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Reusable enumeration in mib files

There is a way to enumerate values in mib files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base) such as http://www.webnms.com/snmp/help/snmpapi/snmpv1/using_mibs_in_applns/enumintegers.html however is it possible to write such enumeration and reuse it throughout the mib to avoid duplicate enumerations throughout the file?

Solution

  • If you have a chance to carefully read SNMPv2-TC,

    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2579.txt

    you will see that there are already common enum types defined, such as TruthValue.

    TruthValue ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Represents a boolean value."
    SYNTAX       INTEGER { true(1), false(2) }

    By importing such enum definitions in your MIB document or define your own, you can use/reuse them throughout the file.