Description: The value of this MIB object is the value that netmon will use as the status of the object whenever the particular object comes to the top of the status polling queue. If the value is different than what is currently in the OpenView Network Node Manager topology database, then netmon will process the change just like it does if the result came back from ping (e.g. netmon may change the status in the topoDB and send out various events). A value of D_ifStatus_measureIt(0) indicates that netmon should measure the status of the object (like it normally does in the product) using ping or other techniques rather than using a value provided by a user. During a set operation, the user supplied value will be written immediately to an interface specific record in netmon. The value will ripple through to the event system and topology database immediately if the MIB variable has a value of immediately(1) or at netmon's next status poll if has a value of atNextStatusPoll(0). This object is intended to be used to provide a value for interfaces only. For example, setting a value for a node will fail. The instance value for this object is the ovwDB ID (topoObjID) which corresponds to an interface in the topology DB. The ovwDB ID is used instead of ipAddress because it works for level 2, ip, ipx and in general any kind of object in the topology database. REFINEMENT/CORRECTION: Instead of actually specifying a value that netmon must use for the node, we want to communicate which nodes are inaccessible and allow netmon to determine the exact status using it's router down analysis and configuration. So the status values above will be mapped per the following table: ifStatusMeasureIt(0) Maps to 'Measure status with ping just like normal operation'. ifStatusNormal(2) Maps to 'Up'. ifStatusUnknown(1), ifStatusMinor(3), ifStatusCritical(4), ifStatusUnmanaged(5), ifStatusWarning(6), ifStatusMajor(7), ifStatusRestricted(8), ifStatusTesting(9), ifStatusDisabled(10) All others values map to inaccessible. The actual status value used will be determined by netmon using its Router Down algorithm and configuration.