TCP/IP MIB Object Descriptors and Identifiers and the Object Name Hierarchy and Name Notation
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Of the many MIB object characteristics, only one is sufficiently interesting that it really deserves its own exposition. Or perhaps I should say, only one is sufficiently complicated that it does. J This is the object name, part of the larger naming system used for MIB objects.
As I said before, each MIB object actually has two names: an object descriptor and an object identifier. The object descriptor is a conventional text name that provides a user-friendly handle to refer to the object. The name is assigned based on the particular MIB object group in which the object is located. In the example definition I gave at the end of the prior topic, sysLocation is the object descriptor for that MIB object. I describe these names in greater detail in the next topic, on MIB modules and object groups.
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