| Description | A unique value corresponding to a piece of software
running on this endpoint.
If this endpoint is associated with more than one piece
of software, the agent should choose one of these. As
long as the representative piece of software
is running and still associated with the endpoint,
subsequent reads will consistently return the same
value. The implementation may use any algorithm
satisfying these constraints (e.g., choosing the entity
with the oldest start time).
This identifier is platform-specific. Wherever possible,
it should use the system's native, unique identification
number as the value.
If the SYSAPPL-MIB module is available, the value should
be the same as sysApplElmtRunIndex. If not available, an
alternative should be used (e.g., the hrSWRunIndex of the
HOST-RESOURCES-MIB module).
If it is not possible to uniquely identify the pieces of
software associated with this endpoint, then the value
zero should be used. (Note that zero is otherwise a
valid value for sysApplElmtRunIndex.) |