querry related to row status and index of a table

Hi all,

I am a newbie to SNMP, and I am working with UCD-SNMP. I want to
implement a MIB with a modifiable table (create/delete/modify a row).
In this connection, I had a few questions -

Related to "Row Status"
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[1] Do SNMP standards recommend using a field of type "Row Status" in
a table entry?

[2] Do management applications built on top of SNMP expect the
presence of "Row Status" field in an entry of a modifiable table?

[3] Is it a common practice to use "Row Status"?


Related to access specifier of index field of table
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[1] When I used a tool like mibdesigner to create a MIB and
AdventNet's MIBBrowser, the tools say that MAX-ACCESS of index field
should be not-accessible? However I have seen MIBs which have
read-only index fields. What is the right way to go about this?

[2] Do SNMP standards have some recommendations in this regard?

[3] Can the index be ever read-write? Somebody might keep the name of
a host as an index to a table, and wants to support "rename" operation
on the host? I can see the complexities and nitty gritties involved in
such a rename operation. Is it a good idea to do such a thing?


Related to string based index
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[1] Is it generally a good idea to avoid a string based index? In my
opinion, it seems so, but wanted some expert opinion in this regard?

Thanks,
Aditya Kulkarni


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Best Wishes,
Aditya Kulkarni


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