Description: A table of system level information for each interface supported by the KaY (Key Agreement Entity). This table will be instantiated if the object ieee8021XPaePortKayMkaEnable in the corresponding entry of the ieee8021XPaePortTable is 'true'.

The following terms are used to identify roles within the MKA protocol or protocol scenarios and the MIB description :

participant : An instance of MKA, transmitting and receiving frames protected by keys derived from a single CAK, and operating with positive intent, obeying the protocol.

member: A participant that possesses the CAK that can be used to prove liveness and to obtain membership in the CA under discussion.

actor: The participant under discussion, usually in the KaY being described.

partners: Participants or members attached to the same LAN as the actor, excluding the actor.

principal actor: The actor controlling the PAC or SecY associated with the KaY.

Each participant selects the live participant advertising the highest priority as its key server provided that participant has not selected another as its key server or is unwilling to act as the key server. If a key server cannot be selected SAKs are not distributed. In the event of a tie for highest priority key server, the member with the highest priority SCI is chosen. For consistency with other uses of the SCI's MAC Address component as a priority, numerically lower values of the key server priority and SCI are accorded the highest priority.

For the writeable objects in this table, the configured value shall be stored in persistent memory and remain unchanged across a re-initialization of the management system of the entity.