Re: Implementation questions

[Anil Rijsinghani <[e-mail]>]

> Is there any requirement/advantage to keep the MAC, Path and Port
> indices unique across all SMTs or is it sufficient to keep them unique
> with a given SMT?

They need to be unique only within an SMT -- also note the requirement
for correspondence with the SMT resource indices.

> The fddimibPATHIndex is defined as having a value from 3 to 255.  Do 
> these values have any special meaning or do they just start at 3 instead
> of 1 and get assigned as appropriate to the implementation?

As noted in the description, this restriction is only for local path
instances as opposed to primary/secondary.  See the ANSI SMT spec.

> The fddimibSMTNumber, fddimibMACNumber... all indicate that they are static
> for a given initialization of the management system.  Is this being changed
> along the lines of the new ifNumber to allow them to change when a new
> card is swapped in/out?

We missed this one, although the requirement for sequential assignment
of indices was removed.  I'll make a note of this for when the MIB
is advanced to Draft Standard.

Anil