Re: entity mib support for tcif

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:29:23PM -0400, Kaj Tesink wrote:

> new objects:
> 
> entPhysicalCLIECode   OBJECT-TYPE
>      SYNTAX      SnmpAdminString (SIZE (0..10))
>      MAX-ACCESS  read-write
>      STATUS      current
>      DESCRIPTION
>              "The CLIE Code for the physical entity. If a CLIE Code
>              is unknown or non-existent, the entPhysicalCLIECode will
>              be set to a zero-length string instead."
>      ::= { entPhysicalEntry xx }
>      REFERENCE "TCIF-02-004, Guideline for data elements
>              included in the Management Information Base,
>              Telecommunications Industry Forum (TCIF), 09/11/2002.
>              ANSI T1.213-2001, Coded identification of equipment entities
>              of the North American telecommunications system for
>              information exchange, ANSI.
>              ANSI T1.213a-2001, Supplement to T1.213-2001,
>              Coded identification of equipment entities of the North
>              American telecommunications system for information exchange,
>              to correct the representation of the Basic Code in
>              Figure B.1, ANSI."

Can someone translate that into something I can understand?

Explaining entPhysicalCLIECode with "The CLIE Code for the physical
entity." is not really helpful for those poor souls who have no clue
what a CLIE code is (and the reference does not look like it is easy
to find the answer somewhere on the web).

/js

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