RFC 2571 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1999
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
Overview
RFC 2571, “An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks”, is a Draft Standard document published in April 1999 by B. Wijnen, D. Harrington, R. Presuhn. It obsoletes RFC 2271. It has been obsoleted by RFC 3411 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes an architecture for describing SNMP Management Frameworks. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1999
- RFC 2570 Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
- RFC 2572 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2569 Mapping between LPD and IPP Protocols
- RFC 2573 SNMP Applications
- RFC 2568 Rationale for the Structure of the Model and Protocol for the Internet Printing Protocol
- RFC 2574 User-based Security Model for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2567 Design Goals for an Internet Printing Protocol
- RFC 2575 View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol