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>if you want a non-indexed variable, you will have to ask for
>
>x.y.z.0
>
>when you want x.y.z.
>
>Other questions will result in: no such name.
>
>if you want an indexed variable, you will have to ask for
>x.y.z.i
>when you want index i of x.y.z
>
>why is there this extra-zero in the question (by get-request) for
>a non-indexed variable?

In the case of scalar objects, there is no ambiguity between an object
type and an instance of that object; there is only one object instance
for each scalar object type. However, for consistency with the
convention for tabular objects, and to distinguish between an object
type and an object instance, SNMP dictates that the instance
identifier of a nontabular scalar object consists of its object identifier
concatenated with 0.

This convention is retained in SMP and SNMPv2.

Bill Stallings
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