| Description | This object is a user-assigned asset tracking identifier
for the physical entity as specified by a network manager,
and provides non-volatile storage of this information.
On the first instantiation of an physical entity, the value
of ceasAssetID associated with that entity is set to the
zero-length string.
Not every physical component will have a asset tracking
identifier, or even need one. Physical entities for which
the associated value of the ceAssetIsFRU object is equal to
'false' (e.g., the repeater ports within a repeater module),
do not need their own unique asset tracking identifier. An
agent does not have to provide write access for such
entities, and may instead return a zero-length string.
If write access is implemented for an instance of
ceasAssetID, and a value is written into the instance, the
agent must retain the supplied value in the ceasAssetID
instance associated with the same physical entity for as
long as that entity remains instantiated. This includes
instantiations across all re-initializations/reboots of
the network management system, including those which result
in a change of the physical entity's entPhysicalIndex value.
If no asset tracking information is associated with the
physical component, then this object will contain a zero-
length string. |