RE: [RMONMIB] smilint errors in RAQMON-MIB (resend)

["Romascanu, Dan \(Dan\)" <dromasca@avaya.com>]

> >> I also get a warning that the index of row 
> >> 'raqmonParticipantAddrEntry' can exceed OID size
> >> limit by 154 sub-identifiers.  This should be fixed by adding 
> >> ranges as needed.
> >
> >I believed that we said that text in the DESCRIPTION clause 
> of the entry is sufficient:
> >
> >"Note that there is no concern about the indexation of this
> >table exceeding the limits defined by RFC 2578 Section 3.5.
> >According to [RAQMON-FRAMEWORK], Section 5.1, only IPv4 an
> > IPv6 addresses can be reported as participant addresses."
> 
> okay, but why can't we put InetAddress (SIZE (4 | 16)) in the 
> SYNTAX clause?
> Is this bad practice?  It currently doesn't mention anything 
> about IPv4 and IPv6
> addresses only in the raqmonParticipantAddrType DESCRIPTION 
> or SYNTAX clauses.
> The MIB should match the normative text in the Framework.
> 

 InetAddress (SIZE (4 | 16)) should be OK. According to RFC 2579, the sub-typing rules defined in RFC 2578, Section 11 also apply to TCs.

Any advice from MIB Doctors? I'm copying mreview for some more feedback. 

Thanks, 

Dan