Re: draft MIB

[Jim Barnes <[e-mail]>]

Here are a few comments on the draft posted last week.


chasPowerSupply is defined twice:

}           chasPowerSupply     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chassis 5 }

}           chasPowerSupply  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chasChassisTypes  1 }

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} 
}           chasChassisEntities OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chasEntityTypes 1 }
} 
}           chasPowerSupply  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chasChassisTypes  1 }
}           chasChassis      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chasChassisTypes  2 }
}           chasMonitors     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { chasChassisTypes  3 }
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                   Should that be  chasChassisEntities?

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}           chasModuleType OBJECT-TYPE
}               SYNTAX OBJECT IDENTIFIER
}               ACCESS read-only
}               STATUS mandatory
}               DESCRIPTION
}                       "An authoritative identification of the type of
}                       physcial module in this physical location.  A
}                       value of chasLocationUnknown indicates that the
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Should that be chasModuleUnknown??


}                       type of physical module is unknown."
}               :== { chasModuleEntry 3 }

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The description of 

}           chasModuleOperStatus 

refers to phyAdminStatus and phyOperStatus.  Should those be 
chasModuleAdminStatus and chasModuleOperStatus, respectively?

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I still have a problem with the descriptions for 

}           chasEntityParty  

}               DESCRIPTION
}                       "The SNMP Party which provides access to the
}                       detailed management information for this entity.

and

}           chasEntityCommunity  

}               DESCRIPTION
}                       "The SNMP Community which executes at the address
}                       chasEntityIpAddress, and provides access to the
}                       detailed management information for this entity.

I would like to see some guidance as to what "access to the detailed 
management information" means.  Is read permission for the MIB-II system
group sufficient to satisfy this requirement?  Is it required that the
agent for the entity allow read and write permissions to all implemented
MIBs?  Something in between?

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}	    chasLogResourceID
}	    	    SYNTAX INTEGER
}                   ACCESS read-only
}                   STATUS mandatory
}                   DESCRIPTION
}                       "The value of this object refers to a particular
}                       instance of a resource, as defined by
}                       chasResourceIndex, for which this relationship is
			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	What is this supposed to be?

}                       defined.  This together with
}                       chasLogResourceLocationType and
}                       chasLogResourceLocation completes the mapping of
}                       the logical configuration on to the physical
}                       module and resource combination."
}                   ::= { chasLogResourceEntry 2 }
} 

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}           chasPowerSupplyIndex OBJECT-TYPE
}               SYNTAX INTEGER
}               ACCESS read-only
}               STATUS mandatory
}               DESCRIPTION
}                       "An index value that uniquely identifies a power
}                       supply.  This may correspond to a hardware power
}                       supply slot, which may or may not be the same as a
}                       network device slot (chasSlotIndex)."
					     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	What should this be?

}               ::= { chasPowerSupplyEntry 1 }


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  Jim Barnes ([e-mail])