Re: Format of an IPv6 address in a snmp trap

["Tom Petch" <nwnetworks@dial.pipex.com>]

I am not aware of a transport mapping for V1 SNMP over IPv6; IPX, OSI etc but not IPv6 so the agent SHOULD have a non-IPv6 address as well as an IPv6 one.

 

For non-IP (v4) protocols, I understand that the NetworkAddress in the Trap PDU should be set to

0.0.0.0

although a quick scan of the RFC does not tell me why I think so!

Tom Petch, Network Consultant
nwnetworks@dial.pipex.com
+(44) 192 575 3018

-----Original Message-----
From: dinakar@us.ibm.com <dinakar@us.ibm.com>
To: eos@ops.ietf.org <eos@ops.ietf.org>
Date: 10 June 2002 14:22
Subject: Format of an IPv6 address in a snmp trap

Hi,

How should an IPv6 address be represented in the agent-address field of a Version 1 SNMP trap. Also, when a Version 1 trap is converted into a Version 2 trap or the other way around (as explained in the coexistence document), how should the IPv6 address be represented in the trap packet.

Thanks,
Dinakaran.