Re: another question about alarmMib..

Hi -

> From: "Michael Thatcher" <[email protected]>
> To: "Randy Presuhn" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Disman] another question about alarmMib..
...
> The description of alarmClearIndex says that "This object
> has the same value as the alarmActiveIndex that this alarm
> instance had when it was active".  Does this mean that
> clear events cannot be placed in this table which do not
> have a related alarm in the alarmActiveTable?

It sounds that way.

> If there are multiple related entries in the alarmActiveTable,
> does it matter which alarmActiveIndex value is used?  

I can't imagine why it would.  It does, however, seem to be
an argument for maintaining a 1:1 correspondence, even
though I doubt that that was the intent.

It would be good to hear from the folks who have actually
already implemented or deployed this MIB.

Randy