On 07/01/2008, McGowen, Wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have one last section to add, our own > network support - TPTB don't want full SNMP support in the product, > and they haven't decided if leaving MIB-II turned on shows too much > information.
That's fine - it's perfectly reasonable for a vendor to decide what information to report or omit. Either for reasons of security, or processing load. > And even if we leave in MIB-II, they want me to add the > same data to our MIB That's not so fine. The whole point of Network Management standards is that they are standard - consistent - the same. A network admin should be able to query *any* box on the network (regardless of vendor) using the same standard OIDs, and get the relevant information (assuming it's supported). Having to use one OID for one vendor, and a different OID for another is flying in the face of everything that SNMP stands for. Tell your PTB that they're talking nonsense! Or put in language that they might understand - if I'm faced with a choice between purchasing equipment from a vendor that has followed the standards, and one that's gone their own merry way, I will tend to recommend that we go with the vendor that's followed the standards. You can still use the standard OIDs for your management GUI, so it shouldn't make any difference to the functionality of your product, whichever way you choose. But it might cost you sales if you ignore Best Practise. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
