SNMP has GET, SET, GETBULK etc. What types of commands would we like to
see in WBMM (what does WBMM stand for, anyway!?... perhaps separate
discussion... aren't we forgetting the U word... "Universal Deice and
Services Management")
Back to the topic...
I'm thinking we will want to improve on the interfaces and commands based
on what we have learned over the years implementing the Printer MIB.
Please share your thoughts. Here are some of mine. We need...
1. A way to query what attributes are settable and which are not (we
learned, with SNMP, that "MaxAccess" isn't always that helpful).
2. A way to query attribute (elements?) either singularly (tell me size of
media in "main" tray), in bulk (give me the "input group"), or filtered
(tell me the name of each tray; tell me all trays which are loaded with
transparency).
3. If we end up with mandatory and optional commands or interfaces, a way
to query which are supported in a particular implementation (describe via
WSIL/WSDL?).
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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