Subject: [eman] [EMAN-MON]: Energy Objects monitoring capabilities discovery?

From: Benoit Claise <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:56:52 +0100

Dear all,

If I recall correctly, I received this feedback off the list. So let me 
start the discussion on the list.

Would it make sense to insert a capabilities discovery mechanism in the 
[EMAN-MIB], in order to determine what a Energy Object is capable of 
reporting/metering? Or would we rely on snmpwalk for discovery?

A mechanism similar to the probeCapabilities in the RMON2-MIB [RFC4502] 
could be used:

    probeCapabilities OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX BITS {
             etherStats(0),
             historyControl(1),
             etherHistory(2),
             alarm(3),
             hosts(4),
             hostTopN(5),
             matrix(6),
             filter(7),
             capture(8),
             event(9),
             tokenRingMLStats(10),
             tokenRingPStats(11),
             tokenRingMLHistory(12),
             tokenRingPHistory(13),
             ringStation(14),
             ringStationOrder(15),
             ringStationConfig(16),
             sourceRouting(17),
             protocolDirectory(18),
             protocolDistribution(19),
             addressMapping(20),
             nlHost(21),
             nlMatrix(22),
             alHost(23),
             alMatrix(24),
             usrHistory(25),
             probeConfig(26)
         }
         MAX-ACCESS read-only
         STATUS current
         DESCRIPTION
             "An indication of the RMON MIB groups supported
             on at least one interface by this probe."
         ::= { probeConfig 1 }

As similar object could be added to the eoPowerTable (indexed by the 
Energy Object)

Feedback?

Regards, Benoit (as a contributor for [EMAN-MIB])