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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

5999.0. "MTU problem exceeding Max Levels ?" by ANNECY::TERHORST_C () Thu May 19 1994 12:55

I'm trying to translate a Vendors MIB, the MTU utility got no problem 
with the MIB itself, and when I look with the Dictionary Browser I see
all the classes and entities from this MIB.
However when I'm registering the entity it goes no further then 5 levels all
what I'm trying to enter further down the tree produces a message "no child
entities". 

Now I have two questions for the MCC-goeroes:

( I copied a part of the output produced by the MTU utility to explain clarify
the questions ) 

1 What does the -h mean in the next output example from the MTU utility ?

2 What does that sneaky sentence Max levels = 5 mean and where can I find
  any documentation about it ?



  Issuing following command:
    $ MTU = "$ SYS$SYSTEM:MCC_TCPIP_MTU.EXE"

                                   * * *

  (Now processing file # 1 out of a list of 2 file(s) ...)

  Beginning Phase 1 for file SYS$COMMON:[MCC]STRATACOM1.TXT;

    18-MAY-1994 12:04:26
  Now starting to run the MIB Translator ...
  This may take approximately 1-5 minutes.
  Issuing following command:
    $ MTU SYS$COMMON:[MCC]STRATACOM1.TXT;  -h
  Max levels = 5
  MIB translation completed successfully.


  Any help will be GREAT !!!!!!

                Chris ter Horst.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5999.1	Where is the problem?	BIKINI::KRAUSE	CSC Network Management/Hubs	`Fri May 20 1994 08:38`	15
	>1 What does the -h mean in the next output example from the MTU utility ? The -h option means: produce an MCC help file from the DESCRIPTION fields in the MIB . >2 What does that sneaky sentence Max levels = 5 mean and where can I find > any documentation about it ? Max levels = 5 means this MIB tree is five levels deep. That is exactly what you're experiencing. What exactly are you looking for? With the info you gave, everything seems to be ok. *Robert
5999.2		ANNECY::TERHORST_C		`Fri May 20 1994 11:27`	3
	What I really need is to go down at least 9 levels down the tree, is there a way to expand this amount of levels ?
5999.3	Whence the other 4 levels?	SCCA::dave	Ahh, but fortunately, I have the key to escape reality.	`Fri May 20 1994 15:11`	7
	I guess the next question is "How do you know you need to go 9 levels deep?" The MIB file you compiled only had 5 levels in it, so where do the other 4 you want come from? DRL (The MSL hacker)
5999.4		ANNECY::TERHORST_C		`Tue May 24 1994 11:10`	31
	Sorry for answering a bit late, but we had a weekend and an extra holiday here, hooraay ! About these extra levels, they are not extra, but they are in the MIB description. When I'm registering a SNMP entity, I cannot click into the entities further than 5 levels. For example _________SNMP ____________STRATACOM _____________________SVNODE ___________________________PACKETGROUP ______________________________________PACKETLINETABLE... These tree dots are really after the entity packetlinetable When I click now on the packetlinetable icon the message "this entity has no child entities appears", but there are in the mib. I tried to use the toolbox to create and regis- ter the packetlinetable, I can create it and with the operations characteristics command look into it, but when I'm navigating one step up and back again the entity is gone. A message is given that the parent entity is partially registered and some child entities might not appear on the screen. Unfortunally I can't register the parent entity complete, because they do not have an IP address, and it is not possible to give them one !!! I hope this might be a better explanation of my situation I'm in now, any help will be GREAT.... tks in adv. Chris.
5999.5	Normal behaviour!	BIKINI::KRAUSE	CSC Network Management/Hubs	`Fri May 27 1994 15:02`	12
	>______________________________________PACKETLINETABLE... > >These tree dots are really after the entity packetlinetable >When I click now on the packetlinetable icon the message >"this entity has no child entities appears", but there are >in the mib. I tried to use the toolbox to create and regis- It just means that this table is empty! The table entries are defined in the MIB, but if the agent currently does not have an entry in this table, the Iconic Map tell you this (in its own way ;-). *Robert