Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-20 Thread Dipesh Gorashia
Dave, David,   Thanks a lot for your detailed responses.   Cheers, Dipesh "David T. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HI,A "better solution" is "better MIB design". And of coursesome of us wished that the error code "tooComplex" waspresent.But seriously, a MIB designer can make a huge difference.

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-20 Thread David T. Perkins
HI, A "better solution" is "better MIB design". And of course some of us wished that the error code "tooComplex" was present. But seriously, a MIB designer can make a huge difference. Of course, if you are implementing a MIB that was designed by someone that had no idea of the cost to code the de

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-20 Thread Dave Shield
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:01 -0700, Dipesh Gorashia wrote: > Question: > While proccessing varbinds "simultaneousluy", the > above consistency check > > --> should be made for each variable in varbind only > against existing configuration on the system? > > --> should the variables in varbinds b

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-19 Thread Dipesh Gorashia
Hello, A follow up question. I am refering to RFC 3416 section 4.2 (PDU Processing) clause 10 which is one of the steps in consistency check before actual config is applied for a SET request. Quote (10) Otherwise, if the variable binding's value field specifies a value that could under othe

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-19 Thread David T. Perkins
HI, It is WRONG to depend on ordering of varBinds. It is WRONG to specify in MIB documents that varBinds MUST be ordered. It is VALID to specify in MIB documents that specific objects MUST be included in a SET request. On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Dave Shield wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 13:27 -0700

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-19 Thread Dipesh Gorashia
Dave,   Thanks for your response. I refered to the rfc3416 but somehow the "as if simultaneously" part did not get my required attention !!!   Thanks again for your time. Dipesh Dave Shield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 13:27 -0700, Dipesh Gorashia wrote:> Basically it is boiling

Re: Multiple object set in same PDU: question

2005-09-19 Thread Dave Shield
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 13:27 -0700, Dipesh Gorashia wrote: > Basically it is boiling down to in which order the varbinds > should be processed. (or not??). The varbinds should be processed "as if simultaneously". That's been a core requirement right from the start of SNMP. In practise, varbinds t