Re: Textual name of Object in SNMP Packet

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your valuable reply.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:38 PM, Robert Story <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 May 2018 15:28:31 +0530 Anandaprabu wrote:
> AV> As per my project requirement I was requested by the NMS to
> AV> send Textual Object name in a column of a Table.
> AV>
> AV> Like after adding the Managed device to NMS, the device should
> AV> make a queue of updated objects in a table (let's say
> AV> configUpdateTable) which will be queried by the NMS if the
> AV> device sends a trap to notify there are some updates from
> AV> device.
> AV>
> AV> My worry is Can we send Object name in SNMP packet or we should
> AV> send only OIDs? Is there any standard that says like the Packet
> AV> should not contain Textual Object name?
>
> Values in a SNMP packet are a tuple of OID, type and value. The
> only way to send a textual name is as a value. So if you have a
> table of updated objects, you could have a column that contains the
> textual name.
>
> Robert
>



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Anandaprabu V <https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandaprabu-v-10867671/>
VVDN Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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