On 18/04/2008, John Hardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It simply means that the library (and hence the agent)
> > will be able to recognise a fuller list of MIB object names,
>
> Sorry to butt in, but how does this affect the agent? When does the
> agent even see a human-readable name from a MIB file?
Typically when processing entries in the config files.
For example
view systemView included system
view systemView included hrSystem
relies on being able to convert these two MIB names
into the equivalent OIDs. Similarly the DisMan Event
MIB configuration line
monitor linkUp ifOperStatus != 2
relies on being able to convert this MIB name into an OID.
(Which is where we came in :-))
> I thought
> it would only see the encoded numeric OID in the packet.
In terms of processing incoming requests, you are perfectly
correct. The PDU works solely with numeric OIDs.
But the config files typically use MIB names for readability.
Dave
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