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BCP 161
RFC 10014
Title: Guidelines for Characterizing the Term "OAM"
Author: C. Pignataro,
A. Farrel,
T. Mizrahi
Status: Best Current Practice
Stream: IETF
Date: June 2026
Mailbox: [email protected],
[email protected],
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Pages: 12
Updates: RFC 6291
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-17
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc10014
DOI: 10.17487/RFC10014
As the IETF continues to produce and standardize different Operations,
Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) protocols and technologies, various
qualifiers and modifiers are prepended to the OAM abbreviation. While, at first
glance, the most used qualifiers appear to be well understood, the same
qualifier may be interpreted differently in different contexts. A case in point
is the qualifiers "in-band" and "out-of-band", which have their origins in the
radio lexicon, and which have been extrapolated into other communication
networks. This document recommends not to use these two terms when referring to
OAM.
This document considers some common qualifiers and modifiers that are
prepended, within the context of packet networks, to the OAM abbreviation and
lays out guidelines for their use in IETF documents.
This document extends RFC 6291 by adding to the guidelines for the use of the
term "OAM" with qualifiers. It does not modify any part of RFC 6291.
This document is a product of the Operations and Management Area Working Group
Working Group of the IETF.
BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
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