Re: SNMPv2's properties

Aleksey Y Romanov <ralex@world.std.com> Wed, 13 October 1993 04:32 UTC

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From: Aleksey Y Romanov <ralex@world.std.com>
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Subject: Re: SNMPv2's properties
To: Bob Stewart <rlstewart@xap.xyplex.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 19:25:32 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <9310122232.AA20541@xap.xyplex.com> from "Bob Stewart" at Oct 12, 93 05:32:48 pm
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> 
> >- An ability to work with several management stations in a controlled manner.
> 
> Check.  SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 both have that via MIB objects in the right places.
> SNMPv2 includes some standardized objects to help.

It seems to me that the following better describing the situation
with SNMPv2 in this area: 

1. NMS-to-NMS  collisions are out of scope of SNMPv2, it is a responsibility
   of NMSs to insure collisonless operations

2. The intention of snmpSetSerialNo is to facilitate such kind of
   operations. This object requires some additional work to be done.


> >These are significant issues and they could be at least as
> >important as notions like security. Does v2 address them?
> 
> True.  Yes.

Reliable multi-NMS access never was (and is) considered as a serious issue
in SNMPv2 framework.

> 	Bob