16  SNMP Appendix A

16 SNMP Appendix A

This appendix describes the conversion of SNMPv2 to SNMPv1 error messages. The instrumentation functions should return v2 error messages.

Mapping of SNMPv2 error message to SNMPv1:

SNMPv2 message SNMPv1 message
noError noError
genErr genErr
noAccess noSuchName
wrongType badValue
wrongLength badValue
wrongEncoding badValue
wrongValue badValue
noCreation noSuchName
inconsistentValue badValue
resourceUnavailable genErr
commitFailed genErr
undoFailed genErr
notWritable noSuchName
inconsistentName noSuchName

Table 16.1:   Error Messages