Re: defining an OID for a scalar Instance

["David T. Perkins" <dperkins@dsperkins.com>]

HI,

I'll look at this after I get back from an appointment
this morning. The error message is "correct", in that
registrations cannot be done. However, and OID assignment
is not a registration, and I believe shoule be valid.
But I'll have to check.

What does SMICng and smilint say when you change it to
an OBJECT-IDENTITY?

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:

> The IPSEC-SPD-MIB has this:
> 
>    spdTrueFilter OBJECT-TYPE
>            SYNTAX      Integer32
>            MAX-ACCESS  read-only
>            STATUS      current
>            DESCRIPTION
>                "This scalar indicates a (automatic) true result for
>                 a filter.  I.e. this is a filter that is always
>                 true, useful for adding as a default filter for a
>                 default action or a set of actions."
>            ::= { spdStaticFilters 1 }
> 
>    spdTrueFilterInstance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { spdTrueFilter 0 }
> 
> And SMICng says that this is an ERROR:
>     E: f(ipsec-spd.mi2), (951,4) Item "spdTrueFilter" must not have items registered
>     below it
> 
> We (MIB experts) have also used it in the DISMAN event MIB:
> 
>     sysUpTimeInstance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { sysUpTime 0 }
> 
> So do we agree to call the ERROR msg from SMICng a FALSE msg?
> 
> Bert

Regards,
/david t. perkins