MIB Scoping

In the SnmpV3AdaptorServer, it is possible to specify a scope, or context name, when registering a MIB. Conceptually, there is one instance of the global OID tree per scope. If you do not specify a context name when registering a MIB, the MIB is registered in the default scope. You can thus register SnmpProxy objects in any default or specific scope. Routing and MIB overlapping is handled in the same way in any scope.

When an incoming request is received, the SnmpV3AdaptorServer first determines the scope of that request. Only the SNMP agents that have been registered in that scope are triggered by that request.

If the incoming request is an SNM v3 request, the scope is identified by the context name specified in the request protocol data unit (PDU). If no context name is specified, the scope of that request is the default scope. If the incoming request is an SNM v1 or v2 request, the scope of the request is the default scope, unless mapping community strings to context names is enabled in the adaptor.

To register a MIB in a specific context, call the following method:

myMib.setSnmpAdaptorName(myAdaptorName, "myContext")

This method only works for adaptors that have been registered with an MBean server.