Alert Standard Format (ASF) Specification

Alert Standard Format (ASF) Specification v2.0 DMTF Document DSP0136
DSP0136 23 April 2003 Page 44 of 94
3.2.5 RMCP Usage Scenarios
The following flowchart describes the process used by the RMCP command initiator, e.g. the
management console for the Capabilities Request message, to determine whether a response to
a previously sent message was received.
Y
Send Message
Increment
Sequence
Number
Start ACK
Timer
N
ACK
Rcvd?
N
Start RSP
Timer
N
N
Y
Y
Timer
Expire?
Timer
Expire?
Retry?
Y
Y
Retry?
Message
Complete
Error, no ACK
N
Error, no RSP
N
Y
RSP
Rcvd?
Interactions with no packet loss
The description that follows illustrates the RMCP Header and RMCP Data fields in a console-to-
client communication where no messages are lost.
1. The management console sends an ASF-RMCP “Request” message
RMCP Header ASF-RMCP Data
Vers Rsvd Seq# Class IANA Enterprise Number Type Tag Rsvd Len
06h 00h 05h 06h 00h 00h 11h BEh xx 08h xx xx