snmp_variables(4)						   File Formats 						 snmp_variables(4)

NAME

       snmp_variables - format of specifying variable names to SNMP tools

SYNOPSIS

       system.sysdescr.0

DESCRIPTION

       Variable names for SNMP are in the format of Object Identifiers (ASN.1). There are several methods of representation. Each variable name is
       given in the format of A.B.C.D...., where A, B, C, and D are subidentifiers in one of two forms of  notation.  Each  subidentifier  can	be
       encoded	as a decimal integer or a symbol as found in the RFC 1066 MIB. The case of the symbols is not significant.  If there is no leading
       period (.) in the variable name, the name will be formed as if having been preceded with iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib. .

       A period must be placed before the first variable if the user is to fully specify the name. For example:

       1.1.0
       system.sysDescr.0
       1.sysDescr.0

       ...all refer to the same variable name. Likewise:

       .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0
       .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib.system.sysdescr.0
       .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.sysdescr.0

       ...all refer to the same variable name.

       The description of the variables in the MIB is given in the set of MIB files defined by the MIBS environment variable (or the default  list
       defined at compilation time) and the MIB files in the /etc/sma/snmp/mibs directory (or the MIBDIRS environment variable).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       snmpd.conf(4), attributes(5), sma_snmp(5)

       RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067, ISO IS 8824 (ASN.1)

SunOS 5.10							    16 Jan 2004 						 snmp_variables(4)