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The Powerful Get-Next Operation

The "powerful get-next" is used to move from one object instance to the next in a managed node. For example:
get-next system.sysDescr.0
should return the lexicographically next instance in the MIB, thus:
sysObjectID.0
The operand of get-next need not be an instance specifier: it can be any OBJECT IDENTIFIER. Hence the call:
get-next system.sysDescr
returns the next instance, thus:
sysDescr.0
get-next can also take multiple operands, thus it is possible to use it to obtain multiple columns within a single row of a table of information in a single operation, eg:
get-next ipRouteDest, ipRouteIfindex
This is considered to be very useful, hence the terminology powerful get-next
 
Lecture 23: Network Management #3 Copyright © 2004 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo.



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