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module, and unlikely to be contiguous. If a type value is not available for this
device, this will return zero. There are two reasons why this value may not be
available through this view of the MIB; the device may not currently be active,
or the information is only available through the device's own agent.
Description
Displays a text string that describes the device. If it cannot provide a name,
this will be empty.
Name
Displays a simple text string that can be used to assign a name to a device. By
default this string is empty. If a management application writes to this field,
the device will store the string in non-volatile storage.
State
Displays the state of a unit in the stack. Possible values are shown in
Table
Table 5-7.
SuperStack Table State Values
unitInactive
unitOperational
unitLoading
unitStateUnknown
Management
Displays the management method used to access this unit. Possible values are
shown in
Table 5-8.
SuperStack Table Management Values
Unknown
Distributed
Intelligent
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Value
The unit fails to send out periodic messages, but still
appears to be in the stack.
The unit sends out periodic messages indicating that it is
operational.
The unit is in a special mode, which is unmanaged, while
loading a new image. If the stack contains units which can
download an image while still being managed, this will
report 'unitOperational'.
The unit is in an unknown state.
Table
5-8:
Value
The unit is either faulty or not managable.
The unit can be managed, but may or may not have an
active comm stack. If it does, the address for that agent can
be determined from the address table.
The unit has its own SNMP agent, which is accessed
seperately from the SuperStack management.
SuperStack Application
SuperStack Configuration View
Description
Description
Application Views
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