Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-bridge-bridgemib-smiv2-03.txt

I have another question (it seems to me,
it dedicated rather to [email protected]).

If Port has been done forceDisable(2) or
disabled(2) - does this Port take place in Active
Topology?
I mean: does it forward frames, leran addresses?
Does it participate in GVRP, etc.?

Ali


--- Michael MacFaden <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:20:20AM +0200, Alex Ruzin
> wrote:
> >Actually I only meant to make the definition for
> this
> >object *semantically* better. Are you agree with my
> proposition
> >"in general", except "MAX-ACCESS"? Do you think,
> that definition
> >of this object has to be improved?
> >If so, I propose
> >
> >    dot1dStpPortEnable OBJECT-TYPE
> >        SYNTAX      INTEGER {
> >                        dummyReadValue(0),
> >                        forceBlock(1),
> >                        forceDisable(2)
> >                   }
> >        MAX-ACCESS  read-write
> >        STATUS      current
> >        DESCRIPTION
> >            "'Force Port State' of the port. Both
> GET and GETNEXT operation
> >              always return value
> dummyReadValue(0). An attempt to write the value
> >             dummyReadValue(0) must cause an
> error."
> >        REFERENCE
> >            "IEEE 802.1D-1998: Section 14.8.2.2"
> >        ::= { dot1dStpPortEntry 4 }
> >
> >Your comments and/or proposition, please?
> 
> The operation of this object is clear but such a
> redefinition
> would not be allowed by IESG mib doctors as it is
> not backward compatible. 
> 
> If this definition were for a new object, then I
> don't see why there is
> a need for a dummyReadValue other than to create a
> write-only style access.
> The SMIv2 dropped write-only access for a purpose
> and as such most MIB 
> doctors would discourage its use.
> 
> I think dot1dStpPortEnable should be left as-is but
> the front matter
> should explain how this object was supposed to
> operate since it 
> is clear that many vendors did not implement it
> according to 
> the original authors intentions.
> 
> Mike MacFaden
> 
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