Subject: Editorial change to appnPortLsRole object

From: "R.E. (Robert) Moore (254-4436)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 11:32:29 EST

Since there was some uncertainty among some of our IBM implementers,
we'd like to propose an addition to the description text for this
object, so that there's no possibility of misinterpretation.  Currently
the object looks like this:

   appnPortLsRole OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX INTEGER {
                        primary(1),
                        secondary(2),
                        negotiable(3),
                        abm(4)
                        }
         MAX-ACCESS read-only
         STATUS current
         DESCRIPTION
             "Initial role for LSs activated through this port, where 'abm'
             indicates asynchronous balance mode."

         ::= { appnPortEntry 7 }

How about this for an expanded description:

             "Initial role for LSs activated through this port.  The values
             map to the following settings in the initial XID:

                 primary(1):     ABM support = 0       ( = NRM)
                                 role = 01             ( = primary)
                 secondary(2):   ABM support = 0       ( = NRM)
                                 role = 00             ( = secondary)
                 negotiable(3):  ABM support = 0       ( = NRM)
                                 role = 11             ( = negotiable)
                 abm(4):         ABM support = 1       ( = ABM)
                                 role = 11             ( = negotiable)"

Bob Moore,
IBM Network Management Architecture