Subject: PMP> Where Printer MIB requires hrDeviceIndex to be a _printer_

From: "McDonald, Ira" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:49:19 -0800

Hi,

This time, with a subject line - my apologies.

Cheers,
- Ira

Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: [email-masked]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McDonald, Ira 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:47 PM
> To: [email-masked]'
> Cc: 'Silver, Thomas'
> Subject: 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While Steve Waldbusser (IETF Expert Advisor for Printer MIB)
> did NOT use the correct identifier 'hrDevicePrinter', the 
> clear intent is that 'hrDeviceType' MUST be 'hrDevicePrinter'.
> 
> 
> (1) Verbatim quote from Printer MIB v1 (RFC 1759) page 28:
> 
> prtGeneralEntry OBJECT-TYPE
>     SYNTAX      PrtGeneralEntry
>     MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
>     STATUS      current
>     DESCRIPTION
>         "An entry exists in this table for each
> >>      device entry in the hostmib device table who's type
>         ^^^^^^                                   ^^^^^^^^^^
> >>      is `printer'"
>            ^^^^^^^^^
>   
>     INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex }
>     ::= { prtGeneralTable 1 }
> 
> 
> (2) Verbatim quote from Printer MIB v2 (RFC 3805) page 67:
> 
> prtGeneralEntry OBJECT-TYPE
>     SYNTAX     PrtGeneralEntry
>     MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
>     STATUS     current
>     DESCRIPTION
>         "An entry exists in this table for each device entry in the
> >>      host resources MIB device table with a device type of
>                                                ^^^^^^ ^^^^
> >>      'printer'.
>         ^^^^^^^^^
> 
>         NOTE: The above description has been modified from RFC 1759
>         for clarification."
>     INDEX    { hrDeviceIndex }
>     ::= { prtGeneralTable 1 }
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> - Ira
> 
> Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
> Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
> PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
> phone: +1-906-494-2434
> email: [email-masked]
> 
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