Re: querry related to row status and index of a table

Thanks Robert. That clarifies a lot of things.

Aditya Kulkarni

On 7/14/05, Robert Story <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:32:59 +0530 Aditya wrote:
> AK> Related to "Row Status"
> AK> -------------------------------
> AK> [1] Do SNMP standards recommend using a field of type "Row Status" in
> AK> a table entry?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> AK> [2] Do management applications built on top of SNMP expect the
> AK> presence of "Row Status" field in an entry of a modifiable table?
> 
> No.
> 
> AK> [3] Is it a common practice to use "Row Status"?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> AK> Related to access specifier of index field of table
> AK> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> AK> [1] When I used a tool like mibdesigner to create a MIB and
> AK> AdventNet's MIBBrowser, the tools say that MAX-ACCESS of index field
> AK> should be not-accessible? However I have seen MIBs which have
> AK> read-only index fields. What is the right way to go about this?
> 
> Not-accessible. It doesn't make sense to have it accessible, since it's part of
> the index, and thus would be redundant.
> 
> AK> [2] Do SNMP standards have some recommendations in this regard?
> 
> Yes, not-accessible.
> 
> AK> [3] Can the index be ever read-write?
> 
> No. You must do an add/delete combo.
> 
> AK> Related to string based index
> AK> ---------------------------------------
> AK> [1] Is it generally a good idea to avoid a string based index? In my
> AK> opinion, it seems so, but wanted some expert opinion in this regard?
> 
> No, there isn't a real reason to avoid string indexes.
> 
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> Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie
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> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different.
> 


-- 
Best Wishes,
Aditya Kulkarni


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