SNMP Configuration and Management Manual

The NonStop SNMP Environment

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SNMP Naming Scheme

SNMP uses a hierarchical model to identify objects. Every object in an SNMP

environment is identified by an object descriptor and an object identifier. Object

descriptors are logical names. Object identifiers are expressed in numeric dot notation.

For example, the System group of MIB-II is identified as:

system

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As Figure 1-4 shows, an object identifier is a sequence of integers resulting from

traversing a global tree. The object tree is composed of an unlabeled root connected

to labeled nodes. Each node in turn can have subordinate nodes of its own. A node

and its subordinate nodes make up a subtree. A node that has no subordinates is

referred to as a leaf object.