The SET Operation is used to change
the values of of one or more attributes of one or more managed object
instances. As well as enabling the values of attributes to be set to new
values, this operation can be used to add, replace or remove values from
set attributes.
A SET operation is invoked by the
system acting in the manager
role. A message is sent using a CMIP INVOKE request from the manager
system to the system acting as an agent.
The CMIP INVOKE request includes the information defined in the SetArgument syntax of the
SET definition. The agent will
attempt to perform the operation that was requested on the selected
managed objects indicated by the CMIP INVOKE.
The mode of the SET operation can be confirmed or
unconfirmed.
The information carried in the SET operation is
specified in MANAGED OBJECT CLASS
templates, PACKAGE templates, and ATTRIBUTE
templates. The MANAGED OBJECT CLASS template specifies which packages are
supported by the managed object class. The PACKAGE template specifies
which attributes are supported and the types of operations (GET, SET,
REPLACE, ADD, REMOVE) can be performed on those attributes in that
context. The ATTRIBUTE template specifies the syntax and matching rules
for a particular attribute.
