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Tony
Tony

Reputation: 816

In SNMP MIB, what is the difference between "MODULE-IDENTITY" and "OBJECT IDENTIFIER"?

In either of them I can assign an OID, but if I assign the OID using OBJECT IDENTIFIER, do I still have to make a MODULE-IDENTITY for the object?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3360

Answers (1)

Lex Li
Lex Li

Reputation: 63243

For MIB authors, RFC4181 documents all explanation on each of the building blocks, including MODULE-IDENTITY. Thus, you might review that

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4181

In short, many building blocks can be associated with OID, but they are there for different purposes. The module identity is used to describe the usage of the module, while the object identifier is only used to define an OID node.

Upvotes: 4

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