Mib questions

[David Perkins <[e-mail]>]

I've been trying to keep up with all the suggestions
that have been going back and forth. Maybe these were
covered, it so, sorry for the repeat. 

Questions:
1) What is the scope of the chassis MIB?  Is it limited
   the the devices covered in the Overview (section 5)?
2) Do the terms "functional module" and "logical device"
   mean the same and are they things like routers, bridges,
   terminal servers, etc?
3) Is there a requirement that the "logical devices" have
   network connectivity to each other (ie be able to pass
   traffic to each other)?
4) Can any "logical device" implement the chassis MIB?
5) Must all the "logical devices" implement the chassis MIB?
6) If more than one implements the chassis MIB, must all the
   values be "consistent"?
7) What is the minimal requirements for gathering information
   that a "logical device" must have when implementing the MIB?
8) Is it valid that all the information in the slot table (and
   most other MIB objects) be entered by a "configuration file"
   that an agent loads at its boot time?
9) What are some situations the it would be appropriate to use
   a "sparse" slot table?
10) Is a "logical device" a realised hardward component which has
    an unchanging identity, or does it also include "personalities"
    that are identified by the software that is running on the
    "logical device". An example would be a File server, loadable
    RMON software, Mail server, or any other "application server".

A fundamentation question is just how is an agent that implements
the chassis MIB suppose to get all the information about the other
"logical devices" - 1) through SNMP requests to the other "logical
devices", 2) through a private network protocol, 3) through a backplane
bus using shared memory or messages between CPUs,  or 4) through some
"static" configuration file that is loaded at agent boot time (and
maybe refreshed during running)?

Thanks,
/dave perkins, synoptics, 408-764-1516