Let's take as an example the setting of ifAdminStatus of all interfaces of a particular device to down. SETBULK can work in this example as all data types and values will be the same for all instances for the ifAdminStatus column but special considerations need to be taken on the last PDU. The last PDU will likely over extend the target column object making it fail as the next column can be read only for example.
As an alternative, SET operations using multiple variable bindings in one PDU can be used but it is necessary to keep in mind the maximum UDP message size. There is also additional flexibility using this method as each binding can be unrelated. -Andy On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Tom Sanders <toms.sand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Assume that a user wants to create 100 vlans. Instead of using 100 set > operations, cant we use one SETBULK operation since in this case its only the > index that is different - all other parameters are the same. > > Toms > > > On 8 July 2013 22:04, Mike MacFaden <m...@zimbra.vmware.com> wrote: >> >> On Jul 8, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Tom Sanders <toms.sand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I hear you when you say that operators might want to use NETCONF. >> >> >> Operators did more than say they might, they wore t-shirts that read: >> >> "It's the CLI stupid" >> >> IIRC that was during NANOG 19 conference plus or minus. >> >> >>> Regardless of this, i would like to understand the rational (if anybody >>> knows) of only having a GETBULK PDU and not a SETBULK PDU? >> >> First of all sets require a layer of security and that took a bit longer to >> accomplish, not until 2002/SNMPv3. >> Secondly what would a set bulk do differently than a SET command? >> >> Thirdly …. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3512 >> >> Mike > > > > -- > Toms. > _______________________________________________ > OPSAWG mailing list > OPSAWG@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg
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