Re: Entity State MIB Next Steps

Hi -

> From: "Subrahmanya Hegde" <[email protected]>
> To: "Margaret Wasserman" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Entmib] Entity State MIB Next Steps
...
> Instead of having these OID definitions:
>
> -- Notifications
>
>    entStateTraps      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entityStateMIB 2 }
>    entStateTrapPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entStateTraps 0 }
>
>
> We can have
>  entStateNotifs OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { entityStateMIB 0 }
>
> and use 'entStateNotifs' in the corresponding NOTIFICATION-TYPE
>
> Reason we would like to avoid name 'Traps' is: Latest RFCs refer them
> as Notifications
...

This would also bring it into better alignment with the MIB review
guidelines.

Randy