIfIndex] +-- --- GuestIndexOrZero vmIfGuest(1) +-- --- InterfaceIndex vmIfIndex(2) +-- r-n PhysAddress vmIfPhysAddr(3) 5. Relationship to Other MIB Modules The MIB module IMPORTS definitions from SNMPv2-SMI [RFC2578], SNMPv2-TC [RFC2579], SNMPv2-CONF [RFC2580], SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB [RFC3411], and IF-MIB [RFC2863]. Hypervisors implementing this MIB module should implement the HOST- RESOURCES-MIB [RFC2790] and the IF-MIB [RFC2863] in order to export information about the resources (e.g., processors, memory, logical storage devices, network interfaces) of the physical machine. If the Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 hypervisor emulates a bridge to network virtual machines, then it should implement the BRIDGE-MIB [RFC4188]. (Note that the BRIDGE-MIB is now further maintained by the IEEE [RFC4663].) The MIB module provides a mapping of logical storage devices to virtual machines. Further details about the storage devices (such as the size and the amount of allocated storage) can be provided by the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. Note that the number of storage types can be extended through the IANA maintained HOST-RESOURCES-TYPES MIB module. The MIB module provides a mapping of network interfaces to virtual machines. Further details about the network interfaces (such as statistics about the number of packets/bytes sent or received) can be obtained from the IF-MIB. Hypervisors implementing virtual bridges can export the bridging topologies by implementing the BRIDGE-MIB. Note that Hypervisors supporting multiple virtual bridges may need to use non-standard SNMP contexts in order to make the information from multiple bridges accessible. 6. Definitions VM-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE, Integer32, Unsigned32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- RFC 2578 TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, PhysAddress FROM SNMPv2-TC -- RFC 2579 OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP, MODULE-COMPLIANCE FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- RFC 2580 SnmpAdminString FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB -- RFC 3411 InterfaceIndex FROM IF-MIB; -- RFC 2863 vmMib MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "201203050000Z" ORGANIZATION "Jacobs University Bremen" CONTACT-INFO "Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen Email: j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de Tina Tsou Huawei Technologies (USA) Email: tina.tsou.zouting@huawei.com Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 Cathy Zhou Huawei Technologies Email: cathyzhou@huawei.com" DESCRIPTION "The MIB module for monitoring virtual machines controlled by a hypervisor. Copyright (c) 2012 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 "201203050000Z" DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published as RFC XXXX." -- RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number & remove this note ::= { mib-2 XXXX } vmNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmMib 0 } vmObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmMib 1 } vmConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmMib 2 } -- Textual convention definitions: GuestIndex ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, identifying a virtual machine. The value for each virtual machine must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of the hypervisor to the next re-initialization." SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) GuestIndexOrZero ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This textual convention is an extension of the VmGuestIndex convention. This extension permits the additional value of zero. The meaning of the value zero is object-specific and must therefore be defined as part of the description of any object which uses this syntax. Examples of the usage of Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 zero might include situations where a virtual machine is unknown, or when none or all virtual machines need to be referenced." SYNTAX Integer32 (0..2147483647) StorageIndex ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, identifying a logical storage area. The value for each logical storage area must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of the hypervisor to the next re-initialization." SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) UUID ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "4x-2x-2x-2x-6x" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) identifying a virtual machine. The UUID format is defined in RFC 4122." REFERENCE "RFC4122: A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace" SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (16)) UUIDOrZero ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "4x-2x-2x-2x-6x" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) identifying a virtual machine or a zero-length string. The UUID format is defined in RFC 4122. The meaning of the zero-length string is object-specific and must therefore be defined as part of the description of any object which uses this syntax." SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0|16)) GuestState ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The state of a guest (virtual machine): unknown(1) The state is unknown, e.g., because the implementation failed to obtain the state from the hypervisor. other(2) The state has been obtained but it does not a known state. Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 7] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 running(3) The virtual machine is currently running. blocked(4) The virtual machine is currently blocked. paused(5) The virtual machine is currently paused. shutdown(6) The virtual machine is currently in the process of shutting down. shutoff(7) The virtual machine is down. crashed(8) The virtual machine has crashed." SYNTAX INTEGER { unknown(1), other(2), running(3), blocked(4), paused(5), shutdown(6), shutoff(7), crashed(8) } KBytes ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Storage size measured in units of 1024 octets (bytes). This textual convention allows to represent storage sizes up to 4096 gigabytes." SYNTAX Unsigned32 -- Object definitions vmHypervisor OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmObjects 1 } vmHypervisorVersion OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The version string indicating the version of the hypervisor running on the physical host." ::= { vmHypervisor 1 } -- The number of CPUs and the amount of memory can be found -- in the objects of the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 8] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 vmGuestTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF VmGuestEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A (conceptual) table of all guests (virtual machines) on the physical host." ::= { vmObjects 2 } vmGuestEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX VmGuestEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An (conceptual) table entry describing a particular guest (virtual machine)." INDEX { vmGuestIndex } ::= { vmGuestTable 1 } VmGuestEntry ::= SEQUENCE { vmGuestIndex GuestIndex, vmGuestName SnmpAdminString, vmGuestUUID UUIDOrZero, vmGuestState GuestState, vmGuestOldState GuestState, vmGuestOS SnmpAdminString, vmGuestCurCPUs Unsigned32, vmGuestMinCPUs Unsigned32, vmGuestMaxCPUs Unsigned32, vmGuestCurMem KBytes, vmGuestMinMem KBytes, vmGuestMaxMem KBytes, vmGuestCPUTime Unsigned32 } vmGuestIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX GuestIndex MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value identifying a guest (virtual machine)." ::= { vmGuestEntry 1 } vmGuestName OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 9] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 "The name of this guest (virtual machine)." ::= { vmGuestEntry 2 } vmGuestUUID OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX UUIDOrZero MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A UUID identifying this guest (virtual machine). The UUID is expected to be a long-term persistent identifier and to remain the same across reboots of the virtual machines and the hypervisor. The zero-length string is returned in case a virtual machine does not have a suitable persistent UUID." ::= { vmGuestEntry 3 } vmGuestState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX GuestState MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The current operational state of the guest (virtual machine)." ::= { vmGuestEntry 4 } vmGuestOldState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX GuestState MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The previous operational state of the guest (virtual machine). This object is only used in state change notifications." ::= { vmGuestEntry 5 } vmGuestOS OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The operating system running on this guest (virtual machine). This value corresponds to the operating system the hypervisor assumes to be running when the virtual machine is started. This may differ from the actual operating system in case the virtual machine boots into a different operating system." ::= { vmGuestEntry 6 } Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 10] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 vmGuestCurCPUs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "CPUs" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of CPUs currently assigned to this guest (virtual machine). Virtual machines that are not operational typically have 0 CPUs assigned." ::= { vmGuestEntry 7 } vmGuestMinCPUs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "CPUs" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The minimum number of CPUs that are assigned to this guest (virtual machine) when it is in a running state. Changes to this value may not persist across restarts of the hypervisor." ::= { vmGuestEntry 8 } vmGuestMaxCPUs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "CPUs" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The maximum number of CPUs that are assigned to this guest (virtual machine) when it is in a running state. The value zero denotes that there is no limit. Changes to this value may not persist across restarts of the hypervisor." ::= { vmGuestEntry 9 } vmGuestCurMem OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX KBytes UNITS "KBytes" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The amount of main memory currently assigned to this guest (virtual machine). Virtual machines that are not operational typically have no memory assigned." ::= { vmGuestEntry 10 } vmGuestMinMem OBJECT-TYPE Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 11] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 SYNTAX KBytes UNITS "KBytes" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The minimum amount of main memory that is assigned to this guest (virtual machine) when it is in a running state. Changes to this value may not persist across the restart of the hypervisor." ::= { vmGuestEntry 11 } vmGuestMaxMem OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX KBytes UNITS "KBytes" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The maximum amount of main memory that can be assigned to this guest (virtual machine) when it is in a running state. The value zero denotes that there is no limit. Changes to this value may not persist across the restart of the hypervisor." ::= { vmGuestEntry 12 } vmGuestCPUTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "seconds" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The number of CPU seconds consumed by this guest (virtual machine). Note that on a virtual machines with multiple CPUs, this value may increment by more than one second in a second of real (wall clock) time." ::= { vmGuestEntry 13 } vmStorageTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF VmStorageEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A (conceptual) table of storage devices attached to guests (virtual machines)." ::= { vmObjects 3 } vmStorageEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX VmStorageEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 12] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An (conceptual) table entry describing a particular storage device attached to a guest (virtual machine)" INDEX { vmGuestIndex, vmStorageIndex } ::= { vmStorageTable 1 } VmStorageEntry ::= SEQUENCE { vmStorageGuest GuestIndexOrZero, vmStorageIndex StorageIndex, vmStorageName SnmpAdminString } vmStorageGuest OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX GuestIndexOrZero MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Identifies the guest (virtual machine) this storage has been allocated to. The value 0 indicates that the storage is currently not allocated to a guest (virtual machine)." ::= { vmStorageEntry 1 } vmStorageIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX StorageIndex MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value identifying a logical storage area. On systems implementing the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB, the value must be the same value that is used as the index into the hrStorageTable (hrStorageIndex)." ::= { vmStorageEntry 2 } vmStorageName OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The name of the storage area as seen on the hypervisor." ::= { vmStorageEntry 3 } vmIfTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF VmIfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A (conceptual) table of network interfaces attached to Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 13] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 guests (virtual machines)." ::= { vmObjects 4 } vmIfEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX VmIfEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An (conceptual) table entry describing a particular network interface attached to a guest (virtual machine)" INDEX { vmGuestIndex, vmIfIndex } ::= { vmIfTable 1 } VmIfEntry ::= SEQUENCE { vmIfGuest GuestIndexOrZero, vmIfIndex InterfaceIndex, vmIfPhysAddr PhysAddress } vmIfGuest OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX GuestIndexOrZero MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Identifies the guest (virtual machine) this network interface has been allocated to. The value 0 indicates that the network interface is currently not allocated to a guest (virtual machine)." ::= { vmIfEntry 1 } vmIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX InterfaceIndex MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The interface index of the network interface under which it is known on the system running the hypervisor. If the interface is a port of a virtual bridge, then the port of the virtual bridge should map to this interface index." ::= { vmIfEntry 2 } vmIfPhysAddr OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX PhysAddress MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The physical address used by the interface. For interfaces associated to a port of a virtual bridge, this object Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 14] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 normally contains a MAC address. For interfaces which do not have such an address, this object should contain a zero-length octet string." ::= { vmIfEntry 3 } -- Notification definitions: vmGuestStateChange NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { vmGuestName, vmGuestUUID, vmGuestOldState, vmGuestState } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification is generated when a guest (virtual machine) changes its state." ::= { vmNotifications 1 } -- Compliance definitions: vmGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmConformance 1 } vmCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { vmConformance 2 } vmFullCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Compliance statement for implementations supporting read/write access, according to the object definitions." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { vmHypervisorGroup, vmGuestGroup, vmStorageGroup, vmIfGroup, vmNotificationGroup } ::= { vmCompliances 1 } vmReadOnlyCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Compliance statement for implementations supporting only readonly access." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 15] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 vmHypervisorGroup, vmGuestGroup, vmStorageGroup, vmIfGroup, vmNotificationGroup } OBJECT vmGuestMinCPUs MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required." OBJECT vmGuestMaxCPUs MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required." OBJECT vmGuestMinMem MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required." OBJECT vmGuestMaxMem MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "Write access is not required." ::= { vmCompliances 2 } vmHypervisorGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { vmHypervisorVersion } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing insight into the hypervisor itself." ::= { vmGroups 1 } vmGuestGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { -- vmGuestIndex, vmGuestName, vmGuestUUID, vmGuestState, vmGuestOldState, vmGuestOS, vmGuestCurCPUs, vmGuestMinCPUs, Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 16] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 vmGuestMaxCPUs, vmGuestCurMem, vmGuestMinMem, vmGuestMaxMem, vmGuestCPUTime } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing insight into the guests (virtual machines) controlled by a hypervisor." ::= { vmGroups 2 } vmStorageGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { -- vmStorageGuest, -- vmStorageIndex, vmStorageName } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing insight into the logical storage areas controlled by a hypervisor." ::= { vmGroups 3 } vmIfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { -- vmIfGuest, -- vmIfIndex, vmIfPhysAddr } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing insight into the network interfaces controlled by a hypervisor." ::= { vmGroups 4 } vmNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP NOTIFICATIONS { vmGuestStateChange } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of notifications for virtual machines controlled by a hypervisor." ::= { vmGroups 5 } END Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 17] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 7. Security Considerations There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB module with a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. Such objects may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. The support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. These are the tables and objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability: o Unauthorized changes to vmGuestMinCPUs, vmGuestMaxCPUs, vmGuestMinMem, and vmGuestMaxMem can significantly slow down virtual machines or prevent the start of new virtual machines. Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects with a MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. 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 tables vmGuestTable, vmStorageTable, and vmIfTable provide insight into the resources allocated to virtual machines and this knowledge might be exploited for targeted denial of service attacks. o The vmGuestStateChange notification provides information about state changes of virtual machines and implicitly also on which physical hosts virtual machines are located. Furthermore, the generation of fake vmGuestStateChange notifications might trigger false alarms and subsequent actions in a network management system, which can amplify denial of service attacks or simply lead to less efficient resource usage. SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec), even then, 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. It is RECOMMENDED that implementers consider the security features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8), including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for authentication and privacy). Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 18] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 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. 8. IANA Considerations IANA is requested to assign a value for "XXXX" under the 'mib-2' subtree and to record the assignment in the SMI Numbers registry. When the assignment has been made, the RFC Editor is asked to replace "XXXX" (here and in the MIB module) with the assigned value and to remove this note. 9. References 9.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999. [RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999. [RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999. [RFC2790] Waldbusser, S. and P. Grillo, "Host Resources MIB", RFC 2790, March 2000. [RFC2863] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB", RFC 2863, June 2000. [RFC3411] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks", STD 62, RFC 3411, December 2002. 9.2. Informative References [RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart, "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet- Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 19] Internet-Draft RPL MIB March 2012 Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002. [RFC4188] Norseth, K. and E. Bell, "Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges", RFC 4188, September 2005. [RFC4663] Harrington, D., "Transferring MIB Work from IETF Bridge MIB WG to IEEE 802.1 WG", RFC 4663, September 2006. Authors' Addresses Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 Bremen 28759 Germany EMail: j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de Tina Tsou Huawei Technologies (USA) 2330 Central Expressway Santa Clara CA 95050 USA EMail: tina.tsou.zouting@huawei.com Cathy Zhou Huawei Technologies Bantian, Longgang District Shenzhen 518129 P.R. China EMail: cathyzhou@huawei.com Schoenwaelder, et al. Expires September 6, 2012 [Page 20]