Re: bridge mib revision

Hi -

> From: "Juergen Schoenwaelder" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:59 AM
> Subject: [Bridge-mib] bridge mib revision
>

> I am currently updating the BRIDGE-MIB to make it ready for last call.
> There is one addition which I do not understand and where I need your
> help. The following text got added to the description clause of the
> dot1dStaticAllowedToGoTo object:
>
>         This exceeds the minimum required SNMP packet size
> supported.  This is sufficient to allow the maximum
> 4096 ports now supported.
>
> dot1dStaticAllowedToGoTo is an OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..512)), so 4096
> ports fit into 512 bytes. Can someone explain to me what this paragraph
> is trying to convey to the reader?
...

It's a health warning, though it could be clearer.

A value 512 bytes long would make the SNMP PDU larger than the
484 "minimum maximum" from RFC 3417 clause 3.2 second paragraph.
Consequently, SNMP engines that are going to shovel this value around
need to support more than that minimum maximum.

Randy